{"id":1367531,"date":"2022-03-09T17:11:12","date_gmt":"2022-03-09T22:11:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1367531"},"modified":"2022-03-09T17:11:18","modified_gmt":"2022-03-09T22:11:18","slug":"sting-strikes-back-declares-days-of-entertaining-russian-oligarchs-are-over","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sting-strikes-back-declares-days-of-entertaining-russian-oligarchs-are-over\/","title":{"rendered":"Sting Strikes Back: Declares Days of Entertaining Russian Oligarchs &#039;Are Over&#039;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsting-strikes-back-declares-days-of-entertaining-russian-oligarchs-are-over%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1367531&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">Veteran British singer Sting warned Russia on Wednesday he is withdrawing his talents from the country in the wake of the invasion of Ukraine, adding his refusal to play \u201cany shows for anyone connected to the regime\u201d will hold into the future.<\/p>\n<p>Elton John and the rock band Deep Purple, who have both previously been paid to appear at lavish private events for the country\u2019s elite, have already <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetimes.co.uk\/article\/elton-john-and-deep-purple-vow-not-to-perform-again-in-russia-6xhrwhnl0\">denounced<\/a> the Kremlin.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>The singer\u2019s decision to punish Moscow comes just weeks after he sold his entire\u00a0song writing catalog to Universal Music Group in a deal U.S. media estimated was worth some $250 million, as Breitbart News <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/news\/sting-sells-entire-songwriting-catalog-to-universal\/\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Sting,\u00a0whose real name is Gordon Sumner, helped form the Police in London in the 1970s as its lead singer, songwriter and bass guitar player.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Musician Sting has vowed to never perform for Russian billionaires again following the Ukraine invasion.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo oligarch in Britain, Russia or anywhere else is in any position to book a gig, a wedding or a party. Those days are over.\u201d<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ukraine?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ukraine<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/russia?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#russia<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Hp5BDiq3cu\">pic.twitter.com\/Hp5BDiq3cu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 talkRADIO (@talkRADIO) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/talkRADIO\/status\/1501570872980779016?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 9, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>He went on to perform solo played at a private gig for the family of a Russian tycoon in 2016 \u2013 five years before his host was sanctioned by the European Union (E.U.).<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to the London <em>Daily Mirror<\/em>, Sting <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/3am\/celebrity-news\/sting-says-days-performing-private-26420087\">said<\/a>: \u201cNo oligarch in Britain, Russia or anywhere else is in any position to book a gig, a wedding or a party. Those days are over.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_20166402\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2022\/03\/GettyImages-1358165668.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Sting performs onstage during The Game Awards 2021 at Microsoft Theater on December 09, 2021 in Los Angeles, California. (Kevin Winter\/Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The singer played at the $1billion wedding of Mikhail Gutseriev\u2019s son Said in Moscow, where he performed alongside Jennifer Lopez.<\/p>\n<p>Gutseriev was sanctioned by the E.U. last year for his close ties with Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko.<\/p>\n<p>According to the <em>Mirror<\/em> report,\u00a0Downing Street said this week that Gutseriev had been previously sanctioned under the \u201cBelarus sanctions regime.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>No. 10 describes him as a \u201clong-standing associate of Lukashenko, who is responsible for serious violations of human rights and the repression of civil society and democratic opposition in Belarus\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>It added: \u201cGutseriev provided support for the Government of Belarus, including through his business interests.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_20166450\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2022\/03\/GettyImages-161651447.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-20166450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/GettyImages-161651447-1024x720-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"990\" height=\"696\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Mikhail Gutseriev (2nd R), President of Oil and Gas Company RussNeft, gestures before a meeting on issues of fuel and energy at the Novo-Ogaryovo state residence outside Moscow, February 13, 2013. (SERGEI KARPUKHIN\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>This week, the\u00a070-year-old British-born artist posted a video on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/all-about\/instagram\" data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|Link\" data-content-type=\"section-topic\">Instagram<\/a>\u00a0of himself singing his 1985 Cold War song Russians, which he said was more relevant than ever due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>The singer hit out at \u201cone man\u2019s bloody and woefully misguided decision to invade a peaceful\u201d neighbour.<\/p>\n<p>Sting\u2019s attack on Russian oligarchs was not the first time he has entered the political realm.<\/p>\n<p>As Breitbart News <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/entertainment\/2018\/11\/27\/jeff-goldblum-sting-bill-nye-celebs-join-al-gore-climate-crisis-event\/\">reported<\/a>, in 2018 he was part of a\u00a0group of celebrities who joined former Vice President and environmental\u00a0activist Al Gore for a 24-hour broadcast aimed at raising awareness about climate change.<\/p>\n<h5><em><span>Follow Simon Kent on Twitter:<\/span> <a class=\"twitter-follow-button\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SunSimonKent\" data-show-count=\"false\">Follow @SunSimonKent<\/a> <span>or e-mail to: skent@breitbart.com<\/span><br \/><\/em><\/h5>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Veteran British singer Sting warned Russia on Wednesday he is withdrawing his talents from the country in the wake of the invasion of Ukraine, adding his refusal to play \u201cany<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1367531","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1367531","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1367531"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1367531\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1367531"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1367531"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1367531"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}