Endless Sumner: Sting and His Opening Act, Joe Sumner, on Their Father-Son Tour and Why ‘the Audience Gets a Kick Out of Seeing Us Together’

variety.com:

Linda Laban Opening for Sting at the Hollywood Bowl makes for some album release show. That’s what Joe Sumner will be doing Saturday night, the day after his debut solo album, “Sunshine in the Night,” is released.

If he’s taking it in stride, there is the fact that they’re father and son; the familiarity has been compounded by the recent months spent gigging together on the Sumners’ summer tour, now being followed by a fall trek that is bringing them around to L.A.’s most storied venue.

Spoiler alert: Joe hops onstage to duet with dad each night. Another spoiler alert: It’s well worth being on time, as “Sunshine in the Night” is a humdinger loaded with chamber pop ditties and swirling, synth-y power-ballads.

Sting’s last solo album, “The Bridge,” was released in 2021, but this is a greatest hits tour, a continuation of his self-explanatorily titled “My Songs” tour, encompassing hits from a remarkable career, both with the Police and not.