Sting, whose real name is Gordon Sumner, has won 12 Grammy Awards and has enjoyed a successful career since stepping down as frontman of The Police – but many fans still don't know how he got his name ...

Following the couple's split in the early '80s, Sting (born Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner) went on to marry Trudie Styler in August 1992 after 10 years together. Sting and Styler share four ...

Another added: "The story back in the mid 80s was that he had ... hence the name 'Sting'." A third fan said: "Before forming The Police in 1977, in the early part of that decade he was in a ...

Another chimed in: "The story back in the mid 80s was that he ... hence the name 'Sting'." A third enthusiast shared: "Before forming The Police in 1977, in the early part of that decade he ...

Sting rose to fame with new wave rock band, The Police, in the late 1970s and early 80s before embarking on a successful solo career. He has had three number one albums in the UK chart and three ...