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STANLEY WESTON AWARD: STING

IN AN INDUSTRY where all-time greats are just as likely to burn up—either unable to compete or dragged, kicking and screaming, into retirement—Sting is choosing to go out on his terms.

“We used to wonder … what makes these guys wanna come back, year after year, decade after decade? What more do they have to prove? And, I gotta tell. “And I understand why they hung on! It’s the smell of the arenas. It’s the camaraderie on the road with the guys, traveling all over the globe. It is the roar of you, the fans.”

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