Sting headlines Life Festival near Auschwitz
PR dla Zagranicy
Nick Hodge
01.07.2013 09:51
UK pop legend Sting headlined the 4th Life Festival Oswiecim over the weekend near the former Nazi German death camp of Auschwitz-Birkenau.
Sting performs at the Life Festival Oswiecim. Photo: PAP/Jacek Bednarczyk
The British star rocked the crowd with classics from his time with group The Police as well as later solo hits.
Fans sang along to radio favourites such as “Roxanne”, “Every little thing she does is magic” and of course “Every breath you take.”
The festival was first staged at Oswiecim's MOSiR Stadium in 2010, thanks to Darek Maciborek, a journalist who had grown up in the town.
His aim was “to break the spell” over the area, by providing a positive event aimed at cultivating tolerance in a place synonymous with Nazi German racism.
Previous guests have included Peter Gabriel and James Blunt. (nh)
Source: PAP