Sting & Peter Gabriel Announce Summer Tour With San Jose Stop

SAN JOSE (CBS SF) – Rock legends Peter Gabriel and Sting has announced they will be co-headlining a North American tour this summer. The "Rock Paper Scissors Tour" will start June 21st in Columbus, Ohio with a stop on July 14th in San Jose at the SAP Center and conclude July 24th in Edmonton, AB Canada.

The first time Gabriel and Sting toured together was in 1986 with Amnesty International in the U.S. and later the world in 1988. Since then, the two have been the best of friends.

"I had a successful tour with Paul Simon, who is someone else I admire greatly, and that worked so well I thought I'd like to do this again… who could I tour with? And then I thought of Peter because we've known each other for so long" – Sting

"What intrigues me is that when you get a good bunch of musicians together then interesting things will happen if they are allowed to"
– Peter Gabriel

 
Tickets for the San Jose show will go on sale on Monday, January 25th at 10:00am.
 

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