It was kind of hard to look away from a very sexy Sting when he joined the Florida Orchestra for a gala concert at Mahaffey Theater in St. Petersburg, and it's also very hard to ignore this number: $1.5 million.
That's how much the 66-year-old modern rock icon helped raise in honor of the Orchestra's 50th anniversary. A press release says the event was the orchestra's most successful event ever.
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Concert Review: Sting and The Florida Orchestra rock the Mahaffey (w/photos)
"The $1.5 million raised through the gala includes fundraising donations and concert-only ticket sales," the release said. "The funds will support TFO’s free community programs, which last season reached about 80,000 people in hospitals, schools, parks, museums and more, as well as artistic initiatives that bring top talent to Tampa Bay stages."
Read David Warner's full review from the show and see more of Caesar's photos here. Listen to a playlist featuring songs from the show below.
Setlist
Englishman In New York
Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic
Fields Of Gold
Roxanne
When We Dance
I Hung My Head
Why Should I Cry For You?
The End Of The Game
Shape Of My Heart
The Last Ship
Practical Arrangement
What Say You, Meg?
Mad About You
King Of Pain
Every Breath You Take
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Desert Rose
Fragile
