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May 22, 2022

Photos of Sting and his son Joe Sumner playing Tampa's Hard Rock Event Center

By Ray Roa

It cost a pretty penny (tickets started at $250) to see sting play Tampa's newish Hard Rock Event Center at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, but least the 70-year-old rock icon was looking pretty as hell after his own son, Joe Sumner, opened the show on Saturday.
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Photos of Sting and his son Joe Sumner playing Tampa's Hard Rock Event Center
Photo by Tracy May
Photos of Sting and his son Joe Sumner playing Tampa's Hard Rock Event Center
Photo by Tracy May
Photos of Sting and his son Joe Sumner playing Tampa's Hard Rock Event Center
Photo by Tracy May
Photos of Sting and his son Joe Sumner playing Tampa's Hard Rock Event Center
Photo by Tracy May

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