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of the ivor novello songwriting academy. he spoke to our music correspondent mark savage ahead of the ceremony. # i'll send an sos to the world # i hope that someone gets my # message in a bottle, yeah... sting, welcome to bbc breakfast. thank you, good morning. good morning. we are here because you are being given the fellowship of the ivor novello academy, so for people who don't know what that is, explain why that is so important. yes, fellowship, sounds a bit like lord of the rings. the fellowship. it's very meaningful to me, because that's what i put on my passport, i am a songwriter. that's my profession, and it's a profession i'm very proud of. the first hit song you had was roxanne. do you remember listening to the chart countdown on radio 1
the schoolteacher, gordon sumner, reinvented himself. he is now recognised as a global success and award—winning musician, sting. from many of his songs, they are known by millions and this afternoon he will join the likes of eltonjohn and paul mccartney in becoming a fellow of the songwriting academy. he spoke to our music correspondent will stop the first hit song you had was roxanne. do you remember listening to the chart countdown on radio one? i was in my kitchen in bayswater on top of a client's ladder, painting ceiling with white emulsion and i had radio1 ceiling with white emulsion and i had radio 1 on and i suddenly recognised the song.
bush. our music correspondent spoke to staying ahead of the ceremony. i5 to staying ahead of the ceremony. is very meaningful to me, because that is what i would put on my passport, what i am, i am a songwriter. that is my profession. a profession i am very proud of. at the first hit a song you had was roxanne. do you remember listening to the countdown on radio 1? i was in my kitchen in bayswater on a client, on top of that ladder painting a ceiling. i had radio1 that ladder painting a ceiling. i had radio 1 on and i suddenly recognised the song. it is roxanne! and i had literally fell off the ladder. i immediately called the other guys and said we
23 others to get that honour. sting has been talking to our music correspondent mark savage ahead of the awards. # i hope that someone gets my # message in a bottle, yeah...# the first hit song you had was roxanne. do you remember listening to the chart countdown on radio 1 the week that went into the top a0? yeah, i was in my kitchen in bayswater on a plank on top of the ladders painting the ceiling with some white emulsion and i had radio 1 on and i suddenly recognised the song. # you don't have to sell your body to the night # roxanne. # it's roxanne. i literally fell off the ladder and immediately called the other guys in the band. "we're on the radio!" they were listening too. but nothing will ever beat that first, you know,
onstage, she called out the music industry's treatment of songwriters. # take this pain away. the record industry is making more money than it has in the last 30 years. everything's up, funded by songs that they aren't paying for. just disrespecting a whole community of people thatjust need to be seen now. so i'm going to be a broken record about this. # you know it's not. the same as it was.... harry styles added to his growing collection of awards with, as it was, named the year's most played song on tv and radio. and sting was given the fellowship of the academy, its highest award, honouring a song book that includes every breath you take and roxanne. # roxanne # you don't have to wear that dress tonight which of your husband's songs is your favourite? oh, there's so many. i think fields of gold feels like the...|'m very close to... because it's about you!
0nstage, she called out the music industry's treatment of songwriters. # take this pain away. the record industry is making more money than it has in the last 30 years. everything's up, funded by songs that they aren't paying for. just disrespecting a whole community of people thatjust need to be seen now. so i'm going to be a broken record about this. # you know it's not i the same as it was.... harry styles added to his growing collection of awards with, as it was, named the year's most played song on tv and radio. and sting was given the fellowship of the academy, its highest award, honouring a song book that includes every breath you take and roxanne. # roxanne # you don't have to wear that dress tonight which of your husband's songs is your favourite? 0h, there's so many. i think fields of gold feels like the...|'m very close to...
Signature Theatre announces the cast and creative team of its world premiere production of MacArthur Fellow Branden Jacobs-Jenkins' The Comeuppance, directed by Eric Ting. Concluding Jacobs-Jenkins' Premiere Residency—and Signature's 2022-2023 season of personal and profound works from its Resident writers—The Comeuppance runs May 16–June 25.