STING • LIFE THROUGH A LENS #03
YOUR BASS PLAYER’S LEFT IN A HUFF THE NIGHT BEFORE A GIG. WHO YA GONNA CALL? HERE’S STING ON HAND TO SAVE THE DAY FOR HIS PUNK MATES CHELSEA…
STEVE HARNELL
From left: Sting, Miles Copeland, Noel Martin from support act The Aces and Chelsea's Gene October
It’s 18 September 1981 and punk band Chelsea have both good and bad news. On the one hand, they’ve got a sold-out show to play at Fulham’s Greyhound pub in London. On the other, their bass player has quit the previous day leaving the gig in jeopardy.