{"id":134249,"date":"2021-10-04T19:50:27","date_gmt":"2021-10-04T16:50:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ngradio.gr\/?p=134249"},"modified":"2021-10-04T19:50:28","modified_gmt":"2021-10-04T16:50:28","slug":"sting-celebrates-70th-birthday-with-eric-burdon-under-the-acropolis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ngradio.gr\/en\/news-el\/music-en\/sting-celebrates-70th-birthday-with-eric-burdon-under-the-acropolis\/","title":{"rendered":"Sting celebrates 70th birthday with Eric Burdon under the Acropolis"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Sting and Eric Burdon got together in Athens on Friday to celebrate the former Police bassist\u2019s 70th birthday<\/a> under the Acropolis. The two English musicians are no strangers to Greece<\/a>. They have both played live in Athens numerous times in the past 30 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sting first played live in Athens<\/a> with his former band, the legendary Police, in 1979 in one of the first rock concerts ever held in the city, held in Sporting basketball court. His first solo live performance was in 1993 in the AEK Athens stadium in Nea Philadelphia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Eric Burdon has performed live many times<\/a> since the 1990s in the Rodon concert hall, either with his reformed band The Animals, or as a solo artist. Both Sting and Burdon are among the most favorite idols of the Athens rock crowd.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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 Legendary rockers Eric Burdon and Sting drink a glass of wine under the Acropolis, to celebrate Sting\u2019s 70th birthday. Credit: Eric Burdon \/ Instagram<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Eric Burdon is an Athens resident<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Interestingly enough, few people are aware that Eric Burdon has been living in Athens for over a decade. He used to live in the Kypseli suburb of Athens with his Greek wife, but they recently moved to a new house in a northern suburb.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 81 year old Burdon was married to his Greek wife and manager, Marianna Proestou in 1999. He appears crazy in love with his third wife and the two of them are roaming the Aegean islands every summer, often posting pictures of their summer adventures on Instagram.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sting, on the other hand, has always enjoyed his Athens concerts, either on big stadiums, or at the Odeon of Herodes Atticus<\/a>, like he did last week. After his second concert on Friday, he celebrated his 70th birthday with Burdon, who was among the spectators, along with his wife.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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