Name: Connor W. Goedecke
Username: ConnorsCortex
Location: Toronto, Ontario.
Been a fan since: -
Favourite Sting song: Do you know how difficult that is?? I mean come on! That's like asking me to choose which of my children I love more, if I had any! OK but for real, it would be a deep cut of *two songs that live in my mind perpetually. 'January Stars' and 'Another Day' these tracks just allow me to fall into a deep place of introspection. Actually - upon closer evaluation, 'All Would Envy' is another that lingers in my mind from the live show in Berlin. I've changed my mind, 'The Lazarus Heart' OK one more! 'The Pirate’s Bride' there are too many provoking music pieces, it's just so hard to choose!
Favourite Police song: It would have to be something from 'Synchronicity', I’m an autodidact to the knowledge of Carl Jung. After all, it was you Gordon who introduced me to Jungian psychology, and I’m deeply grateful for that and the health it has brought me. Upon closer thought, allow me to say 'Secret Journey' from 'Ghost In The Machine'. It has a personal meaning to me.
Favourite Sting album: 'The Soul Cages'. It got me through a great deal of mental hardship, and I am indebted to you for that.
Favourite Police album: There isn’t a single track on there that I don’t love!
Most memorable concert: I have only had the chance to go to one! But it was in 2023 from the “My Songs Tour” in Toronto at Budweiser Stadium. Mainly because my tickets got upgraded from lawn tickets all the way to the front row. It was a long story of how I found myself there, but a fun story to tell nonetheless! It was September 5th of 2023, and I think my fondest memory was one thing that Gordon said, in particular talking about his home, and it was a warmly painted expression of a thought that lingers in my mind.
Other favourite bands: The María’s, The Raconteurs, The Sound, Radiohead, Zero 7, Genesis, The Blue Nile, Boards Of Canada, Casiopea, Masayoshi Takanaka, Shaggy, Gordon Lightfoot, Inhaler, Jackson C Frank, Jamiroquai, Kate Bush, Kraftwerk, Midlake, Miracle Legion, Nick Drake, Vashti Bunyan, Paul McCartney, Yellow Magic Orchestra, The Stranglers, Oingo Boingo, Chappell Roan, Peter Gabriel.
In Your Own Words: I haven’t had the easiest ride, and I think a lot of people can say that life is just difficult and full of suffering, and sure that is no surprise. Yet despite that, I have reconciled there is always a design to our fight. Purpose to every hardship, and reason to our struggle. I believe Gordon encapsulates this kind of ambition perfectly in his work. His music has nurtured my ears in real times of hardship. The world would be a sad place without you, and I am deeply gratified to be on Earth and walk the ground same as you. To be here and now; to witness all you’ve done, for me and so many others. It’s a privilege. I would love to sit down with you one day and share a cup of tea, I feel like we can have a lengthy discussion if I were afforded the opportunity one day. But maybe! Cheers to you Gordon!
Over the years the Fan Club has held many exclusive events and amazing opportunities for its members. These have ranged from tickets for many different TV and radio performances to full concerts. Below are just some of the highlights...
In October 2025 over sixty fan club members and guests attended STING'S PRESS EVENT IN PARIS for the Paris run of The Last Ship including an intimate acoustic performance by Sting and Dominic Miller.
In August 2024 over a hundred fan club members and guests visited STING'S HOME IN TUSCANY to attend the opening of the Fame da Lupi apericena bar for an evening of food, drink and an intimate acoustic performance by Sting himself.
At selected shows during the My Songs tour, members have had the opportunity to access some intimate SOUNDCHECK PARTIES and see Sting and his band rehearsing up close and personal. These amazing opportunities have taken place in London ON, Bridgeport CT, Virginia Beach VA, Denver CO, Concord CA, Irving TX, Budapest, Turin, Amsterdam, Scarborough, Paris, Warsaw, Parma, Krakow and Munich.
Fan Club members were invited to an exclusive 57th & 9th ALBUM RELEASE PARTY CONCERT at New York's Irving Plaza in November 2016.
Twenty Fan Club members and their guests were invited to attend the OPENING NIGHT PERFORMANCE ON BROADWAY OF THE LAST SHIP at the Neil Simon Theatre in October 2014.
Well over a hundred Fan Club members were invited to attend a SPECIAL BIRTHDAY PERFORMANCE of The Last Ship material at New York's Public Theater on 2 October 2013.
Fan Club members were invited to attend some DEVELOPMENT PERFORMANCES OF THE LAST SHIP at the Live Theatre in Newcastle in February 2012.
Fan Club members were in attendance at Sting's all star SIXTIETH BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION CONCERT at New York's Beacon Theatre in October 2011 which raised more than $7m for the Robin Hood charity.
Fan Club members were invited to a DRESS REHEARSAL CONCERT ahead of Sting's European Symphonicity Tour at the Apollo Theatre in New York in April 2011.
Fan Club members attended the SOUNDCHECK AND PERFORMANCE that was filmed for the 'Symphonicity' DVD at O2 World in Berlin in September 2010.
Fan Club members attended the FILMING OF THE 'IF ON A WINTER'S NIGHT DVD at Durham Cathedral in September 2009.
Sting and The Police Fan Club members attended RECORDING OF THE 'SPECTACLE' EPISODE FEATURING THE POLICE at the Apollo Theatre in New York in August 2008.
Sting and The Police Fan Club members attended a SPECIAL DRESS REHEARSAL CONCERT ahead of the opening night of The Police's world breaking Reunion Tour at GM Place in Vancouver in May 2007.
Fan Club members attended a SPECIAL DRESS REHEARSAL CONCERT ahead of the recording of Sting's 'The Journey & The Labyrinth' DVD at LSO St Lukes in London in October 2006.
Fan Club members attended a SPECIAL RADIO CONCERT hosted by Radio France during the Songs from the Labyrinth tour at the Salle Olivier Messiaen in Paris in October 2006.
Sting invited Fan Club members to attend an EXCLUSIVE CLUB SHOW on the Broken Music tour at Irving Plaza in New York in May 2005.
Fan Club members attended a DRESS REHEARSAL CONCERT ahead of the opening night of the Broken Music tour at the Roxy Club in Los Angeles in March 2005.
In January 2004, fan club members attended a DRESS REHEARSAL CONCERT ahead of the opening night of the Sacred Love tour at the James L Knight Centre in Miami.
In September 2003, Sting invited Fan Club members to an EXCLUSIVE CONCERT at the Olympia in Paris, where he previewed songs off his 'Sacred Love' album.
In September 2001, Fan Club members were INVITED TO STING'S HOME near Florence to attend the recording/filming of the '...All This Time' CD and DVD.
