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Gregory Porter performs It's Probably Me at the Polar Music Prize Ceremony 2017

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It’s Probably Me (Gordon Sumner, Eric Clapton, Michael Kamen) Performed by Gregory Porter, The Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Hans Ek and the Polar Music Prize band at the Polar Music Prize Ceremony 2017 © Polar Music Prize. For Licensing Inquiries, please email: licensing@polarmusicprize.org Sting and Wayne Shorter received the Polar Music Prize on June 15, 2017 at a ceremony at Konserthuset Stockholm, Sweden. Several artists honored the Laureates together with the The Royal Stockholm Philarmonic Orchestra, led by maestro Hans Ek. Artists performing in tribute to Sting and Wayne Shorter, included Gregory Porter, Jennie Abrahamson, Lennart Åberg, Marius Neset, José Feliciano (https://www.youtube.com/watchv=1gZWIE081po), Jelena Krstic, Josefin Runsteen, Ane Brun (https://www.youtube.com/watchv=E11Dw5t0iTw), Linnea Olsson, Fredrik Ljungqvist and The Tallest Man On Earth (https://www.youtube.com/watchv=OR1R2XvNQJc). José Feliciano also read the citation for Sting (https://www.youtube.com/watchv=u3xJHRHdrYs): "The 2017 Polar Music Prize is awarded to the singer, musician and composer Sting, real name Gordon Sumner, from Wallsend in Northumberland. Sting grew up in a shipyard town in northeastern England. As a child his thoughts and dreams roamed as far as the ships that sailed from his town. Internal and external travel has also characterised his music. As a member of the trio The Police, and later as a solo artist, Sting has never sat back and rested on his laurels; he has put down his anchor in more musical harbours than perhaps any other artist of his generation. As a composer, Sting has combined classic pop with virtuoso musicianship and an openness to all genres and sounds from around the world. Sting is a true citizen of the world, who has also been indefatigable in using his position as an arena-filling artist to promote human rights." The Polar Music Prize was founded in 1989 by the late Stig ”Stikkan” Anderson, one of the true greats in the history of popular music. As th