Outlandos
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Outlandos was both the name of the official fan club for Sting and The Police, and its fanzine/newsletter. Issues generally contained tour dates, news updates and photos of the band members, including Sting, Stewart Copeland and Andy Summers. Coverage was also provided of their solo projects from the mid-1980s onward, although the focus shifted more to Sting through the years.
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- In April[1] of 1979, the official fanclub for The Police, Outlandos, was launched in London, England. Annual membership dues were at first 2.50 pounds. It was originally run by Dee with assistance from Paul Carter. The fanclub's first newsletters were simple, photocopied sheets of A4 paper with news, information and clippings. Eventually it settled into a regular A5 newsletter format, published quarterly plus a Christmas Card.[2]
- In the summer of 1983, the BBC held a contest for the best music fanclub, and Outlandos won the competition.[3] Tina became involved in running the club at this time as it grew considerably in size after the publicity.
- While retaining the Outlandos name and continuing to provide some coverage of Stewart and Andy's solo activities, the fanclub became more focused on Sting's solo career from the late 1980s onward.[4]
- In 1996, Sting fans Dave and Wendy, members of Outlandos opened the Stingchronicity fansite. This site was used by Tina as a way to communicate on-line with Outlandos members and was a semi official, "unofficial" Sting site.[5]
- In 1996, Sting fans Dave and Wendy, members of Outlandos opened the Stingchronicity fansite. This site was used by Tina as a way to communicate on-line with Outlandos members and was a semi official, "unofficial" Sting site.[6]
- In 2003, sting.com went through another overhaul with the release of "Sacred Love". It was then decided that sting.com would replace the old Outlandos offline fanclub with a new, entirely on-line fanclub.[7] The site would host exclusive content including video and photos available only to subscribers, along with contests and other bonuses. It was an still is run by Dave, Tina and Wendy.
