Sting The Dream Of The Blue Turtles tour

This marked Sting's first tour as a solo artist, done to promote The Dream Of The Blue Turtles album.

The majority of concerts took place between August 1985 and May 1986 in United States, Europe, England, Ireland and Australia with a line-up of: Sting (guitar & vocals), Darryl Jones (bass), Branford Marsalis (saxophone), Kenny Kirkland (keyboards), Omar Hakim (drums) and Janice Pendarvis & Dolette McDonald on backing vocals.

Earlier concerts were performed before the album's release as a taster of newer material: 25-27 February 1985 at The Ritz (NY, USA) and 24-31 May 1985 at Théâtre Mogador (Paris, France).

Equipment list presented here is a combination of two different issues of International Musician & Recording World magazine: one with a Sting cover feature (July 1985 issue), the other with a 'Beatroute' rig diagram (March 1986 issue). Both have different lists from different stages of this tour.

Sting
Guitars Gibson Chet Atkins acoustic / electric
 * 1961 Fender Telecaster
 * 1978 Fender Stratocaster Black
 * 1961 Gibson ES-335
 * Henk Van Zalinge Z-bass

Amplification
 * Crown Microtech 1000 - rented for Summer 1985 US shows
 * Dean Markley preamp
 * Mesa Boogie amp (1986 concerts)
 * Mesa Boogie 4x12 cabinet (1986 concerts)

Effects (as of 1986)
 * Boss CS-2 compressor
 * Vox wah-wah
 * T.C. Electronics booster
 * Ernie Ball volume pedal
 * Roland SDE-3000 delay
 * Boss CE-3 Chorus

Miscellaneous
 * Linn Electronics LinnDrum drum machine: early dates only
 * Synclavier
 * Yamaha DX7
 * NADY transceiver system
 * Shure SM58 microphone

Darryl Jones
Basses
 * 1968 Fender Jazz
 * Steinberger
 * Guild 'Novatone' with EMG pickups

Amplification
 * Ashly SC-40 pre-amp
 * Crown PSA II power amp
 * Hartke 4x10 cabinets (x2)
 * Hartke 1x15 cabinets (x2)

Effects
 * Boss CS-1 Compressor/Sustainer
 * Boss OC-2 Octave divider
 * Boss HM-2 Heavy Metal
 * Boss VB-2 Vibrato
 * Boss FV-100 volume
 * Deltalab ADM 1030 delay (or Roland SDE-3000 digital delay)

Misc.
 * Yamaha WXY II transceiver

Kenny Kirkland
Synthesizers
 * Roland Jupiter-8 - added later
 * Oberheim OB-Xa (or Oberheim OB-8)
 * Yamaha DX-7
 * Yamaha CP-70 electric grand

Effects & PA'
 * Boss DE-200 delay
 * Yamaha M-304 mixer

Omar Hakim
Drums
 * Yamaha 9000 drums
 * 12" rack tom
 * 13" rack tom
 * 14" floor tom
 * 16" floor tom
 * 22" x 14" bass drum
 * Pearl 14" x 6 1/2" Free Floating brass shell snare
 * Pearl 14" x 3 1/2" Free Floating brass shell piccolo snare'

Cymbals (Zildjian)
 * 16" China Boy
 * 13" thin crash
 * 19" Medium thin crash
 * 22" Ping ride
 * 17" Medium thin crash
 * 22" low China Boy
 * 14" Quick Beat hi-hats
 * 2 Simmons pads

Assorted percussion & hardware
 * Simmons SDS V (D.I.)
 * 2 Simmons pads
 * TAMA double bass pedal

Branford Marsalis
Saxophones:
 * Selmer Mk VI tenor
 * Selmer Alto
 * Selmer Soprano

Other:
 * Delta Lab ADM 1030 delay
 * Yamaha DX 7
 * Boss DM-3 delay
 * Shure SM58 microphone
 * Shure Unidynell microphone
 * Sennheiser microphone