Sting is being sued for ‘MILLIONS of pounds in lost royalties’ by former bandmates in The Police

Sting’s former police group friends are suing for millions of pounds for lost royalties.

The 73 -year -old singer wrote a high court by the group’s guitarist Andy Summers and drummer Stewart Copeland.

The allegation of ‘important’ damage comes after years of painful legal disputes.

A source told Sun: ‘This has been coming for a while. Lawyers have repeatedly tried to reach an out -of -court settlement, but hit a dead end.

Andy and Stewart decided that there was no alternative than the court, so they pressed the button. They say they owe millions of debt on lost royalties. ‘

London’s Supreme Court lists the legal lawsuit under ‘general commercial contracts and regulations’.

While Steing falls as a defendant under Gordon Matthew Sumner, Magnetic Publishing Limited is listed as a defendant.

The star is believed to earn £ 550,000 a year from Smash Hit Hit Hit Hit Hit Every Breath, the fifth song of the 80s.

However, group friends Summers and Copeland Single were not given song -writing loans.

The new Wave Band The Police was founded in London in 1977 and was hit by their second album Reggatta De Blanc and Stardom.

Five UK packed the number one single and got a number one in the USA with every breath you took.

His last tours ended in 1984, but there was no farewell to each other or fans.

Copeland joined the group in 1977 and joined Sting when he saw his charisma with Jazz Fusion Band Last Exit. Later, Agile Rock approached the guitarist summers.

However, it was understood that there was a three -way power struggle. Sting said before: ‘We did not go to school together or did not grow up in the same neighborhood. We were never tribes.

‘We care about music with passion and all of us strong characters and no one would be pushed. We fought everything. ‘

The singer, who was left in 1983, was given a Supreme Court by the group’s guitarist Andy Summers, Sağ and Drummer Stewart Copeland.

The group was dissolved and solved with anger and anger and sting, continued to be a solo artist.

After threatening to leave once every week, his personal grip was not kept behind the closed doors. Group members were opened to the public with problems with back jokes in the studio and even during interviews.

Fifth and Final Studio Albums – the record of synchronization was fragile and led them to record pieces in different rooms in the war.

However, the police returned surprisingly with a re-merger round between 2007-2008, and more than 151 history saw the world traveling from Europe to South America.

The merger saw that the group earned £ 292 million, the group said that Guitarist Summers earned Telegraph in 2022 that he earned $ 1 million at night.

‘2007 Reunion Tour was a giant payment for all of us and quite incredible: the most money I’ve ever done’ he said. ‘We sold every stadium in the world.

‘And I hate to say that, no, I don’t hate to say-I think I became the highest paid guitarist in the world during this re-merger round.’

Daily Mail approached Sting, Summers and Copeland for comment.