Researchers analyse STING'S brain

Sting has had his brain scanned - so scientists can work out what makes gifted musicians tick. He underwent the examination at a Montreal university the afternoon before a Police concert in the city. Researchers say the scans uncovered an incredible ability to link seemingly different pieces of music together. A Montreal University -professor scanned Sting's brain the afternoon before a Police concert in the city in a bid to find how music is mapped in the brain. The results led to unexpected connections between the 1960s Beatles hit'Girl' and Astor Piazzolla's evocative tango composition'Libertango', at least in the mind of the famously eclectic singer songwriter.