Lady Gaga never ceases to amaze me. That girl can sing.

Bruno will honored by the Kennedy Center one day no doubt!

And that’s why Bruce is still the boss...he sang that song as if it were his own...freaking amazing!

I love that Springsteen paid tribute. Icon to icon. And Bruno Mars killed it!

Is there anything that Bruno Mars can't do? Outstanding tribute to Sting.

You don't really understand what impact Sting made on music until you hear these fantastic tributes. It all puts it into perspective and makes you really think about Sting's timeless career

Lady Gaga was scorching; Esperanza achingly emotive. Bruno killed it, but...Bruce. Oh my God. Powerful, gut wrenching. He turned Sting's song into his own.

I am a Jamaican 🇯🇲. And we here on this island 🏝️ 🇯🇲 💕 love ❤️, love & appreciate Sting and his music 🎶🎶🎵 And he loves us too. Congratulations on your award Sting 👏🏽💐 very much deserve. . And you are still a buzz 🐝.😅. You rock 🕺🏾🎸. Rock on family🙏🏾🤗🥰💖

I'm fascinated by the way Sting claps like a little kid

It's imposible not to love and admire a guy like Sting. His work both in The Police and solist are simply LEGENDARY.

Love how Sting his wife is singing along with Bruno at 17:58

18:37 Bruno is absolutely killing at this point in the song. I love how it transitions from a super-chill reggae feel and explodes to a rockin' ending with the choir!

I'm not a Bruno Mars fan but he absolutely killed the performance on this tribute

I could listen to Bruno all day. Awesome voice. Awesome music by Sting. Classic.

Springsteen covering Sting, one of those perfect moments, such mutual respect and admiration, hate the cliches , but a bromance in the best of light.

springsteen .... always and always the best

11:52 that arpeggio that Esperanza throws at us is just deliciously perfect and henceforth essencial in the song!!!!

When Herbie Hancock playing your song on your tribute, clearly u're a real maestro ..

Esperanza Spalding's vocal performance (aside from the excellent instrumentation, of course) is unbelievably beautiful yet warmly sensual. Herbie Hancock's piano playing is like raindrops on a windowsill. Just an enchanting experience, even in the midst of some very strong performances.

Lady Gaga was AMAZING. The way Sting and his wife Trudy turn their faces and realise at the beginning of that performance that watching this woman perform one of his songs is going to be special💜

Very touching when the cast of the Last Ship came out. Bruno totally rocked the place.

You can see how much Sting truly appreciates and is humbled by these performances.....

Gaga and Bruno were so daaaaamn perfect and powerful!

You know you’re good when Bruce shows up to pay tribute.

The Kennedy Center Honors have created some amazing, memorable individual performances, but I think as an overall package, this one was the strongest I've seen. From Gaga to Bruno, they all rocked it.

Esperanza Spalding nailed the phrasing and vocals singing "Fragile". She nailed the bassline and rocked the standup bass. What a cool chic!

Overwhelmed with the talent paying tribute to Sting.

Good lord, Bruce. I never heard “hung my head” this story like. As if Bruce or Dylan had written it. Awesome.

Bruno Mar's knock this out of the park...he really did.

That was amazing.. Brunos voice is perfect for Stings songs.. So good..

Man Kennedy Center Honors Concerts are the best live performances human kind has ever seen

He looked so moved, at the edge of the tears. Sting you're wonderful!

Esperanza and Herbie Hancock's version of Fragile is just special!

Police were great....but his solo works... especially the first albums...are true masterpieces!!!! 💯🎵🎶

No one managed to carry the depth of emotion in song delivery like Bruce Springsteen.

Equisite + sultry. ..Eperanza Spaulding + Herbie Hancock. . . oh so smooth Brings all kind of emotions to the surface. In love ❤

Bruno KILLED it! Fab!!!!

19:16 for Sting getting all emotional and teary for it all, and his wife looking over at him and laughing.

Esperaza Spalding - I'm hearing her for the first time. Got chills... So much soul...

i love Bruce Springsteen .He is so intense and you can just feel and visulize every word when he sings.

Bruno is a god of a universe somewhere oh i just love him

Damn...Bruno Mars amazing on "Messege in the Bottle". Great Performance!!!

Something tells me Bruno Mars may be up on that balcony some day in the future! His performance in his tribute to Sting is incredible!🙏🎶❤️🎤

Only Sting can make such dreary topics sound upbeat and make listeners want to dance. I thank God every day for Sting's existence. Every little thing "he" does is magic.

It says everything you need to hear about your career when you have Lady Gaga, Esperanza Spalding, Herbie Hancock, Bruce Springsteen and Bruno Mars come out and play your tunes for you. Sting has crossed so any boundaries, a true connoisseur of the music of the world that the world itself has appreciated. A musicians musician. Despite all that, he can't clap for shit.

One day I put Sting's songs on a CD and put in our family van. That's how my wife became a fan of him. Years later my daughter who is an young adult now told me that she raided my computer and downloaded all of my music collection. She told me of all the artist she loves and one of them is Sting. She treasures these songs as they remind her of all those good child memories when we traveled in our van and listen to and often sang-along to them. My daughter got good taste in music after all...

that whole tribute was SO well deserved. what an artist he is

Bruce Springsteen sings to Sting, this is great, freaking two legends.

I simply do love Sting. He is so unique. Totally amazing. A great artist.One of the best of all times.

That was FANTASTIC. The best and the brightest were called in for this magnificent Tribute, which is apropos of Sting, who is among the best and brightest of 20th and 21st-century popular musical talents. How come I am just now seeing this nearly 10 years since this performance transpired? No matter: It was well worth the wait to see it now. 😀

When he played in Copenhagen 🇩🇰 I was working as Security. He came and sat Down eating lunch With us. I have never experienced that before

His realization when the cast members came on stage just made me so happy

Sting loved Bruno Mars. You could see on his face. Sounds just like Sting. Sure Sting was shocked ! !

Spalding & Hancock were the highlight for me. Classy, haunting, emotional.. everything I love about Sting's music

One of the best tributes I have seen. Shows the impact and beauty of Sting and his music

Bruno Mars reaching the vocal range of the original master and Kenny Aronof keeping the beat YEAH

That so lonely by Mars is absolutely extraordinaire

Bruno is amazing!!

Sting is such a gentleman,a good human being that deserves a tribute like this.God bless him!

It's awesome how choked up he gets throughout. Also, it's cool to see how happy Trudi is, singing along. She has aged extremely well. :-)

Bruce Springsteen and Bruno Mars were brilliant!! Each one in their own way!

Sting still looks soooo good

Some of the greatest performances of all time come down to performances from great talents that give so much to praise the best ever.

Jesus! Not a Gaga fan, but she absolutely just crushed that performance! Great set of pipes.

The end where everyone comes out to serenade him is breathtaking..

"I hung my head" is one of the best songs I've ever heard. Listen to Johnny Cash's cover of it too, done in his 70s. Sting is a great songwriter.

17:57...........Trudy singing along......... She knows all those songs, because she happens to have this husband who goes by the name of STING!! Watching her at the Kennedy Center Honors is GREAT!!!

Lady Gaga is amazing. That voice phewww

Fun to watch these Kennedy Center honorees fight back tears for being appreciated. A moment every artist dreams of.

Once again, EVERY performer NAILED IT... not only delivering a cover worth remembering but delivering a reinterpretation that is brilliant in its own right... HOLY CRAP! Herbie Hancock, Bruno, Lady Gaga, the BOSS bring tears of joy!

The sadness in Stings eyes and face when Sprinsteen is singing the 1st chorus of the song. Very emotional

Bruno killed this wow😍

Let's all give a shout out to Mrs. Sting and the fam for sharing the love of their lives with us, his fans!

Two of my favorite artists: past and present. Sting and Bruno Mars! From the day I arrived on campus and heard the Police's "Don't Stand So Close to Me" playing in Harvard Yard, I have been a Sting fan! Great tribute...especially by Bruno!

OMG Bruno mars definitely stole the show for me!. Damn he actually sounded a bit like sting!. I was shocked. This man always sings from the heart and he is a genius musician as well. Love him.

I'm back - last time I loved Gaga, this time it was Bruce. You can't teach that kind of soul-searching. That's the Boss bringing his own life to Sting's music. Just awesome.

When sting claps, it's like he's crushing bubbles

So many talented people there but Bruno Mars is overwhelming!

wow Esperanza have got such a voice!!! Amazing!! And her performance is brilliant, pure and magnificient!! Loved Bruno Mars performance, he makes everyone dance....

After this performance I suddenly realized how great author Sting is, and how great performer Lady Gaga is. She should record a live album with all the Sting's songs.

Gaga was amazing and you can see how impressed Sting was by her.

one of the best songwriters we have ever produced ,is lyrics are always so awesome and stunning he is a genius we brits should be very proud of him I know he is rich and can be pompous sometimes but he is great.

Sting's little sparkle drop on his eyes are everything.

You can tell that Sting is very moved by these icons of today’s music singing his music. If you look carefully you can see tears in his eyes at times.

Wow. When Bruno busted out into "So Lonely" my jaw dropped. He absolutely nailed it. Amazing.

What an experience to hear Herbie and Esperanza!

Gaga is really talented!!! :) This is great!

Lady Gaga, Sting, that was a magical musical moment. Bruce Springsteen, just unbelievable, brilliant 👍

Esperanza Spaulding gave a stunning performance.

Bruno and Gaga. Wow ♡

If Springsteen shows up for you, it means you have achieved it!

Back in the early 1980s I was a dairy production manager at Associated Dairies in Newcastle. One morning I went across to the canteen for breakfast - probably about 7am (I didn't always have time) - the canteen was busy (long trestle tables) but there was unaccountably lots of room around three guys having their breakfast. I sat down opposite them with a smile and a "morning". I was well into my breakfast by the time I realised that one of them was Sting. It turned out he was back home and was out helping his dad who was a bottled milk buyer customer of the dairy the other chap was his brother.

Esparanza is beautiful! What a wonderful rendition of an incredible song.

I came here for Esperaza Spalding and Bruno Mars. Phenomenal performances!!!! Love them both.

Sting there are not enough words. He is my ultimate favorite artist of all time. There is a connection to every lyric, and the texture of his voice is like breath itself. I could breath in his music and hope I do throughout my days!

Extrem schön.....extrem....

The incredible Sting.

The man is beautiful -

I met Sting and Herbie Handcock (and a few other legends) on the same night at the 1990 Grammys!! Best night of my life

Talk about constant goosebumps and teary eyes!!! This guy is an absolute legend