NASCAR: Sting to perform at year-end awards show

Grammy Award-winning artist Sting will perform at the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Awards on Friday, Dec. 2, at Wynn Las Vegas. The finale of NASCAR Champion's Week festivities, the annual awards show brings together some of the greatest names in sports and entertainment to celebrate the 2016 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Champion, team owner and 16 Chase drivers.

Sting will headline the event, performing both a classic hit and a selection from his new album, 57th & 9th, released November 11 on A&M/Interscope Records. His twelfth studio album and first rock/pop project in more than a decade, the ten-song collection represents a wide range of Sting's musical and songwriting styles, including the raucous first single "I Can't Stop Thinking About You," the anthemic, "50,000" and the ferocious, Road Warrior-style imagery of, "Petrol Head." The latter is also the aptly named anthem of NASCAR's upcoming social video release designed to build anticipation for the final two races of the season and ultimately the crowning of a new champion.

Sting released five studio albums as a member of The Police alongside Stewart Copeland and Andy Summers, earning six Grammy Awards, two Brits and induction into The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2003. As one of the world's most distinctive solo artists, he has earned an additional 10 Grammy Awards, two Brits, a Golden Globe, an Emmy, three Oscar nominations, a TONY nomination, Billboard Magazine's Century Award, and MusiCares 2004 Person of the Year. Later this month, the American Music Awards will bestow him with their "Award of Merit."

Sting joins a star-studded group of musicians who have previously performed at NASCAR's championship celebration, including Andy Grammar, Sam Hunt, Lady Antebellum, Sara Bareilles, John Mellencamp, Aloe Blacc, and Kid Rock. Please visit ChampionsWeek.NASCAR.com to view the full NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Champion's Week schedule.