Sumner

When Sting was born Gordon Sumner in 1951, the son of a milkman and a hairdresser, the North East still had a proud tradition of shipbuilding.

Her father, the late Sumner Redstone, built the company into a juggernaut but it has seen its standing slip in recent years.

New Order In a recent chat with The Times, Bernard Sumner spoke lovingly about New Order’s revival and attributed it partially to the band’s newfound cohesion.

“Famously, loads of people went … Morrissey was there, and the Buzzcocks were there ... and everyone went out and formed a band,” Sumner quips.

The veteran investor, who helped Redstone’s father, Sumner Redstone, mount his successful takeover of Paramount Pictures three decades ago, asked a judge to order Paramount to provide financial details of its agreement with Skydance.