Sting to headline WCRF's 'An Unforgettable Evening' gala

The 17-time Grammy Award winning musician is set to headline the organization’s annual gala.

PUBLISHED APR 9, 2024

Sting poses at a photo call for the new dance-musical based on the songs of Sting 'Message in a Bottle' at New York City Center Rehearsal Studios on April 1, 2024. (Photo by Bruce Glikas/Getty Images)

Los Angeles, California (Release): The Women’s Cancer Research Fund (WCRF) has announced that 17-time Grammy Award winning musician Sting is set to headline the organization’s annual gala, 'An Unforgettable Evening', commemorating its 25th anniversary with a special performance, returning to the event where he debuted as its first performer.

In Sting’s career, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame has received 17 Grammy Awards and sold 100 million albums worldwide from his combined work as one of the most distinctive solo artists in the world and former front man of The Police. A composer, singer-songwriter, actor, author and activist, Sting also has received a Golden Globe, four Oscar nominations, a Tony nomination, Billboard Magazine’s Century Award and Kennedy Center Honors.

Sting and Trudy Styler are seen at the 2023 US Open Tennis Championships on September 10, 2023 in New York City. (Photo by Gotham/GC Images)

Sting’s support for human rights organizations such as the Rainforest Fund, Amnesty International, and Live Aid mirrors his art in its universal outreach. Along with wife Trudie Styler, Sting founded the Rainforest Fund in 1989 to protect both the world’s rainforests and the indigenous people living there.

On Wednesday, April 10, 2024 WCRF Honorary Chairs Rita Wilson and Tom Hanks, along with Gala Chairs Jamie Alexander Tisch, Kelly Chapman Meyer, Quinn Ezralow and Anastasia Soare, and Co-Chairs NJ Falk, Tom Ford, Kris Levine, Judy and Leonard Lauder, Dr. Stacie J. Stephenson and Richard J Stephenson, Steve Tisch and Lori Kanter Tritsch and William P. Lauder will welcome guests to the 25th edition of An Unforgettable Evening.

Rumer Willis, Demi Moore, Tallulah Willis, and Scout Willis arrives at the 2024 Vanity Fair Oscar Party Hosted By Radhika Jones at Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts on March 10, 2024 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Steve Granitz/FilmMagic)

The gala will return to the Beverly Wilshire, A Four Seasons Hotel, with proceeds from the event benefiting the Women’s Cancer Research Fund, a program of the Breast Cancer Research Foundation (BCRF). WCRF was founded by Jamie Alexander Tisch, Kate Capshaw, Kelly Chapman Meyer, Quinn Ezralow, Rita Wilson and the late Anne Douglas, Renette Ezralow and Marion Laurie.

As previously announced, this year's gala will recognize trailblazing actress Demi Moore with the Courage Award for her unwavering support and dedication to raising awareness for breast cancer. Philanthropist Wallis Annenberg will receive the Unsung Hero Award for her innovative dedication to fighting cancer and improving community well-being through the Annenberg Foundation. Additionally, this year’s gala will honor WCRF Co-Founder, the late Anne Douglas, with a Special Tribute.