Sting is continues to mourn the loss of his tour manager Billy Francis, who passed away after a battle with cancer. Francis worked for The Police lead vocalist for 40 years.
Sting said, “We’ve been friends now for over four decades, and I may have spent more time with you than I’ve spent with my wife or my kids," Sting writes, "literally thousands upon thousands of gigs, trekking from city to city, country to country, and enough long haul flights across the planet to reach to the moon and back."
He added, “I couldn’t have had a better teacher, big brother, protector, mentor, confidente, or companion for life than you my friend. I love you, I’m immensely proud of you and the friendship we’ve forged together over the years,” noting, “Know this, I’ll be with you until kingdom come, until that great cosmic gig in the sky, the gig to end all gigs.”