Sting sells back catalogue to Universal Music in deal worth up to $300m

Musician becomes latest big name to cash in on a long and successful career

Sting has sold his back catalogue, featuring hits including Roxanne, Every Breath You Take and Englishman in New York, to Universal Music in a deal thought to be worth up to $300m (221m).

The 70-year old, who first found global fame as a member of the Police in the late 1970s and early 1980s before going solo, becomes the latest big name musician to cash in on a long and successful career.