Sting brought together generations in Cuenca with his powerful voice and hits...

Cuenca welcomed British musician Sting to the Alejandro Serrano Aguilar Stadium as part of his 'Sting 3.0' tour.

Sting in Ecuador! The English pop-rock icon performed in Cuenca to share hits like 'When We Dance,' 'Always On Your Side,' 'All for Love,' and 'Shape of My Heart,' among others.

Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner, better known as Sting, opened the Carnival holiday in Ecuador with a one-off concert at the Alejandro Serrano Aguilar Stadium. He was joined on stage by Deminic Miller on guitar and Chris Maas on drums. Obviously, Sting played bass.

Thousands of fans came to Cuenca to see and sing along with the 73-year-old British musician, who has won 17 Grammy Awards, a Golden Globe, an Emmy Award, and four Academy Award nominations for Best Song, among many other accolades.

Sting began his performance at 8:08 PM with a signature song from his time with The Police: "Message in a Bottle," although the audience continued to enter until approximately 8:40 PM.

Sting alternated songs he created with The Police with others from his solo career. The sound was perfect, and the audience fell silent as the musician's voice spun, bursting into applause at the end of each song.

The musician dared to say a few phrases in Spanish: Cuenca, Ecuador. We are very happy to be here. Then he said in English: That's all the Spanish I know. Although he did know more, which he then repeated: Louder, please sing with me. Thank you very much!

Sting encouraged the audience to sing louder, to shout louder, but they remained calm for the most part. Mesmerized by Sting's specular voice.

The shouts came when the British singer left the stage without singing his iconic song "Roxanne." Then, the artist happily returned, picked up the bass again, and not only shared that hit but switched to an acoustic guitar to say goodbye with "Fragile."

The concert ended at 9:50 p.m. with Sting thanking the audience in Spanish and wearing a sombrero that was thrown from the audience.

Do you know how his stage name "Sting" came about? In several interviews and in his autobiographical book, he has shared that when he was in high school, he sang wearing a coat with black and yellow stripes, so his friends told him he looked like a bee and the legend was born: 'Sting,' meaning sting in Spanish.

(c) Primicias by Gabriela Jiménez