ANNI ARCHIVES: EVERY LITTLE THING WE DID WAS REGRETTABLE

Sting, who dropped his upbeat new single, "I Can't Stop Thinking About You," and joined KROQ Kevin and Bean fis one of many stars we somehow hornswoggled into posing with our print publication over the years. By the time this shot was taken, he was not only a pop-music icon but also a dashing movie star. All these years later, he's unleashing some rockin' new music and we're ... about to keep publishing the same dreck we've plopped into the world for three decades. This photo is brought to you by the HITS 30th Anniversary Issue, headed your way like the world's most unwelcome message in a bottle.

57th and 9th, the full-length set due on A&M/Interscope on 11/11, reportedly finds Sting playing his most energetic pop-rock since the heyday of The Police.