Leica Camera and Fender Custom Shop collaborate with Legendary “The Police” Guitarist to unveil Leica M MONOCHROM “Signature” by Andy Summers Camera, Andy Summers MONOCHROM Strat®. Both sets are limited to 50 pieces worldwide, and encapsulate a perfect marriage of two instruments of art: a guitar and a camera. A flawless union of supreme craftsmanship, rock […]
Andy Summers’ photography exhibition “A Certain Strangeness” is at the Bonnefatenmuseum in Maastricht until October 27, 2019! With over 400 pictures from the period 1979-2018, the exhibition “A Certain Strangeness” is the first retrospective of the photographic work of British photographer and guitar legend Andy Summers. The geographical locations of the shots range from the […]
From Guitar World: The Police guitarist Andy Summers has never been shy about integrating his acclaimed work as a photographer into his music – often, during his recent solo shows, performing against a backdrop of his photographs. We’ve never seen him combine his twin artistic passions quite like this, though, as he teams up with the Fender […]
From Premier Guitar: Hollywood, CA (September 18, 2019) — A flawless union of supreme craftsmanship, rock ‘n’ roll and photography comes to life with the introduction of Leica and Fender Custom Shop’s limited-edition camera-Stratocaster guitar pairing. Created in collaboration with Andy Summers, an accomplished photographer, former member of the Grammy award-winning, Rock and Roll Hall of […]
Accomplished photographer and The Police guitarist, Andy Summers has collaborated with the Fender Custom Shop and Leica Camera to create the Andy Summers Monochrome Strat set. Custom-wrapped with a collage of monochrome photos taken by Summers and crafted with touches that nod to his Leica M cameras, this limited release of 50 Stratocaster guitars is […]
Andy is pleased to announce his third tour with “Call The Police” his own Police tribute band! Andy is playing with two incredible and legendary Brazilian musicians: Rodrigo Santos on bass and vocals (Red Baron /Barão Vermelho) and Joao Barone on drums (Os Paralamas do Sucesso). Please see the dates below for the upcoming tour. […]
Presented in conjunction with the ongoing and pretty darn awesome Play It Loud: Instruments of Rock and Roll exhibition at New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art, Andy Summers is bringing his similarly fantastic multimedia show to The Met on Saturday, June 22, at 6:30 pm. TICKETS STILL AVAILABLE! CLICK HERE! Recently published articles about the upcoming Metropolitan Museum event: […]
From SonicScoop.com: As journalists, we at SonicScoop have a responsibility to be objective. That said, pardon us if we gush for a moment about what’s next at the Met. This Saturday, June 22, at 6:30, the extra-galactic Police guitarist Andy Summers will hit NYC with what promises to be a very special show: A Certain Strangeness, a multimedia presentation […]
The music that Andy Summers makes cannot be categorized within one genre. It is a unique, personal musical expression with influences of jazz, classical, world music, rock ‘n roll and pop. His status as a guitar legend is based on experiments with both instinctive and composed sounds. His experience, improvisation technique, compositions and his ability to step outside […]
Guitarist Andy Summers demonstrates his dual musical and visual artistic practices with a multimedia presentation titled A Certain Strangeness on Saturday, June 22nd at 6:30pm at New York City’s Metropolitan Museum of Art. Summers weaves an audiovisual spell by combining surreal imagery and innovative guitar techniques. The evening culminates with a conversation between Summers and Jayson Dobney, […]
