Joe Sumner

Who is Joe Sumner?

Joseph "Joe" Sumner is the son of actress Frances Tomelty and singer/actor/activist Sting. He is the lead singer and bass player in the UK band Fiction Plane.

Sumner created a band with schoolmates Dan Brown and Olly Taylor. Originally called "Santa's Boyfriend", the band played gigs in and around London and recorded two self-produced CDs: one self-titled and one entitled Swings and Roundabouts.

After drummer Taylor left the band, the name was changed to Fiction Plane and they scored their first major label release, Everything Will Never Be OK.

Joe Sumner attended The Cambridge School of Weston in Weston, Massachusetts, then Richmond University in London and graduated with a degree in environmental science.

Now a three-piece, their second full-length album Left Side of the Brain was released on 22 May 2007 on the indie label Bieler Brothers. The single "Two Sisters" has been the main hit from that album.

In 2010, Fiction Plane had released a third album called Sparks with their single "Push Me Around" on it plus many others. It was released in Continental Europe on 10 May. This album added 3 bonus tracks; "Angel Eyes", "Telephone Unknown", and an acoustic version of "Sadr City Blues". To date, it has not been released domestically to North America.