As the winter wanes down in the capital and the air warms up slightly, music icon Sting will stir up temperatures further when he performs here Sunday.

The hi-tech concert, part of his "Sacred Love" world tour, will have nearly 1,600 pieces of paraphernalia to augment the light and sound systems of the concert's organiser, DNA Networks.

The concert's magnitude can be gauged from the fact that a specially chartered Russian An-12, the world's largest capacity freighter, is being used to ferry 16,000 kg of equipment to give Sting fans the experience of a lifetime.

"We are constructing a stage measuring over 3,000 sq ft in Delhi for the Feb 6 concert," DNA Networks' managing director T. Venkat Vardhan said.

With 120,000 watts of sound pumping out, it will be no ordinary concert. There will be a set of monolithic liquid electronic display walls that will be a totally new experience for those who attend the concert.

The Dilli Haat Grounds at Pitampura area of west Delhi may be too far off for most people in other parts of the city but for Sting fans, distances do not matter.

"It is too far for normal day travelling. But Feb 6 is no ordinary day. I cannot miss a Sting concert for anything in the world," said Menaka Rawal, a journalist and a resident of Noida on the outskirts of the capital.

Tickets for the concert have been priced between Rs.900 and Rs.2,000.

Though DNA Networks refused to divulge details of the number of tickets sold, tell sources that close to 800 tickets had been home-delivered by Thursday evening.

Vatsal Choudhary, an employee of HSBC Bank, said: "I have been saving money for the concert. I just can't wait to feel the electric atmosphere. He's a legend and I am a die-hard Sting fan and will be in one of the front rows."

Sting, 53, who long back carried the nickname "Lurch" - after the "Adam's Family" character - for being too tall for his age is an icon for audiences across the world.

The name Sting itself was a later addition to the singer's curriculum vitae, which has "bus conductor", "civil servant" and "inland revenue officer" written in the professional experience column.

The most famous story, out of many, for Gordon Matthew Sumner getting his nickname goes back to the days when he was a member of the Phoenix Jazzmen. The band had a rule that all members had to have a nickname.

The name Sting came about due to his wearing a striped gold and black T-shirt that made him look like a bee.

Whatever be the story, Sting is all set to pulsate Delhi Sunday with his mix of jazz, rock, reggae and world music.