MANILA, Philippines – Sting has moved the location of his “Back to Bass Tour” concert in the Philippines following a petition by environmentalists who said the original venue is owned by a conglomerate that plans to uproot 182 trees for a parking lot and mall expansion in a northern mountain city.

The SM Mall of Asia Arena said on Saturday that changing the site of the Dec. 9 concert was “the decision of the artist himself.”

“Understandably, the known environment advocate artist was left with no choice in spite of the SM representatives’ appeal,” it said in a statement.

SM Prime Holdings, which operates SM malls and the arena on Manila Bay, is owned by the Philippines’ richest man, mall mogul Henry Sy.

Environmentalists said in their petition that as a champion of the environment, “Sting can’t be saving rainforests and enabling SM to rape the environment at the same time!”

Sting and his wife, Trudie Styler, established The Rainforest Foundation in 1989 to protect tropical rainforests and the people who live there.

Arena business manager Arnel Gonzales said that the venue became “collateral damage” in the environmentalists’ campaign.

“With this successful move to stop Sting from holding the concert at SM MOA Arena, and referring to the venue as an ‘oppressor,’ it is now looking more like the court battle has extended from saving trees, to ruining a corporate giant’s reputation completely,” the arena said in its statement.

A local court has temporarily stopped the mall expansion plans in northern Baguio city.

Karlo Marko Altomonte, who initiated the petition, wrote Sting’s foundation saying that removing the trees would significantly increase air pollution and the risk of landslides and flooding. “Thank you, Sting, for helping us defend our environment,” he wrote on Facebook.

Garth Brooks mulling return after Hall of Fame

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Garth Brooks will spend Sunday looking back when he’s inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame, touching on some of the greatest moments of the most electric career in country history.

“It’s so exciting,” Brooks said. “I’m trying to be somewhat professional or somewhat have manners or something, but I’m probably going to be Garth and fall apart.”

Unlike most honorees, whose best performances are usually behind them, there’s a chance the semi-retired superstar could continue a career that helped country music evolve into an international phenomenon.

At 50, Brooks has been mulling a return. He went into retirement about a decade ago so he could be around the house while his three daughters grew up, and he’s mostly stuck to that plan. Two daughters are now in college; his youngest is a high school junior.

‘Bling Ring’ suspect avoids prison in Lohan case

LOS ANGELES – A 22-year-old woman pleaded no contest Friday to a burglary charge for stealing from the home of Lindsay Lohan as part of a group known as the “Bling Ring.”

Diana Tamayo was sentenced to three years of probation by Superior Court Judge Larry Paul Fidler and also must perform 60 days of road work. She could have faced six years in prison if convicted at a trial.

Authorities said Tamayo was one of six people charged in thefts in which more than $3 million in clothes, jewelry and art was taken from the homes of stars such as Lohan, Paris Hilton, Orlando Bloom and Megan Fox.

Tamayo’s attorneys previously said she acknowledged involvement in breaking into Lohan’s home because police officers threatened her family with immigration consequences.

Two other suspects are scheduled to return to court Nov. 8.