No matter how old he is or what strange path his musical career takes, women will always love Sting. The English musician brought his Sacred Love Tour to the Orpheum Theatre Monday night, luring a large crowd of mothers, sisters, daughters and friends to jump up dancing in their seats every time the 52-year-old touched the microphone.

Perhaps the array of hazy lights caused all the exuberance and enthusiasm as they changed color with each song. In the backdrop, three screens featured the fluid movements of silhouetted figures. The fuzziness of the deep purples and reds combined with the background images served as an invitation into Sting’s world of “Sacred Love.”

What it really felt like was an acid trip. But with Sting, what else should one expect?

Since his departure from the Police, Sting’s music of choice has wavered between telling Roxanne not to turn on the red light to walking through fields of gold to crooning about a desert rose, if such a thing even exists.

Lately however, Sting’s music, especially his latest album – Sacred Love – deals with more serious subjects. Sting’s new approach focuses on political and social issues and tries to spread the timeless message of acceptance and love.

Onstage, Sting exuded the same energy a younger performer would; perhaps that’s what made his female fans go absolutely mad. Between songs, Sting implored the women in the audience to get up and dance.

The result: women screeching and wailing as if they had been transported 40 years into the past and found themselves at a Beatles concert.

The Sacred Love tour – a mixture of trance, pop and soul – hypnotized Sting fans with its flamboyant visual effects.

The tour is a magic carpet ride of the “Kama Sutra,” forever reminding fans that it’s okay to let inhibitions loose and not turn on that red light.