If you see Andy Summers, Sting or Stewart Copeland - the three members of the Police - at a bar, don't hesitate to ask them to buy you a glass of the 100 year-aged Rémy Martin Louis XIII Cognac. The trio have the dough for it. Their reunion tour was the highest grossing tour of 2007, beating out Genesis and pop-star Justin Timberlake.According to Billboard Boxscore the Police grossed $212 milli..
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The Police played what is being coined as their final gig ever last night at NYC's Madison Garden. And from the photo above..things got a little weird.Not only did the band give a shout out to famous band trios of all time covering Cream's "Sunshine of Your Love" and then later in the set the Jimi Hendrix Experience's "Purple Haze." The band gave a shout out to NYC's finest with Sting wearing a...
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"Woop Woop - it's the sound of The Police..."The Police will sound off for the last time with a concert in NYC in August. The band will play its final concert ever, a fundraiser benefiting arts programming on public tv stations WNET and WLIW in NY. In addition to the concert proceeds going to a good cause, Sting and The Police will contribute $1 million to the MillionTreesNYC project, which t...
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The Police were forced to cancel two more European concert dates due to frontman Sting's ongoing throat infection. With only four more shows left on the band's run through Europe, both October 15th (Monday) and October 16th (Tuesday) shows in Manchester, UK were postponed. Last week, the infection sidelined Sting from three concerts, two in Germany and one in Belgium. At the time of post, both ...
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I don't know how much I believe in the whole "last show ever" concept. Anyone who is anyone seems to reunite, even the Police. But alas ... the Police will play their last concert EVER (again) at Madison Square Garden on August 7th, with openers the B-52s.The trio will go out with a charitable bang, with tickets for their final bow only available thru donations to New York public television sta...
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As heard on punkbands.comLots of unconfirmed stories today. This website is saying The Police will open next month's Grammy Awards show before announcing an 80 date tour. Now if I may speculate... tickets will cost, at the bare minimum, a hundred bucks a pop and will sell out instantly to middle aged folks who still claim they know how to "rock n roll."
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I am just about there with a brand-new website for my firm. The last 5 percent is always the worst . . . a tweak here, a tweak there, and did I really friggin'spell "vincristine" wrong twenty times? Why, yes I did. For the past two weeks I have had a lot of late nights and so has my web development company. Yesterday, no time to MOG, blog, or much else and no time today either; and it seems lik...
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The Police will release their first-ever double-disc greatest hits compilation simply titled The Police on June 5th. The double-disc CD celebrates the reggae-rock bands 30th anniversary and comeback tour, kicking off May 28th in Vancouver, British Columbia.The “best of” collection is 28 songs pulled from the Police’s five studio albums, including their first single, “Fall Out,” which was
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Andy Summers, guitarist for enduring English Rock group The Police, explained yesterday the possibility of a sixth album at a book signing for his memoirs 'One Train Later', in London."If we do well with these concerts we may well make a sixth album. I can't see why not."The reformed group has been gaining momentum after the announcement of their world tour. They will be headlining at the US Vi...
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The Police's front man Sting and his wife Trudi Styler, recently visited Cuba. After seeing the sights and making the photo ops, it appears that the Cubans still want more.During their visit to the Caribbean island, it was widely reported that they met with some of the island's famed musicians and poets. The response was a positive one. It was reported that while in Cuba, "musicians started sho...
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So tickets to this summers biggest tour are $225, $90 and $50. I actually thought they would be higher, but how much will the 'convenience' charge be on a $225 ticket? I guess for enough money you can forget how bad you hate anyone...and hasn't Sting been singing those songs at his solo shows since the band broke up?I guess I am just not impressed...i will sum it up in song form:
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Once you find that your hands are still willing,you can turn a murder into art . . .. . . and then (s)he snaps. Which is fun.
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Band plan intimate gigThe Police have announced details of a private fanclub show.The gig will take place at GM Place in Vancouver in British Columbia on May 27.Tickets for the gig will not be on public sale - only members of The Police's fanclub will be able to buy tickets.For details of how to obtain tickets go to "thepolicetour.com":http://thepolicetour.com/.The group's 30th anniversary reun...
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So, tonight, I get the chance to tackle two musical firsts: Seeing Elvis Costello for the first time, and seeing The Police for the first time. I've never seen Sting, either, but this is a Police show, dammit. :)Links ahoy, so bear with me.I remember hearing "Roxanne" as far back as when I first lived in California, which was probably 1979.I'm sure I heard their music again in the intervening y...
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yo trusted moggers........here is a quick and dirty concert review to show you i am alive and well( and newly married):What: The PoliceWhere: 7th row left center at MGM Grand Garden arenaWhen: last fridayWhy: i grew up on Outlando D'AmourPositives: Sting's voice and melodic bass playing; Stewart Copland's epic drumming and goofy expressionNegatives: massive signs that said, "Best Buy welcomes T...
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