Peter Gabriel & Sting - The Rock Paper Scissors Tour
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Kind of a cool tour. It will be interesting to see what magic they can bring to the stage.
Peter and Sting first toured together in 1986 with Amnesty International in the USA and subsequently the world in 1988 and they have been friends ever since.
“I had a successful tour with Paul Simon, who is someone else I admire greatly, and that worked so well I thought I’d like to do this again… who could I tour with? And then I thought of Peter because we’ve known each other for so long” - Sting
“What intrigues me is that when you get a good bunch of musicians together then interesting things will happen if they are allowed to” – Peter Gabriel
For the shows fans can expect the two artists to be delving into each other’s catalogues to choose songs to perform together and will be doing their own solo slots.
“The interesting thing for me is what happens to our songs when they are juxtaposed with each other’s songs. What I do will change what he does and vice-versa. The songs we trade and the songs that we sing together will have an unexpected result, we hope”, says Sting, whilst Peter adds “For me it’s partly what sounds good in that present incarnation balanced with what people want to hear. You want to try and get both sides and throw in something unfamiliar as well as the hits”.
Date City Venue On Sale Date (Time)
June 21 Columbus, OH Nationwide Arena Mon. Feb. 1 (10am)
June 23 Washington, DC Verizon Center Mon. Jan 25 (10am)
June 24 Wantagh, NY Jones Beach Mon. Feb. 1 (10am)
June 26 Philadelphia, PA BB&T Pavilion Mon. Jan. 25 (10am)
June 27 New York, NY Madison Square Garden Mon. Jan. 25 (9am)
June 29 Toronto, ON Air Canada Centre Mon. Jan. 25 (10am)
June 30 Detroit, MI The Palace of Auburn Hills Mon. Feb. 1 (10am)
July 02 Worcester, MA DCU Center Mon. Feb. 1 (10am)
July 05 Montreal, QC Bell Centre Mon. Jan. 25 (10am)
July 07 Québec, QC Festival d’été de Québec On sale March 2016
July 09 Chicago, IL United Center Mon. Feb. 1 (10am)
July 10 Milwaukee, WI Summerfest Mon. Feb 1 (10am)
July 12 Denver, CO Pepsi Center Mon. Feb. 1 (10am)
July 14 San Jose, CA SAP Center at San Jose Mon. Jan. 25 (10am)
July 15 Lake Tahoe, NV Harvey’s Mon. Jan. 25 (10am)
July 17 Los Angeles, CA Hollywood Bowl Mon. Jan. 25 (10am)
July 21 Seattle, WA Key Arena Mon. Feb. 1 (10am)
July 23 Calgary, AB Scotiabank Saddledome Mon. Jan. 25 (10am)
July 24 Edmonton, AB Rexall Place Mon. Jan. 25 (10am)
Peter and Sting first toured together in 1986 with Amnesty International in the USA and subsequently the world in 1988 and they have been friends ever since.
“I had a successful tour with Paul Simon, who is someone else I admire greatly, and that worked so well I thought I’d like to do this again… who could I tour with? And then I thought of Peter because we’ve known each other for so long” - Sting
“What intrigues me is that when you get a good bunch of musicians together then interesting things will happen if they are allowed to” – Peter Gabriel
For the shows fans can expect the two artists to be delving into each other’s catalogues to choose songs to perform together and will be doing their own solo slots.
“The interesting thing for me is what happens to our songs when they are juxtaposed with each other’s songs. What I do will change what he does and vice-versa. The songs we trade and the songs that we sing together will have an unexpected result, we hope”, says Sting, whilst Peter adds “For me it’s partly what sounds good in that present incarnation balanced with what people want to hear. You want to try and get both sides and throw in something unfamiliar as well as the hits”.
Date City Venue On Sale Date (Time)
June 21 Columbus, OH Nationwide Arena Mon. Feb. 1 (10am)
June 23 Washington, DC Verizon Center Mon. Jan 25 (10am)
June 24 Wantagh, NY Jones Beach Mon. Feb. 1 (10am)
June 26 Philadelphia, PA BB&T Pavilion Mon. Jan. 25 (10am)
June 27 New York, NY Madison Square Garden Mon. Jan. 25 (9am)
June 29 Toronto, ON Air Canada Centre Mon. Jan. 25 (10am)
June 30 Detroit, MI The Palace of Auburn Hills Mon. Feb. 1 (10am)
July 02 Worcester, MA DCU Center Mon. Feb. 1 (10am)
July 05 Montreal, QC Bell Centre Mon. Jan. 25 (10am)
July 07 Québec, QC Festival d’été de Québec On sale March 2016
July 09 Chicago, IL United Center Mon. Feb. 1 (10am)
July 10 Milwaukee, WI Summerfest Mon. Feb 1 (10am)
July 12 Denver, CO Pepsi Center Mon. Feb. 1 (10am)
July 14 San Jose, CA SAP Center at San Jose Mon. Jan. 25 (10am)
July 15 Lake Tahoe, NV Harvey’s Mon. Jan. 25 (10am)
July 17 Los Angeles, CA Hollywood Bowl Mon. Jan. 25 (10am)
July 21 Seattle, WA Key Arena Mon. Feb. 1 (10am)
July 23 Calgary, AB Scotiabank Saddledome Mon. Jan. 25 (10am)
July 24 Edmonton, AB Rexall Place Mon. Jan. 25 (10am)
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I just don't understand
Why the kids don't know
How to dance to rock and roll
I said the kids don't know
How to dance to rock and roll
They're always on the phone and
They always gotta have control
And now the kids don't know
How to dance to rock and roll
The golden years are under attack
(We're taking them back, we're taking them back)
The golden years are under attack
(We're taking them back, we're taking them back)
Looking for an original voice
But the beaten path leaves little choice
The melody that you thought you found
Reveals that she's been sleeping around
We were apostles, they were the high priests
We lived the hustle, the keepers of the back beat
We're under pressure to reconcile
Our point of view with contemporary style
It used to be that the kids were the ones
Who knew how to get off
It was a yell from the swamp
Now it's only coming out as a cough
i paid $85 + fees
imo that's not expensive for 2 class acts
not at all what i expected. 2 full bands on stage. sting doing singing selling england by the pound! and singing pete songs...and pete singing sting songs and duet-ting x 100
UNREAL and bravo to pete&sting for a brilliant show/tour
Freaking awesome. Seriously.
Is the saddledome noted for sound? The sound last night was as good as I've ever heard at a large show.
Red Rain, Peter Gabriel and Eddie Vedder, Seattle WA 7/21/16