The Police-Reunion!!!!!!!!!

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  • PoncierPoncier Posts: 16,711
    Bathgate66 wrote:
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    sting has got to change his banter with the crowd,. does he really think every show , every night , are all completely 1st timers ? :confused: ie : the teaching comments before dont stand so , its almost as if hes reading them off the teleprompter.-is there no spontaneity with this guy or what ? :eek:


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    He probably is reading it from a teleprompter. I was witness to Axl Rose doing this, I'm sure Gordy Sumner may have that in common with Billy Bailey.
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  • HawkshoreHawkshore Posts: 2,153
    cutback wrote:
    at dodger stadium, when sting "introduced' stewart and andy, stewart said "hey sting, i think most of these people already heard that" or something like that.....:)

    When Sting did that the first couple of nights of the tour in Vancouver and got a pretty good laugh it was cute I sure did not think he would actually be saying the same line what 30 shows in to the tour???

    Is Sting still making the comment about it being the Andy Summers show?
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  • Bathgate66Bathgate66 Posts: 15,813
    c'mon whats better to do in AC on a Saturday Night ?

    i have an extra set of tickets for the 11-03-07 atlanttic city boardwalk hall show, if anyone is interested.

    Of course, as if i needed to mention this- these are for face value .

    If interested, please shoot me a PM.

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    Row D
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  • normnorm Posts: 31,146
    Bathgate66 wrote:
    c'mon whats better to do in AC on a Saturday Night ?

    i have an extra set of tickets for the 11-03-07 atlanttic city boardwalk hall show, if anyone is interested.

    Of course, as if i needed to mention this- these are for face value .

    If interested, please shoot me a PM.

    319
    Row D
    Seats X & X

    ah i would so take those off your hands if i was on the east coast...:(
  • Bathgate66Bathgate66 Posts: 15,813
    cutback wrote:
    ah i would so take those off your hands if i was on the east coast...:(


    couild always fly out east,...;)

    those fires out west are wicked ! :eek: :eek:
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  • normnorm Posts: 31,146
    Bathgate66 wrote:
    couild always fly out east,...;)

    those fires out west are wicked ! :eek: :eek:

    can't afford it right now :(


    well it's snowing right now.......it's just ash instead of snow...:eek:
  • Bathgate66Bathgate66 Posts: 15,813
    Well they blew up the chicken man in Philly last night now they blew up his house too
    Down on the boardwalk they're gettin' ready for a fight gonna see what them racket boys can do

    Now there's trouble busin' in from outta state and the D.A. can't get no relief
    Gonna be a rumble out on the promenade and the gamblin' commission's hangin' on by the skin of its teeth

    CHORUS
    Well now everything dies baby that's a fact
    But maybe everything that dies someday comes back
    Put your makeup on fix your hair up pretty
    And meet me tonight in Atlantic City

    Well I got a job and tried to put my money away
    But I got debts that no honest man can pay
    So I drew what I had from the Central Trust
    And I bought us two tickets on that Coast City bus

    CHORUS

    Now our luck may have died and our love may be cold but with you forever I'll stay
    We're goin' out where the sand's turnin' to gold so put on your stockin's baby 'cause the night's getting cold
    And everything dies baby that's a fact
    But maybe everything that dies someday comes back

    Now I been lookin' for a job but it's hard to find
    Down here it's just winners and losers and don't get caught on the wrong side of that line
    Well I'm tired of comin' out on the losin' end
    So honey last night I met this guy and I'm gonna do a little favor for him
    Well I guess everything dies baby that's a fact
    But maybe everything that dies someday comes back
    Put your hair up nice and set up pretty
    and meet me tonight in Atlantic City
    Meet me tonight in Atlantic City
    Meet me tonight in Atlantic City
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  • normnorm Posts: 31,146
    have fun andy....i hope they come back to the west coast again when they come back from japan....:)
  • Bathgate66Bathgate66 Posts: 15,813
    sidestage section 202 - decent seats !

    my section was filled with sitters ( aside from me and my girlfriend - we didnt sit down once. )

    i liked how andy refused to leave the stage during the final encores . He let sting and stewart go down into the tunnel, but then andy just stayed up on the centerstage and started his riff into the next song , getting the crowd to cheer.

    wrapped around your finger is probably the most dramatic , gong and spindle thimbles included.Kudos to Stewart Copeland as a whole- the guy is incredible.

    my other favorites:

    voices inside my head
    hole in my life
    walking in your footsteps.

    the sound in that boardwalk hall is very good.
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  • Get_RightGet_Right Posts: 12,857
    Bathgate66 wrote:
    sidestage section 202 - decent seats !

    my section was filled with sitters ( aside from me and my girlfriend - we didnt sit down once. )

    i liked how andy refused to leave the stage during the final encores . He let sting and stewart go down into the tunnel, but then andy just stayed up on the centerstage and started his riff into the next song , getting the crowd to cheer.

    wrapped around your finger is probably the most dramatic , gong and spindle thimbles included.Kudos to Stewart Copeland as a whole- the guy is incredible.

    my other favorites:

    voices inside my head
    hole in my life
    walking in your footsteps.


    the sound in that boardwalk hall is very good.

    I was at this one

    great venue, great sound
    I was in 203, with the sitters as well

    My highlights:
    when the world is running down NICE jam at the end
    Truth hits everybody (by far my favorite)
    cant stand losing you
    wrapped (loved the percussion)

    I was a little dissapointed with a few of the songs:
    Dont stand
    Do Do Do
    every little thing
    were not good, very flat IMHO

    Glad I went. Sting still has the pipes, BIG time. Summers stole the show with his playing, and I thought Stewart was a bit too reserved.

    good time, good show
    even better if you didnt have to pay for your tickets!
  • Bathgate66Bathgate66 Posts: 15,813
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    check local listings !

    ;)
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  • normnorm Posts: 31,146
    final leg of the tour.....:( :)

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  • StellyStelly Posts: 170
    Defintely aiming for Pittsburgh tickets! Realy want to see them, especially with Elvis Costello opening!!
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  • normnorm Posts: 31,146
    Stelly wrote:
    Anyone know what types of service charges TicketMaster added on the first time around? I wouldn't mind paying $90, but if it turns into $120 with service charges, I may just grab the cheap seats.


    for the $90 seats i paid about $19 in fees....for the $200 seats fees ran about $23 :eek: but for me i was worth it.....:)
  • StellyStelly Posts: 170
    cutback wrote:
    for the $90 seats i paid about $19 in fees....for the $200 seats fees ran about $23 :eek: but for me i was worth it.....:)

    Thanks for the info cutback!

    I just saw the ticket prices for Pittsburgh - $200 Gold Circle, $90 reserved, $40 lawn. I'll probably grab lawn seats, unless I can somehow justify spending $50 MORE for reserved seats, which will likely be picked over from pre-sales/fanclub tickets/etc.
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  • normnorm Posts: 31,146
    Stelly wrote:
    Thanks for the info cutback!

    I just saw the ticket prices for Pittsburgh - $200 Gold Circle, $90 reserved, $40 lawn. I'll probably grab lawn seats, unless I can somehow justify spending $50 MORE for reserved seats, which will likely be picked over from pre-sales/fanclub tickets/etc.


    well i'm a huge fan and i saw them 3 times last year.....worht every penny.....yea the setlist didn't change and it was pretty much the same show each night but about a week after my buddy that went with me said that he needed to see another show and i agreed....now we're huge fans so we are little more biased but if are a fan and can swing it $$ wise try for better seats....:)
  • Get_RightGet_Right Posts: 12,857
    demand is not as high as it was at the beginning of the tour-so you should be able to choose where you sit.

    At some point I just stopped overanalyzing (ticket prices, canned set lists, etc) and enjoyed the live rock show!

    Thats what I did. Its like an an expensive restaurant. You dont get what you pay for, but its still a great night out.

    For me it was worth it just to hear "truth hits everybody"

    that was freaking great and easily my fav of the show I saw in AC
    I did see them three times back in the 80s. This tour is fun and they still have their chops.
  • Bathgate66Bathgate66 Posts: 15,813
    closing it off at jones beach ?

    that place BLOWS ! ! ! !
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  • normnorm Posts: 31,146
    Bathgate66 wrote:
    closing it off at jones beach ?

    that place BLOWS ! ! ! !


    hehehe...is it that bad?? i was thinking about going to see the final show....although i think the hollywood bowl might be the place to see them one last time...:)
  • normnorm Posts: 31,146
    well my i went to my final police show last night....elvis costello was a kick ass opener.....sting came out and sung on allison.....the band were much tighter than a year ago....opened with a very mellow bring on the night which was cool but would've preferred a faster version....they've also added hole in my life and demolition man :)

    usually i don't care what the crowd is like at a concert but holy shit did the crowd suck....:( 2 girls sitting next to me looked like simon told them to freeze :eek:

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  • merkinballmerkinball Posts: 2,262
    I saw them in San Diego on Monday. Fun show, Demolition Man was a definite highlight, made the show for me. My usual Sting rants are still in effect (does every song have to be a singalong?), but the band was tight, and I dug the arrangements. Elvis Costello was a great opener.
    "You're no help," he told the lime. This was unfair. It was only a lime; there was nothing special about it at all. It was doing the best it could.

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  • normnorm Posts: 31,146
    The Police to Play Final Show of Reunion Tour at Madison Square Garden

    We are pleased to announce that The Police's final concert of their reunion tour will be held on August 7, 2008, at Madison Square Garden in New York. Proceeds from this event will benefit Public Television Rocks! and public television stations Thirteen/WNET and WLIW21, producers of arts programming seen all across America. Tune in to Thirteen/WNET and WLIW21 on Saturday, June 14th at 7:30 PM ET to see classic Police concert footage and interviews.

    The Police's final concert of their reunion tour will also feature special guests the B-52's.
  • HawkshoreHawkshore Posts: 2,153
    cutback wrote:
    well my i went to my final police show last night....elvis costello was a kick ass opener.....sting came out and sung on allison.....the band were much tighter than a year ago....opened with a very mellow bring on the night which was cool but would've preferred a faster version....they've also added hole in my life and demolition man :)

    usually i don't care what the crowd is like at a concert but holy shit did the crowd suck....:( 2 girls sitting next to me looked like simon told them to freeze :eek:


    Nice pics ......did they change the set from the one they were touring with last year?
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  • normnorm Posts: 31,146
    Hawkshore wrote:
    Nice pics ......did they change the set from the one they were touring with last year?

    basically the same...added bring on the night, demo man and hole in my life
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