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

cutback wrote:

from thepolice.com

May 27, 2007 Fan Club Show

1948: Message in a Bottle
1954: Synchronicity II
2000: Don't Stand So Close to Me
2005: Voices / When the World is Running Down
2012: Spirits in the Material World
2016: Driven to Tears
2021: Walking on the Moon
2028: Truth Hits Everybody
2032: Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic
2037: GONG -- Wrapped Around Your Finger
2044: Bed's Too Big Without You
2049: Murder By Numbers
2055: De Do Do Do De Da Da Da
2100: Invisible Sun
2105: Walking in Your Footsteps
2110: I Can't Stand Losing You
2116: Roxanne
2123: **GOODNIGHT**
Stings comes back in long sleeve open black shirt showing off how fit he is (no shirt worn underneath), then:
2125: King of Pain
2131: So Lonely
2138: Every Breath You Take
2143: **THANK YOU GOODNIGHT**
2144: Next to You
2148: BOWS -- Sting particularly seemed quite emotional / happy with the response / tears in his eyes. Sting hugged Stewart and Andy.
2149: LIGHTS ON // SHOW OVER


the fan reviews are generally good.....some people didn't like some of the reworking of some songs particularly Every Little Thing.....but all and all the band sounded awesome and i think should get better as they get more shows under their belt..............:)

awesome ! :eek: :eek: :eek:


i cant wait to hear :

( well, all of them ) but i really wanna hear :

beds too big without you
voices
so lonely
walking on the moon.


totally psyched !

( still fucking seats available for AC ? Thats just sad )

05.29.07 Police Tour latest: New dates confirmed for New York (Oct 31) and Boston (Nov 11)...

The Police Tour Fan Club presale for these shows will take place on Thursday, May 31 from 10am (local time).
The Police Tour Fan Club is delighted to confirm two further shows on the Police's world tour, as follows:

31 Oct Madison Square Garden, New York City NY
11 Nov TD BankNorth Garden, Boston NY

The Police Tour Fan Club presale for these shows will take place on Thursday, May 31 from 10am (local time). Head to ThePoliceTour.com Tickets at this time to purchase your tickets.

You must be a member to participate in any presales. If you are not a member yet you can find out more information Here. The public sale for these shows will start at Monday, June 4 at 9am local time for the New York show and 10am local time for the Boston show.

Bathgate66 wrote:

the boys cant sell out atlantic city new jersey ?

at this phenomenal venue ?

1 night , 1 show ?

wtf ?

i know pearl jam would have sold out in one half second.

wtf ?

I noticed something that also
I was able to pull 20th row at about 10:30-$350 a pop, just couldnt do it.
VERY strange
Also, TM bumped me off for refreshing too many times just prior to the onsale.
Took me about five minutes to get back on-I was fuming.
I have never seen that.

Suprisingly easy to get tix.
I went for the $225, which got me second level, side stage. Im pretty happy about it.

Probably the smallest venue on the tour, sat night in AC.
Cant believe it was so easy to get tix.
Either the prices scared a lot of people away (including flippers/brokers), or nobody wants to go to AC

go figure

The buzz around the city and in particular in the building was amazing....Very diverse crowd obviously given the act and the ticket prices it was a little more skewed to the 30 to 50 age range but you still had a fair share of teenagers and really old timers. Didn't get a chance to see Fiction Plane open spent that time having a few cold ones while watching the third period of the game.

The Police came on at about 9:00....Stuart has a second percussion set up that is at a level bellow the rest of the stage. The show begins with Sting, Andy and Stewart coming up from below the stage on this secondary percussion plat form. The opened up with Message in a Bottle the crowd went nuts! They played I believe the identical set list to the Fan club show the night before so you got an excellent mix from all albums....and not just the hits. Last night we were seated almost directly behind Stuart about 14 rows up. It was amazing to see a drummer of that caliber up that close!!!
The stage was completely open and very clean with platforms that go all the way around the back. Andy and Sting took advantage of this several time to play to and to acknowledge the crowd in the backseat. The band sounded a lot tighter than I thought they would and really seemed to be genuinely enjoying the experience......Hopefully they are still feeling that way about each other after playing non stop for a couple of months . Andy had a great show last night with several memorable solos.....At one point Sting remarked welcome to the Andy Summers show! Sting looked amazingly fit and drank out of a tea cup during the show.....Now what was in that tea cup
The second encore ended with a raucous version of Next to You.....and the crowd roared with approval.....One of the loudest reactions I've heard at GM Place.....Not too bad for a bunch of old farts!!! Great show but I’m hoping they mix up the set list a bit for tomorrow night.

http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/story.html?id=fb278add-7e14-41f4-8c58-d0d7002d69e2&k=57832

Police rock
The Police kick off their reunion tour at GM Place

Amy O'Brian
Vancouver Sun


Tuesday, May 29, 2007



CREDIT: Peter Battistoni/Vancouver Sun
Sting

With the bang of a gong - which is so very '80s in and of itself - The Police kicked off their 100-plus date reunion tour at GM Place Monday night.

Women in their 40s shrieked and screamed as Sting launched into the familiar first notes of Message in a Bottle without a hint of hesitation. Guys in backwards baseball caps punched the air as drummer Stewart Copeland fiercely banged his drums with a joy that appeared to be equal to that of a small boy being allowed to make a roaring racket.

And with that, the Police - who once claimed the title of biggest band in the world - set the tone for what would be two full hours of confident and skilled performing from a band that called it quits 23 years ago.

About 20,000 people ranging in age from 10 to 70 filled the stuffy arena for the first look at this year's biggest comeback band. And instead of finding a modern-day reincarnation of the '80s trio, Monday's concert experience - I imagine - was a bit like being picked up and plunked down in the midst of the Police's 1983 Synchronicity tour.

Copeland's hair is now peppered with grey, but it was kept out of his eyes with a retro sweatband. He kept his pants in place with a studded belt and wore what looked like a black and red cycling shirt. His tongue darted out the left side of his mouth and his eyes bulged when he was working his hardest.

Sting looks like he's barely aged two years in the past 20 and proved his voice can still hit those high notes on Roxanne. And guitarist Andy Summers, wearing polished dress shoes and pressed pants, appeared a bit small for the stage, but made up for it with his lengthy and impressive guitar solos.

Mostly though, the band was able to turn back time with their string of No. 1 hits and the boyish joy each showed on their face as they vigorously made their way through the 20-song set.

They just seemed so happy to be back - so happy that people still wanted to stay out until 11 p.m. on a Monday night and pay up to $225 a ticket to see them play, that journalists had flown in from Los Angeles and Europe to witness this first performance, and that nearly every person in the crowd knew the words to at least a third of the songs.

The floor of the arena vibrated from the impact of the thousands of bodies bouncing to Every Little Thing She Does is Magic - even if it progressed into an almost unrecognizable tune as the band messed with its beat and phrasing.

But the crowd cheered on, with those closer to the stage standing throughout the entire show.
An elaborate percussion platform rose from the depths of the stage for Wrapped Around Your Finger, where Copeland tickled the chimes and the xylophone as a sea of bright crawling lights moved over the crowd.

The audience cheered when Sting introduced Murder by Numbers by informing the crowd that "back in 1983. . .the Reverend Jimmy Swaggart decided this song was written by the devil himself."

And people went berserk when the first recognizable bass notes of Roxanne bounced through the arena. The trio held onto the song - which was the last before the encore - perhaps a little too long, but when Sting had had his fill of belting out the famous name, the crowd only cheered for more.

The night was filled with heady nostalgia and the infectious enthusiasm of three 50-plus men who seemed so deliriously happy to be back in the limelight that it was easy to forget about their age.

The Police managed to write songs that are recognizable within the first few bars and have clearly stood the test of time.

They performed a three-song encore that included King of Pain and Every Breath You Take and came back out for a second encore just before 11 p.m.

"I take it you want more," Sting said.
A technicolor wash lit the audience as the band launched into Next to You and while a handful of people chose to leave to avoid the inevitable traffic jam outside, the majority of the crowd stood to see just how long the band would go.

But the Police decided to end the evening on a high note, holding their clasped hands high in the air before taking deep bow. They embraced in a hug that endearingly betrayed any insecurities they might have had before this comeback, Copeland screamed into his microphone and it was obvious to all that the night was a success.

Bathgate66 wrote:

thanks so muich for this info.

i have at least 1 show kinda rear / side view- was wondering about this " open stage " setup.

sounds like very little will obstruct the viewlines, ( whered they put the speaker setups ? )

thanks again.

The speakers were at the top the stage...and were covered with what looked like a mesh that they were able to project images from..but they were not very obtrusive at all. The only sight lines that might be compromised would be on a couple of songs....Walking on the Moon was one they had these light pods that came out of the stage about 25 to 30 feet up that could interfere with your view somewhat if you were seated close to them.

As a bonus for those seated in the back they had a video screen.

The stage set up for the stadium shows will be a little different as the stage is closed from behind with three large video panels behind each member. The video link of the rehearsal I posted earlier in this thread has the stadium stage configuration.

Bathgate66 wrote:

the few shows i have been to this venue- i was pleasantly suprised about how good, how rich the sound was.

it is a smaller venue ( i think its used for shows , basketball, hockey ) and every seat is pretty good.

i got sidestage also- sec 202, but i only paid 100 Bucks.

hopefully, the stage is truly " open " .

the rates for a hotel room are absolutely insane on the boardwalk on a saturday night. needless to say - this place is actually connected to the trump plaza- but the prices there are ridiculous .

i got lucky and found a decent room, right on the boards, ( about 10 blocks off ) for only 179 .


anyone interested can go to

http://www.atlantic-city-online.com

the place i got is the fanta-sea resorts / atlantic highlands.

good luck everyone !
most of the ritzier places go fro 200- 350 a night ( saturday )

Im staying with a buddy that lives about 45 mins away

damn, I got 203 and they were $225, only one section over, but in front of the stage rather than right on the side.
Perhaps Ill see you there. Should be a good time, and hopefully, by November, the band will be really tight.

Bathgate66 wrote:

niiiiiiice

thanks for sharing.

the boys look great, hope they sound the same.

boy that looks like a UFO in the first one-

totally getting more and more psyched as each day passes and it gets closer to the right coast shows ( MSG , giants stadium , ac ) august will come quickly ( hopefully )

yeah on the police boards they were saying that there were no probs with cameras so this should be a well documented tour..;).....i'd be going nuts if i knew i had to wait 'til august....:eek:....and if i didn't hate air travel i'd go to the ac show....sounds like a cool venue....:)

what a showwww!! i got 8th row seats the day before...what a lucky find!

Get_Right wrote:

Suprisingly easy to get tix.
I went for the $225, which got me second level, side stage. Im pretty happy about it.

Probably the smallest venue on the tour, sat night in AC.
Cant believe it was so easy to get tix.
Either the prices scared a lot of people away (including flippers/brokers), or nobody wants to go to AC

go figure

I think the market is becoming saturated.
Word is that tix were plentiful and cheap on the streets of Vancouver (like $10 tix cheap).
It sounds like the brokers/amateur ebay scalpers of the world have been fueling many of the sell outs of the tour, if they are having trouble moving what they are holding, then they may stay away from subsequent on sales in markets already having shows or nearby shows (like the AC show, and the upcoming MSG and Boston sales), so tix may be easier to obtain for those.
(So Bath you may get some MSG tix after all)

And anyone who wants to go but has no tix for a show, watch the secondary markets closely, prices may drop dramatically close to show date if Vancouver is an indication.