The Police Reunion Tour
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| The Police Reunion Tour | ||
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| Tour by The Police | ||
| Start date | May 28, 2007 | |
| End date | TBA | |
| Legs | TBA | |
| Shows | TBA | |
| The Police tour chronology | ||
| A Conspiracy of Hope Tour (1986) |
Reunion Tour (2007) |
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The Police Reunion Tour is a 2007 concert tour by long-estranged reggae-rock greats The Police, marking the 30th anniversary of their beginnings.
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[edit] History
On January 24, 2007, Rock101, a radio station in Vancouver, British Columbia, reported that the trio was coming together again and had in fact begun tour rehearsals in Vancouver.[1]. There were numerous sightings of the group and their entourage in the Vancouver area as expectation built of such a tour.[2]
The reunited Police performed at the 49th Annual Grammy Awards on February 11, 2007 in Los Angeles. On February 12th, The Police held rehearsals and a press conference for the media at the Whisky a Go Go in Los Angeles, where they confirmed that they would be undertaking the world tour starting in Vancouver in May.[3] It was also announced that the opening act for the North American leg of the tour would be Fiction Plane, a pop-rock band from England featuring lead singer Joe Sumner, the son of Sting.
Tour sponsorship is from Best Buy. A portion of ticket sales is being donated to WaterAid.[4]
Since concert tickets went up for sale worldwide, shows are getting sold out in just minutes. Tickets for the first British tour in 24 years by The Police for instance sold out within 30 minutes.[5]
[edit] The show
[edit] The Songs
In Vancouver the band rehearsed the following songs to be part of their setlist:[6]
- When The World Is Running Down
- Message in a Bottle
- Driven To Tears
- Walking on the Moon
- Synchronicity II
- Don't Stand So Close to Me
- Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic
- Walking In Your Footsteps
- Tea In The Sahara
- Deathwish
- Demolition Man
- De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da
- Murder By Numbers
- Spirits in the Material World
- Wrapped Around Your Finger
- Invisible Sun
- The Bed's Too Big Without You
- One World
- Bring On The Night
- King of Pain
- Shadows In The Rain
- Roxanne
- So Lonely
- Next To You
- Can't Stand Losing You
- Rehumanize Yourself
[edit] Tour dates
[edit] United States and Canada Tour
Bestbuy.com also lists these cities on the itinerary:
- Columbus, OH
- Washington, D.C./Baltimore, MD
Perhaps more notably, The Police are scheduled to headline the 2007 Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival in June.[10]
[edit] European Tour
The Police will tour Europe in September and October 2007. Among the visited countries will be the United Kingdom, Sweden, Denmark, The Netherlands, France, Germany, Spain and Italy. The supporting act for this leg of the tour will be Fiction Plane, the band fronted by Sting's son Joe Sumner.
[edit] United States and Mexico Tour
According to various sources The Police will do additional US shows and tour Mexico in late October 2007.
| Date | City | Venue |
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| November 8, 2007 | Toronto, ON, Canada | Air Canada Centre |
[edit] South America, Asia, Australia and New Zealand Tour
According to various sources The Police will tour the rest of the world, including South America, Japan, Australia and New Zealand, after October 2007.
[edit] Notes
- ^ Police Rehearsing For Tour In Vancouver - Billboard, January 25, 2007
- ^ Police sightings in North Vancouver - News 1130, January 26, 2007
- ^ [1]
- ^ http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/2007/02/17/3641088-cp.html
- ^ The Police reunion tour concert tickets sell out in just minutes
- ^ http://www.thepolicetour.com/bin/galImg/siteFiles/376013ea87.jpg
- ^ Rogier's Police Page
- ^ [2]
- ^ a b c The Police: Sell Out Madison Square Garden, Fenway Park, Canadian Shows; Additional Shows Announced Today
- ^ Official Bonnaroo Website
[edit] External links
| The Police |
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| Sting | Andy Summers | Stewart Copeland |
| Henry Padovani |
| Discography |
| Studio Albums: Outlandos d'Amour (1978) | Reggatta de Blanc (1979) | Zenyatta Mondatta (1980) | Ghost in the Machine (1981) | Synchronicity (1983) |
| Live Albums: Live! (1995) |
| Compilation Albums: Every Breath You Take: The Singles (1986) | Message in a Box: The Complete Recordings (1993) | Every Breath You Take: The Classics (1995) | The Very Best of Sting & The Police (1997, 2002) |
| Tours |
| Early Years (1977-80) | The Police Around the World Tour (Zenyatta Mondatta Tour) (1980-81) | Ghost in the Machine Tour (1981-82) | Synchronicity Tour (1983-84) | A Conspiracy of Hope Tour (1986) | The Police Reunion Tour (2007-08) |
