The Police Reunion Tour

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The Police Reunion Tour
Image:ThePoliceReunionTourPoster.jpg
Tour by The Police
Start date May 28, 2007
End date August 7, 2008
Legs 10
Shows 152
The Police tour chronology
A Conspiracy of Hope Tour
(1986)		 Reunion Tour
(2007-2008)

The Police Reunion Tour is a 2007-2008 concert tour by The Police, marking the 30th anniversary of their beginnings. At its conclusion, the tour is expected to be the third highest grossing tour of all time, with revenues reaching over $340 million.

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[edit] History

The Police performing at reunion news conference, 12 Feb 2007.
The Police performing at reunion news conference, 12 Feb 2007.

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 and European legs of the tour would be Fiction Plane, a pop-rock band from England featuring lead singer and bass guitarist Joe Sumner, the son of Sting. In Philadelphia, Scottish rock band The Fratellis also joined Fiction Plane as an opening act. In addition, Maroon 5 joined the bill in Miami and Maxïmo Park joined The Police and Fiction Plane on the Twickenham dates, London. 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, some concert dates were sold out in just minutes. Tickets for the entire British tour, the band's first in 24 years, sold out within 30 minutes.[5] Worldwide, they have sold about 1.5m tickets with revenues reaching $168m.[6]

[edit] The show

The first concert was held in Vancouver on May 28, 2007 in front of 22,000 fans at one of two nearly sold-out shows. Opening with "Message in a Bottle," the band performed for roughly two hours, playing mostly chart hits with a smattering of other favourites popular among fans of The Police. While the Vancouver concerts received overwhelmingly positive reviews from critics,[7][8] drummer Stewart Copeland in a forum posting (on his official site) called the band's May 30 performance "lame" and took humorous pokes at himself and his bandmates, calling one of Sting's song-ending leaps that of a "petulant pansy" and suggesting guitarist Andy Summers was "in Idaho" when he was half a bar out of sync with Copeland's drumming. In spite of these glitches, however, he says he is enjoying himself and after the set he and his bandmates fell into each other's arms backstage, laughing.[9]

[edit] Set List

The Police say good night to 22,000 Fans in GM Place on May 28th
The Police say good night to 22,000 Fans in GM Place on May 28th

[edit] North American I

Songs Changes
Message In A Bottle
Synchronicity II Not Played in Los Angeles
Spirits in the Material World Not played in Los Angeles, New York, East Hartford, Boston (Fenway or Garden shows), Phoenix, Dallas, Houston, New Orleans, Chicago, St. Paul, Miami, Tampa, Louisville, Cleveland, Detroit, Philadelphia, Hershey, Toronto, Washington DC, Kansas City.
Voices Inside My Head / When The World Is Running Down
Don't Stand So Close to Me Switched with "Spirits" in Denver
Driven To Tears
Walking on the Moon Moved earlier and replaced "Spirits" in New York, Dallas, Houston, New Orleans, St. Paul, Tampa, Louisville, Boston, East Hartford, Detroit.
Truth Hits Everybody
Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic
Wrapped Around Your Finger
The Bed's Too Big Without You Moved earlier and played before "Truth" in Houston, New Orleans, and St. Paul and played before "Every Little Thing..." in Boston. Not Played in Los Angeles.
Murder By Numbers Not played in New York, East Hartford, Boston, Oakland, Denver, Phoenix, Dallas, Houston, New Orleans, Chicago, St. Paul, Miami, Tampa, Louisville, Cleveland, Detroit, Philadelphia, Hershey, Toronto, East Rutherford.
De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da
Invisible Sun
Walking In Your Footsteps
Can't Stand Losing You / Reggatta De Blanc
Roxanne
Encore I
King of Pain
So Lonely
Stepped off stage at Edmonton, East Hartford, Oakland, Dallas, New Orleans, St. Paul, and Tampa here then came back on
Every Breath You Take
Encore II
Next To You / Dead End Job "Dead End Job" not played in New York, Boston, Chicago, East Rutherford & East Hartford, Atlanta (Nov 17). Both songs not played in Edmonton.

[edit] European I

Songs Changes
Message In A Bottle
Synchronicity II
Walking on the Moon
Voices Inside My Head / When The World Is Running Down
Don't Stand So Close to Me
Driven To Tears
Truth Hits Everybody
Hole In My Life (Note: not performed on North American I tour). Played before "Truth Hits Everybody" in Amsterdam, Antwerp and second Paris concert
Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic
Wrapped Around Your Finger
De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da
Invisible Sun
Walking In Your Footsteps
Can't Stand Losing You / Reggatta De Blanc
Roxanne Was not played in Antwerp because of voices problems of Sting
Encore I
King of Pain
So Lonely
Every Breath You Take
Encore II
Next To You / Dead End Job "Dead End Job" not played in Stockholm, Hamburg, Amsterdam, Paris, Antwerp and Cardiff. In Paris, former band member Henry Padovani joins the band for "Next to You"

[edit] North American II

Songs Changes
Message In A Bottle
Synchronicity II Not played in Montreal (Nov. 12)
Walking on the Moon
Voices Inside My Head / When The World Is Running Down
Don't Stand So Close to Me
Driven To Tears
Hole In My Life
Truth Hits Everybody
Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic
Wrapped Around Your Finger
De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da
Invisible Sun
Walking In Your Footsteps
Can't Stand Losing You/Reggatta De Blanc
Roxanne Not played in Boston (Nov. 11) and in Montreal (Nov. 12)
Encore I
King of Pain
So Lonely
Every Breath You Take
Encore II
Next To You

[edit] Latin American

Songs Changes
Message In A Bottle
Synchronicity II
Walking on the Moon
Voices Inside My Head / When The World Is Running Down
Don't Stand So Close to Me
Driven To Tears
Hole In My Life
Truth Hits Everybody
Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic
Wrapped Around Your Finger
De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da
Invisible Sun
Walking In Your Footsteps
Can't Stand Losing You/Reggatta De Blanc
Roxanne
Encore I
King of Pain
So Lonely
Every Breath You Take
Encore II
Next To You

[edit] Australia, New Zealand, Asia & Hawaii

Songs Changes
Message In A Bottle
Synchronicity II
Walking on the Moon
Voices Inside My Head / When The World Is Running Down
Don't Stand So Close to Me (Not played in Wellington. In Adelaide & Perth Fergie joins the band for Don't Stand So Close to Me)
Driven To Tears
Hole In My Life
Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic
Wrapped Around Your Finger
De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da
Invisible Sun
Walking In Your Footsteps (Not played in Wellington, Auckland, Brisbane, Hawaii)
Can't Stand Losing You/Reggatta De Blanc
Roxanne
Encore I
King of Pain
So Lonely
Every Breath You Take
Encore II
Next To You

[edit] North American III

Songs Changes
Bring on the Night
Demolition Man Played After Walking on the Moon in Chicago, Grand Rapids, Kansas City, West Palm Beach, Houston and Phoenix.
Synchronicity II Not Played in Chicago, Grand Rapids, Kansas City, West Palm Beach, Houston, Orlando, Phoenix or San Diego.
Walking on the Moon
Voices Inside My Head / When The World Is Running Down
Don't Stand So Close to Me
Driven To Tears
Hole In My Life
Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic
Wrapped Around Your Finger
De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da
Message in a Bottle Played After Bring on the Night in Chicago, Grand Rapids, Kansas City, West Palm Beach, Houston, Orlando, Phoenix and San Diego.
Invisible Sun
Can't Stand Losing You/Reggatta De Blanc Last song of the main set in Buffalo, Columbus, Chicago, Hollywood, Houston, Orlando and San Diego.
Roxanne Played as the first encore song in Buffalo, Columbus, Chicago, Hollywood, Houston, Orlando and San Diego.
Encore I
King of Pain Left stage in Columbus, Encore II was started by the next song.
So Lonely
Every Breath You Take
Encore II
Next To You Done in Encore III in Columbus and in The Woodlands.

[edit] European II

(Based on Marseille, France show, June 3, 2008.)

Songs Changes
Message in a Bottle
Walking on the Moon
Demolition Man
Voices Inside My Head / When The World Is Running Down
Don't Stand So Close to Me
Driven To Tears
Hole In My Life
Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic
Wrapped Around Your Finger
De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da
Invisible Sun
Can't Stand Losing You/Reggatta De Blanc
Encore I
Roxanne
King of Pain
So Lonely
Every Breath You Take
Encore II
Next To You

[edit] Stage design

The Police performing Roxanne on May 28 2007 at GM Place, Vancouver
The Police performing Roxanne on May 28 2007 at GM Place, Vancouver

The stage setup for The Police is a simple split-level oval design, ringed with blue lights. Above the stage are seven LED screens--three in the front of the stage, one on each side and two in the rear. The setup was not used during the show in The Woodlands on May 20th, 2008 due to the smaller stage at the venue. In Marseille, France on June 3, 2008, the screens were used but not the split-level oval stage setup.

The placement of the band members echoed that of previous tours, with Sting and his bass equipment located stage-right, with Andy Summers and his guitar pedals and amps on stage-left. Stewart Copeland is located in the rear, seated behind his drum kit, and alongside him is a rectangular percussion setup used on various songs.

[edit] Musical changes

The Police had spent months in North Vancouver and Tuscany, Italy rehearsing and putting a new spin on the songs. "I think we've got a good mix now where the fans get the song they remember, and most of it will sound the way they remembered it. Just when they are enjoying that, they get a new twist. I think all three of us are pretty happy with the balance there" Stewart Copeland from the 2007-2008 Tour Program describing the new takes on the songs. They updated them, and wrote out all of the backing parts so the three of them can play them.

With some songs most notably 'Don't Stand So Close to Me' is slowed down to accent the powerful lyrics of the song. During the songs 'Wrapped Around Your Finger', 'Walking In Your Footsteps' and 'King of Pain' Stewart Copeland uses many different percussion instruments as well as regular drums.

"The songs have to evolve. Twenty-odd years later we have to be better musicians than we were. So we've slowed it all down, looked at where we are, and how the songs are now happening by listening to ourselves play them," said Sting in the 2007-2008 tour programme.

Stewart Copeland has been quoted to have said that he would "like to add 'Hole In My Life'" to the playlist at some point in the tour, and the song was performed live for the first time when the European tour kicked off in Stockholm on August 29.

[edit] Tour dates

[edit] North American Leg I

Concert at the Madison Square Garden, New York, 1 August 2007 (photo Lionel Urman)
Concert at the Madison Square Garden, New York, 1 August 2007 (photo Lionel Urman)
Date City Venue
May 28, 2007 Vancouver, BC, Canada General Motors Place
May 30, 2007 Vancouver, BC, Canada General Motors Place
June 2, 2007 Edmonton, AB, Canada[10] Commonwealth Stadium[11]
June 6, 2007 Seattle, WA KeyArena
June 7, 2007 Seattle, WA KeyArena
June 9, 2007 Denver, CO Pepsi Center
June 10, 2007 Denver, CO Pepsi Center
June 13, 2007 Oakland, CA[12] McAfee Coliseum
June 15, 2007 Las Vegas, NV MGM Grand Garden Arena
June 16, 2007 Manchester TN Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival
June 18, 2007 Phoenix, AZ US Airways Center
June 20, 2007 Los Angeles, CA Staples Center
June 21, 2007 Anaheim, CA Honda Center
June 23, 2007 Los Angeles, CA[12] Dodger Stadium
June 26, 2007 Dallas, TX American Airlines Center
June 27, 2007 Dallas, TX American Airlines Center
June 29, 2007 Houston, TX Toyota Center
June 30, 2007 New Orleans, LA New Orleans Arena
July 2, 2007 St. Louis, MO Scottrade Center
July 3, 2007 St. Paul, MN Xcel Energy Center
July 5, 2007 Chicago, IL Wrigley Field
July 6, 2007 Chicago, IL Wrigley Field
July 7, 2007 East Rutherford, NJ Giants Stadium (Live Earth)
July 10, 2007 Miami Gardens, FL Dolphin Stadium
July 11, 2007 Tampa, FL St. Pete Times Forum
July 14, 2007 Louisville, KY Churchill Downs
July 16, 2007 Cleveland, OH Quicken Loans Arena
July 17, 2007 Auburn Hills, MI Palace of Auburn Hills
July 19, 2007 Philadelphia, PA Citizens Bank Park
July 20, 2007 Hershey, PA Hersheypark Stadium
July 22, 2007 Toronto, ON, Canada Air Canada Centre
July 23, 2007 Toronto, ON, Canada Air Canada Centre
July 25, 2007 Montreal, QC, Canada Bell Centre
July 26, 2007 Montreal, QC, Canada Bell Centre
July 28, 2007 Boston, MA Fenway Park
July 29, 2007 Boston, MA Fenway Park
July 31, 2007 East Hartford, CT Rentschler Field
August 1, 2007 New York, NY Madison Square Garden
August 3, 2007 New York, NY Madison Square Garden
August 4, 2007 Baltimore, MD Pimlico Race Course (Virgin Festival)
August 5, 2007 East Rutherford, NJ[12] Giants Stadium

[edit] European Leg I

Date City Venue
August 29, 2007 Stockholm, Sweden Globe Arena
August 30, 2007 Stockholm, Sweden Globe Arena
September 1, 2007 Aarhus, Denmark Vestereng
September 4, 2007 Birmingham, England National Indoor Arena
September 5, 2007 Birmingham, England National Indoor Arena
September 8, 2007 Twickenham, England Twickenham Stadium
September 9, 2007 Twickenham, England Twickenham Stadium
September 11, 2007 Hamburg, Germany HSH Nordbank Arena
September 13, 2007 Amsterdam, Netherlands Amsterdam ArenA
September 14, 2007 Amsterdam, Netherlands Amsterdam ArenA
September 16, 2007 Geneva, Switzerland Stade de Genève
September 19, 2007 Vienna, Austria Stadthalle
September 22, 2007 Munich, Germany Olympiastadion
September 25, 2007 Lisbon, Portugal Estádio Nacional
September 27, 2007 Barcelona, Spain Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys
September 29, 2007 Paris, France Stade de France
September 30, 2007 Paris, France Stade de France
October 2, 2007 Turin, Italy Stadio delle Alpi
October 6, 2007 Dublin, Ireland Croke Park
October 8, 2007 Antwerp, Belgium Sportpaleis
October 9, 2007 Antwerp, Belgium Sportpaleis (CANCELLED)
October 10, 2007 Mannheim, Germany SAP Arena (POSTPONED)
October 13, 2007 Düsseldorf, Germany LTU Arena (POSTPONED)
October 15, 2007 Manchester, England MEN Arena (POSTPONED)
October 16, 2007 Manchester, England MEN Arena (POSTPONED)
October 19, 2007 Cardiff, Wales Millennium Stadium
October 20, 2007 London, England Wembley Arena

[edit] North American Leg II

Date City Venue
October 31, 2007 New York City, NY, United States Madison Square Garden
November 2, 2007 New York City, NY, United States Madison Square Garden
November 3, 2007 Atlantic City, NJ, United States Boardwalk Hall
November 5, 2007 Washington, D.C., United States Verizon Center
November 6, 2007 Charlottesville, VA, United States John Paul Jones Arena
November 8, 2007 Toronto, ON, Canada Air Canada Centre
November 9, 2007 Toronto, ON, Canada Air Canada Centre
November 11, 2007 Boston, MA, United States TD Banknorth Garden
November 12, 2007 Montreal, QC, Canada Bell Centre
November 14, 2007 Philadelphia, PA, United States Wachovia Center (POSTPONED)
November 15, 2007 Charlotte, NC, United States Charlotte Bobcats Arena
November 17, 2007 Atlanta, GA, United States Philips Arena
November 18, 2007 Atlanta, GA, United States Philips Arena
November 20, 2007 San Antonio, TX, United States AT&T Center
November 24, 2007 Mexico City, Mexico Foro Sol
November 27, 2007 Monterrey, Mexico Arena Monterrey
November 28, 2007 Monterrey, Mexico Arena Monterrey

[edit] Latin American Leg

Date City Venue
December 1, 2007 Buenos Aires, Argentina River Plate Stadium
December 2, 2007 Buenos Aires, Argentina River Plate Stadium
December 5, 2007 Santiago de Chile, Chile Estadio Nacional
December 8, 2007 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Maracanã Stadium
December 11, 2007 San Juan, Puerto Rico Coliseo De Puerto Rico

[edit] Australian & New Zealand Leg

Date City Venue
January 17, 2008 Wellington, New Zealand Westpac Stadium
January 19, 2008 Auckland, New Zealand Western Springs Stadium
January 22, 2008 Brisbane, Australia Suncorp Stadium
January 24, 2008 Sydney, Australia ANZ Stadium
January 26, 2008 Melbourne, Australia Melbourne Cricket Ground
January 28, 2008 Adelaide, Australia Adelaide Entertainment Centre
January 29, 2008 Adelaide, Australia Adelaide Entertainment Centre
February 1, 2008 Perth, Australia Members Equity Stadium
February 2, 2008 Perth, Australia Members Equity Stadium

[edit] Asian Leg

Date City Venue
February 4, 2008 Singapore National Indoor Stadium
February 7, 2008 Macau, China Venetian Arena
February 10, 2008 Osaka, Japan Osaka Dome
February 13, 2008 Tokyo, Japan Tokyo Dome
February 14, 2008 Tokyo, Japan Tokyo Dome

[edit] Hawaiian Leg

Date City Venue
February 16, 2008 Honolulu, Hawaii Blaisdell Center
February 17, 2008 Honolulu, Hawaii Blaisdell Center

[edit] North American Leg III

Date City Venue
May 1, 2008 Ottawa, ON, Canada Scotiabank Place
May 3, 2008 Buffalo, NY HSBC Arena
May 4, 2008 Columbus, OH Nationwide Arena
May 10, 2008 Rosemont, IL Allstate Arena
May 11, 2008 Grand Rapids, MI Van Andel Arena
May 13, 2008 Kansas City, MO Sprint Center
May 14, 2008 Omaha, NE Qwest Center
May 16, 2008 Orlando, FL Amway Arena
May 17, 2008 West Palm Beach, FL Cruzan Amphitheatre
May 20, 2008 The Woodlands, TX Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
May 21, 2008 Dallas, TX SuperPages.com Center
May 23, 2008 Las Vegas, NV MGM Grand Garden Arena
May 24, 2008 Phoenix, AZ Cricket Wireless Pavilion
May 26, 2008 Chula Vista, CA Coors Amphitheatre
May 27, 2008 Hollywood, CA The Hollywood Bowl
May 28, 2008 Hollywood, CA The Hollywood Bowl

[edit] European Leg II

Date City Venue
June 3, 2008 Marseille, France Stade Velodrome
June 5, 2008 Mannheim, Germany SAP Arena
June 7, 2008 Werchter, Belgium TW Classic
June 8, 2008 Düsseldorf, Germany LTU Arena
June 10, 2008 St Etienne, France Stade Geoffroy-Guichard
June 12, 2008 Zurich, Switzerland Hallenstadion
June 15, 2008 Isle of Wight, England Isle of Wight Festival
June 17, 2008 Manchester, England MEN Arena
June 18, 2008 Manchester, England MEN Arena
June 20, 2008 Belfast, Northern Ireland Stormont Castle
June 22, 2008 Mestre, Italy Heineken Jammin' Festival
June 24, 2008 Belgrade, Serbia Ušće
June 26, 2008 Chorzow, Poland Silesian Stadium
June 28, 2008 Leipzig, Germany Messehalle 1
June 29, 2008 London, England Hyde Park Calling
July 2, 2008 Valencia, Spain Estadio Ciudad de Valencia
July 4, 2008 Bilbao, Spain Bilbao Live Festival
July 5, 2008 Madrid, Spain Rock in Rio

[edit] North American Leg IV

Date City Venue
July 11, 2008 Portland, OR Clark County Amphitheatre
July 12, 2008 George, WA The Gorge
July 14, 2008 Mountain View, CA Shoreline Amphitheatre
July 16, 2008 Concord, CA Sleep Train Pavilion
July 17, 2008 Marysville, CA Sleep Train Amphitheatre
July 19, 2008 West Valley City, UT USANA Amphitheatre
July 21, 2008 Morrison, CO Red Rocks Amphitheatre
July 22, 2008 Morrison, CO Red Rocks Amphitheatre
July 25, 2008 Milwaukee, WI Marcus Amphitheater
July 26, 2008 Clarkston, MI DTE Energy Music Theater
July 28, 2008 Burgettstown, PA Post Gazette Pavilion
July 29, 2008 Philadelphia, PA Wachovia Center
July 31, 2008 Mansfield, MA Tweeter Center
August 1, 2008 Saratoga, NY Saratoga Performing Arts Center
August 3, 2008 Holmdel, NJ PNC Bank Arts Center
August 4, 2008 Wantagh, NY Nikon at Jones Beach Theater
August 5, 2008 Wantagh, NY Nikon at Jones Beach Theater
August 7, 2008 New York, NY Madison Square Garden

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ "Police Rehearsing For Tour In Vancouver" - Billboard, January 25, 2007
  2. ^ "Police sightings in North Vancouver" - News 1130, January 26, 2007
  3. ^ The Police
  4. ^ [1]
  5. ^ "The Police reunion tour concert tickets sell out in just minutes," Sideline.com
  6. ^ Turning rebellion into money", The Economist, September 15, 2007
  7. ^ UnderGroundOnline review of Vancouver concert.
  8. ^ Canada.com review of Vancouver concert, May 28, 2007.
  9. ^ "Our first disaster gig!" stewartcopeland.net, May 31, 2007.
  10. ^ Rogier's Police Page
  11. ^ Police booking at Commonwealth
  12. ^ a b c The Police: Sell Out Madison Square Garden, Fenway Park, Canadian Shows; Additional Shows Announced Today

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