| The Police are back on the road this year
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| | relationship among band members was
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| for the first time in two decades, in one
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| | documented by Copeland who recently
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| of the most eagerly anticipated tours of
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| | compiled personal archived footage and
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| recent years. As one of the most
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| | released it as a film. Everyone Stares:
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| definitive post-punk/early new-wave
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| | The Police Inside and Out premiered at
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| bands, The Police made their name in the
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| | the Sundance Film Festival in 2006, an
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| late seventies with their distinctive
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| | event that many credit as the being the
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| punk-meets-pop-meets-reggae sound, while
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| | main spur behind the band deciding on a
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| showing off a carefully contrived
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| | come-back tour. Sting's son Joe Sumner
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| peroxide blonde look. The mix served them
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| | and his band, Fiction Plane, are
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| well as they produced a series of five
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| | currently supporting The Police on the
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| successful albums before breaking up in
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| | North American leg of their world tour,
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| 1984. Comprising Sting (a.k.a. Gordon
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| | which is continuing through the summer
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| Sumner) on lead vocals and bass guitar,
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| | and then again in November. In October
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| drummer Stewart Copeland, and lead
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| | the band are set to come to the UK for
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| guitarist Andy Summers, the trio took
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| | several dates in England, Wales and
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| advantage of the growing medium of new
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| | Ireland. Fans can expect a
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| musical videos and a general public
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| | straightforward set with a black
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| weariness with punk and pop music. They
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| | amphitheater design and several video
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| began with a raw, punk-inspired power-pop
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| | screens suspended discretely overhead to
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| sound, but evolved quickly into producing
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| | show close-ups of the band members. They
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| much more complex material, both
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| | are touring with no back-up singers or
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| musically and lyrically, allowing reggae
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| | accompanying musicians, special effects
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| and jazz influences to become
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| | or gimmicks, which is bound to keep the
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| increasingly apparent in their music. In
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| | purists happy. The set list is a
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| their seven years, they amassed five U.K.
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| | straight-up, no apologies "best of", but
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| number 1 singles, four U.K. number 1
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| | most people attending these gigs will be
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| albums, with sales of Synchronicity going
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| | wanting precisely that; a trip down
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| platinum eight times in the U.S., as well
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| | memory lane and to hear some of the best
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| as hitting number 1 on both sides of the
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| | musical tracks ever written and
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| Atlantic. They are the recipients of two
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| | performed. Forthcoming UK Dates: 6
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| Brit awards and six Grammy's. Discography
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| | October - Croke Park, Dublin, Eire 15
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| (original studio albums only): Outlandos
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| | October - M.E.N. Arena Manchester 16
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| d'Amour - Nov 1978, UK #6 Reggatta de
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| | October - M.E.N. Arena Manchester 19
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| Blanc - Oct 1979, UK #1 Zenyatta Mondatta
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| | October - Cardiff Millennium Stadium,
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| - Oct 1980, UK #1 Ghost in the Machine -
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| | Wales 20 October - Wembley Arena, London
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| Oct 1981, UK #1 Synchronicity - Jun 1983,
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| | Certainly, one of the most eagerly
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| UK #1 While the band enjoyed both
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| | anticipated tours of recent years.
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| critical and commercial success, they
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| | This article was written by Bret Robson
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| fought incessantly and often violently
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| | for Viagogo.co.uk, a leading European
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| (to the point that Stewart Copeland
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| | ticket hub. Viagogo connects buyers and
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| reportedly broke one of Sting's ribs
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| | sellers of tickets, concert tickets,
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| during a scuffle). The tumultuous
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| | theatre tickets and more.
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