The Police Reunion Tour

infobox concert tour
concert_tour_name = The Police Reunion Tour


artist = The Police
start_date = May 28 2007
end_date = August 7, 2008
number_of_legs = 10 | number_of_shows = 152
last_tour = A Conspiracy of Hope Tour
(1986)
this_tour = Reunion Tour
(2007-2008)
next_tour =

The Police Reunion Tour was a 2007-2008 worldwide concert tour by The Police, marking the 30th anniversary of their beginnings. At its conclusion, the tour became the third highest grossing tour of all time, with revenues reaching over $340 million. The tour began in May 2007 to overwhelmingly positive reviews from fans and critics alike and ended in August 2008 with a final show at Madison Square Garden.

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. [ [http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003537984 "Police Rehearsing For Tour In Vancouver"] - "Billboard", January 25, 2007] . There were numerous sightings of the group and their entourage in the Vancouver area as expectation built of such a tour. [ [http://www.news1130.com/news/topstory/article.jsp?content=20070126_121150_5092 "Police sightings in North Vancouver"] - News 1130, January 26, 2007]

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. [ [http://www.thepolicerehearsals.com The Police ] ] 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 (musician). 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. [ [http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/2007/02/17/3641088-cp.html] ]

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. [ [http://www.side-line.com/news_comments.php?id=21327_0_2_0_C "The Police reunion tour concert tickets sell out in just minutes," Sideline.com] ] Worldwide, they have sold about 1.5m tickets with revenues reaching $168m. [ [https://www.economist.com/daily/news/displaystory.cfm?story_id=9819962&top_story=1 Turning rebellion into money] ", "The Economist", September 15, 2007]

The Police and Best Buy announced August 4, 2008 that they will release a collector's set entitled "." The set will include an entire concert recorded live in Buenos Aires, Argentina on the tour. The set will come in the following packages: 2DVD/2CD, 1 Blu-Ray Disc/2CD, and 3 premium 180-gram vinyl LPs with MP3 file key. The set will include bonus footage, including a documentary shot by Stewart's son Jordan entitled "Better Than Therapy." The set will be released on October 7, 2008 from Best Buy. Tracklistings, Video Clips, and more will be available soon on BestBuy.com. [ [http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003827534 Live CD/DVD To Chronicle Police Reunion Tour ] ] [ [http://www.thepolice.com/news/news.php?uid=5814 ThePolice.com news .news ] ]

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, [cite web | url=http://www.ugo.com/ugo/html/article/?id=17358&sectionId=2 | title="UnderGroundOnline" review of Vancouver concert] [cite web | url=http://www.canada.com/theprovince/news/story.html?id=9821a43f-a1c0-4be5-be6d-5cd16098c227&k=61567 | title="Canada.com" review of Vancouver concert, May 28, 2007] 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. [cite web | url=http://www.stewartcopeland.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=26795 | title="Our first disaster gig!" "stewartcopeland.net", May 31, 2007]

et List

North American I

Latin American

European II

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

European Leg I

Australian & New Zealand Leg

North American Leg III

Notes

External links

* [http://www.thepolice.com/ Official website]
* [http://thepolicestore.co.uk/acatalog/ Official webstore]