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Archive for the ‘The Police’ Category

February 14th, 2008

The Police Plan One More Tour

The Police are planning one final tour this summer in North America and Europe, after this it’s all over.
The band, who made a boat load of cash last year with their reunion tour, will once again hit the road on May 1 in Ottawa. They’ll play some more North American dates in May, before heading […]

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July 20th, 2007

The Police @ Citizens Bank Park

A muggy night and a predictable setlist couldn’t stop The Police from rocking Philly.

The weather held out last night, as fans eagerly waited for the reunion tour of the year, maybe even the decade. The legendary trio came blazing onto the stage with electric renditions of “Message in a Bottle” and “Synchronicity II”.  Of course the band played […]

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July 18th, 2007

Driven To Tears (Song of the Week)

I’ve been on a huge Police kick, so I decided to write about a classic track from 1980’s Zenyatta Mondatta. The song was written by Sting while The Police were on tour. The story goes that while in his hotel room Sting saw a program about starving children and was inspired to write “Driven To Tears”.
The song […]

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July 17th, 2007

The Police - Outlandos d’Amour

I wanted to throw this album out there because I’m seeing The Police this week and there were not many new releases this week, except for Minnie Driver’s new album Seastories (yes, Minnie Driver the actress from Good Will Hunting and Hard Rain).

The 1978 debut from The Police is one of my favorites. Lyrically […]

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July 17th, 2007

The Police - Outlandos d’Amour

I wanted to throw this album out there because I’m seeing The Police this week and there were not many new releases this week, except for Minnie Driver’s new album Seastories (yes, Minnie Driver the actress from Good Will Hunting and Hard Rain).

The 1978 debut from The Police is one of my favorites. Lyrically […]

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