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Lucky show No. 150 of The Police’s reunion tour took place
Thursday, Aug. 7, in New York’s Madison Square Garden,
and it was the very last for the iconic rock band.
The reunion of Sting, guitarist Andy Summers and drummer
Stewart Copeland after a extended break from making music together resulted in
2007’s top-grossing tour (at an estimated $350 million), one that lasted an
impressive 14 months and had the three artists travel the world.
The three started playing together in 1977 and were
world-famous by 1984, when they unofficially parted ways and each focused on
their respective solo careers. Reunions in the following two decades were rare
and far in between, as they could not manage to get along.
Sting gave a hint of such Thursday night, when at one point
he thanked Copeland and Summers for “your musicianship, your companionship,
your friendship and your understanding.”
In a good mood, he also joked that “the real triumph” of the
tour was that they had not “strangled each other.”
“Not to say it hasn’t crossed my mind - or Andy’s or
Stewart’s,” he quipped.
The trio ended their glorious tour in great style, with
covers of Jimi Hendrix’s “Purple Haze” and Cream’s “Sunshine of Your Love.”
They walked off the stage to the cartoon character Porky Pig’s signature line
“That’s All, Folks.”
They did not leave the stage before entertaining their
audience though, at one point having three of Sting’s daughters up there dancing
and later performing “Message in a Bottle” with New York City’s police band, to
the great excitement of concertgoers.
The set list included classics such as “Roxanne,” “Can’t
Stand Losing You,” “So Lonely,” “Next to You” and “Every Little Thing She Does Is
Magic.”
Thursday night’s concert was also a fitting symmetry, as the
band played their first US
concert in New York,
at CBGB’s nightclub in 1978.
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