Articles tagged "the police"

Sound Affects

Spectacle: Elvis Costello with the Police (Episode 6)

by Zeth Lundy

[7.Jan.09] :. The day before their supposed Final Show Ever at Madison Square Garden on August 7, 2008 (a hyped-up moment to cap the already hyped-up Improbable Reunion Tour), the Police recorded an appearance on...

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News

As band’s tour comes to an end, drummer says the reunion was done for all the right reasons

by Sean Piccoli [South Florida Sun-Sentinel (MCT)]

[12.May.08] :. Has “reunion” become a dirty word in rock music? Stewart Copeland of the Police thinks not. Weary critics might grouse about old rockers hogging the limelight, cashing out and repeating...

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Reunion is fun, but Copeland says there’s more to life now

by Kevin C. Johnson [St. Louis Post-Dispatch (MCT)]

[12.Jul.07] :. "Sting is a champion of change. He has been playing these songs for 20 years, so I can understand he might want to change. His creativity never stops. It's like an 8,000-pound gorilla you gotta keep feeding. It can be a blessing and a curse, but that's why Andy and I are here, to feed the monster."

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Police tour revives the increasingly rare stadium show

by Howard Cohen [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)]

[11.Jul.07] :. The Police tour, the trio’s first such endeavor in 23 years, has not only thrust songs like “So Lonely” and “King of Pain” into our collective memory banks, but also the...

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The Police adjust to touring in the 21st century

by Sean Piccoli [South Florida Sun-Sentinel (MCT)]

[5.Jul.07] :. "The main reason to do it is for the buzz." Playing music is "a drug. It's one of the greatest things you can do in life, and I personally feel this is what I'm supposed to be doing. I'm trying to be a great musician, and I think I am, and I get to show it off. ... There's great joy in that."

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Music Review

The Police: The Police

by Michael Keefe

[29.Jun.07] :. This two-disc collection presents most of the great songs from one of the best bands ever. Obscenely, I had hoped for even more.

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The Police: Everyone Stares: The Police Inside Out [DVD]

by Matthew A. Stern

[19.Oct.06] :. Everyone Stares: The Police Inside Out is more effective as a nostalgia trip for people intimately involved in the early days of The Police than as a telling work of cultural history.

 

The Police: Synchronicity Concert [DVD]

by Charlotte Robinson

[25.Oct.05] :. It’s strange to watch the Police’s Synchronicity Concert with the clarity of hindsight. At the time of its videocassette release in 1984, it seemed like a good concert. Seeing it...

 

The Police: Every Breath You Take—The Classics (Remastered)

by Hunter Felt

[26.Jan.05] :. At their best the Police were an adventurous pop act, but this remastered and reissued compilation makes them seem as bland as Sting's solo career.

 

The Police: Every Breath You Take: The DVD

by Andrew Gilstrap

[23.Jun.03] :. The Police were something special. Three talents with egos and love/hate relationships to match, the trio seemed to effortlessly create better and more literate pop with each record—even as...