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Police Rehearsals
by Fred Berthelot 11 Mar '03

11 Mar '03

I don't even know how to start this, so here goes - I just attended The Police's rehearsal! One minute I was outside the hall, not getting the slightest glimpse inside, and the next minute, I was sitting front row as Sting, Stewart and Andy started Roxanne. Talk about major goose bumps and lump in the throat! Ok, I'll say it - they ROCKED. It was really like they had never split up. Stew's drumming really epitomized the fact that this was THE POLICE on stage. Andy sounded good, but looked out of it (sorry - I have nothing against Andy, but he seemed bored :-( ). Sting was full of energy and sounded absolutely perfect. These guys could sell out a tour again... ...But that will never happen. I asked Billy Francis if there was any chance, and he scoffed "Are you kidding? There's no way. This is IT!" It's very, very unfortunate :-( Anyway, they played Roxanne, Message (Stew blew me away on Message) and Every Breath (there are two women singing chorus btw). They played Roxanne again, with Sting singing very little, and Every Breath again. Sting joked that Stewart sounded awful and that Sting's daughter sounded better than him! "Stewart can't do another one" he said, "He's too tired. He's old you know!" It was all in good fun though. It was a thrill for me to see them live for the first time. I hope this performance will wet Sting's appetite. Though Sting is about to release "the best album of his life... wait till you see what's coming..." To all of you going to the show (I am not btw) have a blast! I know where I'll be next Sunday night! Cheers, Fred

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RE: [Police] Totally OFF-TOPIC: Help with guitars (Especially U.S .)
by Fabricio Silva 11 Mar '03

11 Mar '03

I highly suggest staying away from either one of these guitars. They are notorious for cracking where the neck meets the body. And they don't sound that good either. There are other guitars that are much better (playing-wise and sounding) for the same amount of money. -----Original Message----- From: Timo Saajoranta To: police(a)mailman.xmission.com Sent: 3/11/03 10:23 AM Subject: [Police] Totally OFF-TOPIC: Help with guitars (Especially U.S.) Hi! Can anyone help me with a small problem... we are acquiring guitars for ourselves with a friend of mine and we're planning to get the Fender Stratacoustic and Telecoustic. The only problem is that they don't seem to sell them in Europe at the time. Does anyone have any good, reliable contacts from music instruments shops that could deliver to Finland? I don't feel good to order straight from internet... And if somebody has comments or experiences of these guitars, I'd be really glad to hear from you! If you can help me, please contact me privately! Thanks, T I M O

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Totally OFF-TOPIC: Help with guitars (Especially U.S.)
by Timo Saajoranta 11 Mar '03

11 Mar '03

Hi! Can anyone help me with a small problem. we are acquiring guitars for ourselves with a friend of mine and we're planning to get the Fender Stratacoustic and Telecoustic. The only problem is that they don't seem to sell them in Europe at the time. Does anyone have any good, reliable contacts from music instruments shops that could deliver to Finland? I don't feel good to order straight from internet. And if somebody has comments or experiences of these guitars, I'd be really glad to hear from you! If you can help me, please contact me privately! Thanks, T I M O

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CNN article
by Gergely.A.Nagy＠gsk.com 11 Mar '03

11 Mar '03

Hi there, Here you can find a quote of a CNN article on the BIG EVENT: "It's a very good night to be British because three of the finest acts of the last 30 years came out of Britain and three are here to be honored," said singer Elton John. Police lead singer Sting joked about the ego problems that helped splinter the band when he said they wanted to play their first hit ("Roxanne") and last one ("Every Breath You Take") at the ceremony but drummer Stewart Copeland complained there wasn't enough drumming in them. So they played "Message in a Bottle," too. "Sting is actually the humble one of the group," said No Doubt singer Gwen Stefani as she introduced the band. She showed a picture of herself as a chubby 13-year-old getting an autograph from Sting. http://www.cnn.com/2003/SHOWBIZ/Music/03/11/rock.hall.fame.ap/index.html Bye, Greg E-mail address: gergely.a.nagy(a)gsk.com Magyar Sting Lista: hunsting(a)yahoogroups.com SYNCHRONIsite: http://www.geocities.com/synchronisite

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HOF photos
by Rogier van der Gugten 11 Mar '03

11 Mar '03

Hi there, Some great photos of the HOF cermony: http://search.news.yahoo.com/search/news?p=sting&c=news_photos Take care, Rogier. Rogier's Police Page: http://www.police.cybercomm.nl/ e-mail: gugten(a)cybercomm.nl

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ok, alright, here goes, it was great
by Deborah Gee 11 Mar '03

11 Mar '03

Hi Folks, Just a quick one as we are going back to the party, but they played message, roxanne and EBYT Sting bailed on the finale (according to Andy) and they were fucking excellent. Stewart and Sting did themselves credit, Andy seemed a little out of it and lost the plot in EBYT, he seemed to want to play Behind my camel or mother (not being serious)...and certainly wasn't playing EBYT for large sections of the song. Other celebs of note, The Edge, Steve Tyler, Gwen, Elton, Billy etc etc, will try to write more later on. Quite a few of the fanatics managed to sneak into the show, so again this is validation that if you can get there, sometimes there is a way to get in. all the best folks Jer and Deb -------Original Message------- From: Stingfan222(a)aol.com Sent: 03/10/03 09:38 PM To: Dogstar112(a)aol.com, duckrogers(a)shaw.ca, police(a)mailman.xmission.com Subject: Re: [Police] For Crying out Loud....... > > In a message dated 3/10/03 9:23:37 PM, Dogstar112(a)aol.com writes: << Just caught a clip of The Police. >> Wow. It's so weird to see those words together. The suspense is killing me too. Also, what ever happened with the Backstage sendoff party, etc.? I didn't see any posts about that! Michelle _______________________________________________ Police mailing list Police(a)mailman.xmission.com <a target=_blank href="http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/police">http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/police</a> >

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USA Today article on HOF inductions
by Angel C Little 11 Mar '03

11 Mar '03

http://www.usatoday.com/life/music/news/2003-03-10-hall-fame_x.htm First official confirmation of what was played. Angel C. Little ________________________________________________________________ Sign Up for Juno Platinum Internet Access Today Only $9.95 per month! Visit www.juno.com

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The Police briefly mentioned on CNN
by Ross Viner 11 Mar '03

11 Mar '03

What the hell is wrong with them? Why the F%^& wasn't it the top story, that the greatest musical trio EVER reunites for an award ceremony? We know enough about the possible war with Iraq? We know that there is a new liberal leader Candidate (Canadian politics), We know Iran is developing nuclear energy, and we know Bin Laden is still on the loose. What we DON'T KNOW IS WHAT IS HAPPENING AT THE R & R HoF ceremony?

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Re: [Police] For Crying out Loud.......
by Stingfan222＠aol.com 11 Mar '03

11 Mar '03

In a message dated 3/10/03 9:23:37 PM, Dogstar112(a)aol.com writes: << Just caught a clip of The Police. >> Wow. It's so weird to see those words together. The suspense is killing me too. Also, what ever happened with the Backstage sendoff party, etc.? I didn't see any posts about that! Michelle

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for fun...
by Cathy Alauze 11 Mar '03

11 Mar '03

Vierge(........) "..........Now you can join the ranks of the illustrious In history's great R'nR hall of fame All our greatest singers were industrious At least the ones that we all know by name........" (..!!! ;-..)

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