November 2004 - Police - mailman.xmission.com

Broken Music Tour
by Sweetmomb＠cs.com 01 Dec '04

01 Dec '04

Hey, I like a Thousand Years! Should be GREAT accoustic!

3 4

Broken Music Tour
by Sweetmomb＠cs.com 30 Nov '04

30 Nov '04

Okay, if you guys ever wanted proof that he is lurking on this list, this is it! Wow, all my dreams are coming true!! An acoustic(ish) tour!! At last! Hooray!!! Sting, if you're still lurking. the Bryce Jordan Center here at Penn State is great for acoustics and is a favored venue of many popular acts (Eagles, Elton John, Billy Joel). PLEASE come to Penn State!!! Whoever has the list of venues, PLEASE keep me posted!! Have a GREAT week!!! Holly

2 1

Re: [stingus] Sting Breaks It Down
by foxie 30 Nov '04

30 Nov '04

now THIS is interesting... --- StingUs <frotri(a)panafonet.gr> wrote: > Following article appeared on Pollstar: > > Sting will return to North America in April with his > Broken Music Tour, a > stripped-down show featuring two guitars, bass and > drums. The four-piece > will comprise Sting on bass; longtime bandmate > Dominic Miller plus Shane > Fontayne on guitars; and Josh Freese from A Perfect > Circle on drums. The > tour starts April 1st at the Event Center at San > Jose State in California. A > number of college campuses are on the itinerary and > college students will > have access to special ticket presales for those > shows. Other stops will > include cities and venues that Sting missed on the > lengthy Sacred Love tour. > Right now, the schedule runs through April 30, but > more dates are in the > works. L.A. rockers Phantom Planet will open the > show on all dates. Tickets > for the first several concerts go on sale December > 3. The balance of the > tour dates are on sale the following day. Fans who > are members of sting.com > will be able to purchase tickets to most shows > through the Web site starting > December 1. > > Following dates were released by Sting.com: > Apr 1, Event Center (State University), San Jose, CA > Apr 3, McArthur Court (University of Oregon), > Eugene, OR > Apr 4, Arena, Spokane, WA, > Apr 5, Prospera Place, Kelowna, BC Canada > Apr 7, Adams Center (University of Montana) > Missoula, MT > Apr 9, Idaho Center, Boise, ID > Apr 11, Delta Center, Salt Lake City, UT, > Apr 14, Mizzou Arena (University of Missouri), > Columbia, MO > Apr 22, Labatt Centre, London, ON Canada > Apr 29, Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa, Atlantic City, > NJ (*) > Apr 30, Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa, Atlantic City, > NJ (*) > (*) Support artist to be confirmed. > > Cheers, > StingUs-team > www.stingus.net > > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - You care about security. So do we. http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail

2 1

Clear Channel
by Chris Orange 29 Nov '04

29 Nov '04

Just as a follow up on Clear Channel, Sting and the rising cost of ticket prices lately... Clear Channel followed up with a letter to Rolling Stone about how the artists decide ticket pricing and take up to 90% of the profits. And so it goes... The experience of going to a concert has gotten more expensive, too. In 1999, the average concert ticket cost $36.56; four years later, the price skyrocketed to $50.35, an increase of thirty-eight percent. And that's only part of the total. Clear Channel's extra fees have outpaced even ticket prices. When Pearl Jam's Jeff Ament and Stone Gossard testified in Congress against Ticketmaster in 1994, the battle centered on a $3.50 service charge. Today, Clear Channel regularly charges more than twice that. For the May 27th Cypress Hill show at Detroit's 1,400-seat Clutch Cargo club, tickets cost $30, but there's also a $7.20 "convenience charge" and a 75-cent facility fee. The pinch at amphitheaters hurts even more. A top seat for Linkin Park's Projekt Revolution Tour stop on July 28th at the Mansfield, Massachusetts, Tweeter Center for the Performing Arts cost $53 -- plus an $8.90 convenience charge and a $4.10 processing fee. In addition, you had the option to pay $30 for a premium parking pass. Artists don't get off much easier. Many band managers complain that the company pads its audience with giveaways, season tickets and luxury boxes that guarantee a large crowd of eyeballs and concession buyers. Because most of these extra tickets are giveaways, the artists lose out on their cut of sales. "Corporations have been sold all the good seats," says Steve Miller, recalling a 1999 Nashville concert with an attendance of 18,166 and only 2,311 in ticket sales. "[They] are removed from the ticket manifests and not shared with me." Clear Channel's Becker says that increasing fees are a reflection of growing artist demands and an attempt to account for the company's investment in amphitheaters. He refused to discuss Miller's specific case but says the company often has no choice but to increase attendance with giveaways. "Seventy-five percent of artists do not sell enough tickets to cover the guarantee that we have paid them," he says. Artists deserve part of the blame: Sting, the Eagles and the Rolling Stones have all spearheaded moves to charge fans more than $100 per ticket. And for the most established artists, Clear Channel's growth has led to longer concert runs and a larger share of the profits. Full article here: http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/_/id/6432174

1 0

Dominic show
by Holger 29 Nov '04

29 Nov '04

After Sting's concert here in Hamburg on Nov 5, Dominic played a small venue called the "Fabrik" for a beautiful midnight show. Accompanied by piano, another guitar (Neil Stacey) and percussion, they moved everyone within minutes. Additionally, around 1 AM, Chris Botti showed up to play a few songs along, and they all looked rather relaxed than tired - probably they still were more on US time and jetlag kept them awake unti late at night... There was a certain hope in the air for Sting to pop in and sing Shape or La belle dame. Personally, I think it was good that he did not come and steal the attention. These songs were played as well, and now I regret that I do not have a recording of that La belle instrumentale dame... He played a nice selection of his 4 albums, some of them close to the studio version, others real different. He also played some compositions by J.S. Bach, which make a show like this very special to me. Listing to his Bach versions, I find it difficult to imagine that 4 hours earlier he played along with Sting... He also mentioned how much he enjoys to tour with Sting for his "day job - which is a very good day job", seeing amazing countries and meeting fantastic people, and one could see that getting the feedback of listeners in small places like the Fabrik really means a lot to him. I strongly recommend to see further shows Dom might be doing after a Sting concert! 90 minutes for 18 Euros, what a bargain!! Sting ticket holders (who paid 54 Euros to see the whole gang 4 hours earlier) got 3 Euros off - does this imply that Dom gets about 3 Euros of each Sting ticket sold in Europe ?? I hope for him this is true .-) Surprises for me were - "for the ladies", as Dom said with a smile - Abba's "The winner takes it all", and, as an encore, a beautiful "Bring on the night / When the world" German station NDR2 recorded it with several cam's, and they announced a "special" on TV. or on DVD? Anybody has more info? :-) Holger Sorry for the mail sent now, 3 weeks after his show here in HH. I was off sailing and passed Montserrat last week. Being there, I had to think of the Police songs recorded there, then of Sting and then of Dominic... Sometimes it's strange how situations and places make memories pop up and let you feel close to people you never met, but who have been with you one way or the other half of your life.

1 0

THE POLICE book
by DtmrCls＠aol.com 29 Nov '04

29 Nov '04

Hi to everyone who wanted to have the new POLICE photo book from Germany but hesitated because of the money - here's an ebay auction with a low starting bid (NOT my auction): 4508060610 bye Dietmar

1 0

Concert at the Rockpalast
by Kinetic Kid 29 Nov '04

29 Nov '04

Hey everyone, Just received a copy of the Police live in Germany from the Zenyatta tour when they stoped at the Rockpalast. Unfortunately the DVD was not readable, i spoke to the guy who sold it to me on Ebay and hope he has another copy or get a refund. I was so excited and now i am totally pissed off ! Cheers. Kinetic Kid __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - Helps protect you from nasty viruses. http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail

2 1

Tony Bennet
by Ross Viner 29 Nov '04

29 Nov '04

>From a long lost acquaintance I recently wrote. -----Original Message----- Tony Bennett's biography was on TV the other night (I know, he is from the time dinosaurs roamed the earth)anyway, one of his noteworthy comments was that he would very much like to get together with Sting to produce an album or whatever. I thought that was really interesting.

3 5

Re: [Police] If Sting released a box set
by Stingfan222＠aol.com 28 Nov '04

28 Nov '04

Good question. I think only if it were unreleased recordings of Police stuff that he did while solo (or live recordings are OK w/me too) I'm sure he won't be consulting with me on what to include though... I'd hate for a box set to just be the same old stuff we already have on the original CD's. I want more! Dream on... Michelle in TX In a message dated 11/27/04 8:23:13 PM, theviner(a)telus.net writes: > Of all his albums, would it contain Police stuff? > > Discuss. > R. >

1 0

If Sting released a box set
by Ross Viner 28 Nov '04

28 Nov '04

of all his albums, would it contain Police stuff? Discuss. R.

2 2