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RE: [Police] European Tour
by tom van empel 21 Jun '07

21 Jun '07

also the netherlands From: nfleite(a)es-ventures.comTo: Jason_Daly(a)dell.com; Stingfan222(a)aol.com; mathew(a)wattobay.com; police(a)mailman.xmission.comDate: Thu, 21 Jun 2007 09:36:38 +0100Subject: RE: [Police] European Tour Fiction Plane. At least in Portugal, Spain and France, but I suppose it will be the same almost everywhere. Cheers, Nuno in sunny Portugal From: police-bounces+nfleite=es-ventures.com(a)mailman.xmission.com [mailto:police-bounces+nfleite=es-ventures.com@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Jason_Daly(a)dell.comSent: 20 June 2007 21:19To: Stingfan222(a)aol.com; mathew(a)wattobay.com; police(a)mailman.xmission.comSubject: [Police] European Tour Can anyone tell me who will be supporting The Police on the european tour? Cheers. Jason in wet wet Ireland! _________________________________________________________________ Jouw nieuws: wereldnieuws! Beleef 't op MSN.nl http://reporter.msn.nl/

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RS Issue
by patm＠rollanet.org 20 Jun '07

20 Jun '07

The Rolling Stone issue with the Police on the cover is out. I got it today at a local bookstore. Pat

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Re: [Police] European Tour
by Stingfan222＠aol.com 20 Jun '07

20 Jun '07

Hey, speak for yourself.... ; ) m In a message dated 6/20/07 3:30:12 PM, dripdry(a)gmail.com writes: > The Police without underwear is a frightening prospect. > ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com.

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LA Ticket
by Rocky Dickerson 18 Jun '07

18 Jun '07

Hello All! I have a friend with an extra ticket for Honda Center in LA for Thursday the 21st. If you want a ticket at face value I forgot to ask if they are the $50 or $95 tickets. If you are interested, email me back with your phone number and I'll have him call you. BTW, I haven't heard of a fan get together that night. Anyone gonna start one? Rocky <http://lvrocky.com/> Make it an awesome day! Rocky Dickerson <mailto:rocky@lvrocky.com> rocky(a)lvrocky.com <http://lvrocky.com/> http://lvrocky.com/

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I have 2 tix for Phoenix 6/18
by cprovines1＠aol.com 18 Jun '07

18 Jun '07

Hi Again, Anyone interested in going to Phoenix tomorrow night?!? I posted a few weeks back that I have 2 tickets to the Phoenix show on June 18. I was hoping to trade them but was unable. I tried selling them back to Ticketmaster. Because it is a medical situation that is keeping me from attending, Ticketmaster told me they would contact the local promotors to see if they would buy them back, and they would let me know by tonight - Sunday, June 17, and credit my account. Of course, I have not heard back and the tickets are still listed on my Ticketmaster Account and nothing has been credited back. The show is tomorrow, and I am prepping for a surgery tomorrow. I am so upset and don't know what to do now... I'm hoping that someone on the list would like to buy them off me at any price OBO - I paid $225 each for them, but I would rather accept whatever you can pay for them instead of letting the tickets go unused (that would make me more ill than I already am.) Seats are: Section 102 Row 18 Seats 15 & 16 If anyone is interested, please email me privately and leave your cell number. I will call you in the morning and can email them to you by early afternoon, and you can pay me after the event - I'll have to trust the honor code. Again, I hope these tickets do not go unused. I saw the Seattle show and it was AMAZING, and I'm hoping to be back on my feet (at least pumped with meds) to go to Dodger Stadium on Saturday!!! Thanks again, -Christina Provines ________________________________________________________________________ AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at AOL.com.

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Re: [Police] Bonnaroo Webcast
by Captken3＠aol.com 17 Jun '07

17 Jun '07

ooooooo, maybe having Ziggy Marley on the bill earlier in the day will inspire them to break out 'One World'... ************************************** See what's free at http://www.aol.com.

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Sex on stage: Las Vegas show June 15th
by Rocky Dickerson 16 Jun '07

16 Jun '07

So my day starts around 8am. Not bad for a day off. So I take a look at today's local gossip column and what do I find? Apparently Sting is known for hanging out at Spearmint Rhino (a local strip club) when he is here in Vegas. I got to thinking why Spearmint Rhino? I don't go to strip clubs, but I have heard there are strip clubs much nicer than that one here in Las Vegas. Then I remembered my friend Roxanne (yes that's REALLY her professional name). She used to dance at Spearmint Rhino. Then she left to become a VERY high paid "escort" (I hear a weekend costs more than I have paid for a car). It's funny having an escort for a friend. When you talk "shop" you can learn a lot about sex. She told me that most of her clientele are married. They come to her not for just sex. They come to feel special. I guess these people have sex at home but it's just the same old rut and it gets old. They feel neglected. They feel like it's just the same old thing. Tonight I had a lover that I haven't had in 29 years. She is The Police. I last saw the boys back in '78 in San Diego. A small venue that must have held no more than 1200 people. I remember a fury in the music. A passion like pure lust that the audience gladly gave themselves into. Andy was smiling. Stewart was driving. Sting was frustrated by his Moog Taurus not quite working well that night but he was in fine form. Since that night I have listened to them hundreds of times on my LPs and CDs and watched them on my videos. I have come to know their routine well. Tonight the lover was completely new. Tonight this was a new version of The Police unlike what I have known before. When a lover wants to spice things up, they can try some new moves. Some work and some don't. But overall, new moves are necessary to keep the passion alive. And tonight they did just that. The night began with Stewart summoning the beginning of the journey with a mighty gong. They proceeded into Message In A Bottle. In the middle of Synchronicity II, I noticed that Andy was having a problem with the guitar. Not sure what exactly. I know the mix was not good where I was standing (SIT at a Police concert? You MUST be kidding!). I can't say it was Andy's fault. Near as I could tell it was either due to his guitar tech or whomever was mixing the sound. The situation didn't get fixed until late in the show. That's also when Andy started finally smiling. Next we were treated to Don't Stand So Close To Me (with a different feel but similar to '86. Andy started having fewer problems with Voices Inside My Head/ When The World Is Running Down. There was a freight train here and the boys controlled it all the way. Starting slow and building to a faster and faster pace. Everybody exactly in sync. By the way by now I have to tell you THERE IS NO BETTER DRUMMER IN THE WORLD THAN STEWART COPELAND!!!!! He blew me away. I don't remember him being anywhere near this good. If any of you are lucky enough (as I am) to own a copy of the Chicago Timothy White sessions, you'll understand what this tour is like. The musicians have taken everything apart and put it back together in a whole new way to make this completely fresh. Case in point was the next guitar voicing on Spirits In The Material World. Familiar and yet quite different. Kudos Andy! This was followed up by Driven To Tears. In the next song, Walking On The Moon (and again phenomenal arrangement) Stewart broke a drum skin. (I TOLD YOU he was on fire tonight!) Truth Hits Everybody, followed by Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic, and Wrapped Around Your Finger. Next? The Bed's Too Big Without You. WOW!!! The new mix just blows me away. De Do Do Do De Da Da Da was a new arrangement as well. This was followed by Invisible Sun. I am running out of superlatives. Yes this is like a new lover trying new things and they are bringing me such pleasure I'm on overload! Andy is now smiling and looking like he's enjoying himself more as whoever was making the mix bad, it seems to have finally been fixed. So we get Walking In Your Footsteps and Can's Stand Losing (Andy scissor kicks!). And of course the red song itself, Roxanne. I wondered if she was there tonight? Thunderous demand for the first encore of King Of Pain with So Lonely followed by another encore of Every Breath You Take and then the final encore, Next To You. Yes sometimes a lover that you know all too well can try some new moves and surprise you for an unexpectedly hot night of passion. Tonight was such a night. Tonight the boys took what they had given us thousands of times before and made it feel brand new again. Oh yeah, great to meet all the people I got to meet tonight including Scott, Heather, Lee, Paul, Robyn, Herb and many more! I hope I can play host again and feel free to call me when you come to town and I'll see about rooms, shows, and restaurants. Swim To The Light Rocky http://lvrocky.com/

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Oakland Review
by Matthew Giller 16 Jun '07

16 Jun '07

Hello All, It is about 12 hours since the Police left the stage last night in Oakland. This is my first chance to sit down and write about last night. I will probably ramble, so stick with me if you can. I hadn't paid much attention to the starting time of the show. I thought it was 7:30pm. As I headed out the door to take my son to the baby sitter, I noticed the start time of 6:30pm. Now I am rushed and in a panic. It was not quite what I had in mind for my first Police concert since 1983. After dropping my son off, riding BART, picking up my Best Buy VIP Zone pass (which I never used), getting molested by security (I hoped they enjoyed it too), and using the restroom, I reached my seat just as Fiction Plane hit the stage. I have never listened to them. Not bad for an opening act, especially at a "lunch hour" time slot. A stadium is just too big a place to enjoy a band like Fiction Plane. I walked around (shuffled around slowly is more likely) after Fiction Plane left the stage. So, I missed most of the second act (who were they?). They had quite a bit of energy, but all their songs began the same way with the guitar and drum intro. It got a bit predictable. It seemed like forever before the Police began their set. Here is the setlist: Message In A Bottle Synchronicity II Don't Stand So Close to Me Voices Inside My Head When The World Is Running Down Spirits In The Material World Driven To Tears Walking On The Moon Truth Hits Everybody Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic Wrapped Around Your Finger The Bed's Too Big Without You De Do Do Do De Da Da Da Invisible Sun Walking in Your Footsteps Can't Stand Losing You Roxanne Encore 1 King Of Pain So Lonely Emcore 2 Every Breath You Take Emcore 3 Next To You Hearing Message In A Bottle live for the first time in 24 years brought tears to my eyes, as I know it has done for others. There were some real gems in the set. Voices>When the World... & Driven To Tears highlighted Andy's guitar work. He never seemed to really have those opportunities for solos in the past with the Police. Something else I noticed was that Andy never put down his red strat. The sound is much different than the tele. But, its sound is so much of Andy's sound in his post Police material, from his Private Music recordings to his Munk recordings. I rather enjoyed it. Another gem was Invisible Sun. It has always been one of my favorites from Ghost In the Machine. And it didn't disappoint last night. The video on the screens was very much like the original video, just with images of Iraq instead of Northern Ireland. The rest of the songs didn't really stand out one way or another, except for Wrapped Around Your Finger. I couldn't tell if there was a huge pile-up on I-880, or if it was the set coming to a screeching halt. In my opinion, this song was the set killer. Don't Stand and Every Little Thing (Stewart's drumming in the chorus reminded me of a conga line) weren't bad. I was expecting worse based on previous posts. Sting's bass playing is better than ever. Stewart's drumming continues to amaze, and Andy sound was more evident than ever before. To me, it just seemed to be more of a Sting solo performance than a Police performance. Maybe that is because I have seen Sting numerous times over the last twenty years. Maybe it was the large venue. Maybe it was only the second week of the tour. It is going to take some time to erase 23 years of them playing solo. I imagine over time they will continue to gel and recapture their original identity. I hope I am able to see them later on in the tour to see and hear this progression. I don't mean for this to be negative, as I stated before I would ramble. I still have three more shows to attend next week. I hope to see them more later on in the tour. I am so grateful to have this opportunity to see the Police. I have held out hope for 24 years for something I tought would NEVER happen, and I have been greatly rewarded. I hope to see some of you in Los Angeles next week. Thanks For Reading, Matt Giller PS. Is anyone recording the shows on the tour? If so, please contact me. I believe we can help each other out, if you know what I mean.

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Dodger Stadium
by djp07＠juno.com 15 Jun '07

15 Jun '07

Hey whats up everyone, I'm attending the concert on June 23, 2007 at Dodger Stadium where the Police are gonna ROCK THE HOUSE!!!!......any party lovin people in the age range of 18-25 send me a message and we'll hook up at the concert for some party favors....newayz my e- mail is DJP07(a)juno.com so ya......

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Dodger Stadium
by Nollaig O'Connor 15 Jun '07

15 Jun '07

>From: police-request(a)mailman.xmission.com >Reply-To: police(a)mailman.xmission.com >To: police(a)mailman.xmission.com >Subject: Police Digest, Vol 51, Issue 47 >Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2007 08:18:24 -0600 > >Send Police mailing list submissions to > police(a)mailman.xmission.com > >To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/police >or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > police-request(a)mailman.xmission.com > >You can reach the person managing the list at > police-owner(a)mailman.xmission.com > >When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific >than "Re: Contents of Police digest..." > > >Today's Topics: > > 1. Andy Summers interview (Nuno Leite (ES Ventures)) > 2. Oakland download (KVayedjian(a)aol.com) > 3. Re: Oakland download (Jos? Mart?n Ramallo L?pez) > 4. Re: Oakland Review (Michelle Manoni) > 5. Re: Oakland download (Anne-Jelmer Drent) > > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >Message: 1 >Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2007 09:53:22 +0100 >From: "Nuno Leite (ES Ventures)" <nfleite(a)es-ventures.com> >Subject: [Police] Andy Summers interview >To: "police(a)mailman.xmission.com" <police(a)mailman.xmission.com> >Message-ID: > <DEA299B39C27ED448F90B2627E7590ED15CF3424D4(a)10.100.148.222> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > >Worth reading > >http://www.guitarplayer.com/story.asp?sectioncode=17&storycode=18154 > >"We're definitely going to write at least two new songs. If it all goes >incredibly well, we'll do a new album. If business continues like it is for >this tour, then the obvious thing is to make another album, put it out, and >tour behind that, as well." > >Cheers, > >Nuno >

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