Back from the front line.... HERE I AM AGAIN...alive.... THANK YOU EVERYBODY FOR ALL YOUR HAPPY BIRTHDAY MESSAGES! YOU'VE ALL BEEN SO KIND TO ME ! I'm so tired now, but these last five/six days represents some of the happiest time I have ever had! FIRST: THE POLICE The news everybody was waiting from me is that 'Stewart is working on it' (that's what he said)....he would like to play for 2 hours and still have to talk to Sting and Andy Summers about that. He called Sting these days to talk about it, and to say hi, given the fact they both were in Italy! I guess we have to wait some more to know more details. THE SHOW: STEWART COPELAND'S ORCHESTRALLI Incredible energy! Stewart plays exactly (even better) like the Police times! It's sad he's not touring the world with this show! I guess he should do more shows as it's a pity that such a great drummer and musician only played four shows like this. Completely white dressed at every show, Stewart played stuff from the Oklahoma Ballet(I guess it's called Baboo, very cool track), 'Rumblefish' and 'Equalizer', plus some compositions done for two of her daughters 'Eve' and 'Grace', and one for his wife. The show usually lasted 1 hour and 10 (the first composition played twice because of lack of material). In Bologna he came out for the third time to tell the audience he was sorry but he had no other compositions to play. At the end of the show in Milan, the first of the small tour, he shouted and jumped on stage just to prove himself HE MADE IT! He was so happy you could easily read it in his face! He was sort of trembling at the beginning, but he then gave himself completely and people loved it! PICS and MEMORABILIA: I am almost ready with some stuff and soon I'll update the site. I did some recordings but it will take me some time to work on it. CD AND DVD: There will probably be published a CD and a DVD of the shows, next year, but, please, keep this information just for yourself; I might be collaborate with the record company about this release, but nothing's sure yet and nothing precise has been decided; it's still early days, just wanted to let you know, and of course, I'll keep you all informed. I still have to read all your e-mails concerning the 'real fan' issue; my opinion is that ... I'LL BE IN NEW YORK CITY WITH OR WITHOUT THE TICKET JUST TO BREATH THE SAME AIR..... I'LL LOVE TO BE THERE, EVEN AROUND THE VENUE Let's all join to have the biggest Police, Sting, Andy & Stewart fan party, let's all go out of the venue, let's all do something; if some of us will have the chance to get in...good for them, I'm happy for them! Of course I want to get in, and I'll do my best (I still don't know what.....) to get as many tickets I can! Maybe there will be screen outside, who knows! Ciao ciao Giovanni