Hey!
My take on all this from the beginning has been the following...that Sting woke up one day in late 2006, with SACRED LOVE doing lousy and the lute album barely making a dent with us and realized the only way to stay relevant was to FINALLY reunite.
And what a brilliant stroke it was...put the $$$$ aside for a moment and think about it...he was the driving force around the highest grossing tour of 2007, one of the most anticipated tours in the last few decades, playing tunes he could play in his sleep.
And all the while, he has probably been writing new tunes - tunes that could have wound up on a new Police studio record, but that is another story! - for his next solo record which will probably be heralded by everyone when it comes out in 2009 or 2010.
I may have bashed him here for years and years for not reuniting, his solo tour setlists, etc...but one thing I NEVER did was say he was dumb.
Incidentally...I paid $260 for a 15th row ticket to their 8/4/08 show at Jones Beach, thinking it was to be the last show they'd ever play.
Imagine my horror to discover this show is now their SECOND to last show, that the last show will be the next night.
Good To Post, It's Been Too Long,
Rich
----- Original Message ----
From: Fred Berthelot <F.Berthelot@Ramsa.com>
To: Police list <Police@mailman.xmission.com>
Sent: Thursday, March 6, 2008 4:31:01 PM
Subject: Re: [Police] Sting's comment in 2003 on a Police reunion
Yes, but in 2003, he only had ONE apartment on Central Park West to pay for…
From: police-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:police-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Ross Viner
Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2008 3:37 PM
To: Police list
Subject: [Police] Sting's comment in 2003 on a Police reunion
OK, so Sting doesn't want to recreate the past. Fair enough. But wasn't this tour exactly doing, just that? I mean new content would be creating something NEW, in the present, wouldn't it? Can someone explain the difference to me? Or perhaps that was 5 years ago and he simply changed his mind and did in fact want to recreate the past (practically a Xerox copy).
Not complaining. I finally got to see my favourite band. Just noticed the inconsistency. We all change our minds with some things.
Oh, and here is my birthday gift to you all.
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