I was at the Vancouver show too, a lot of the criticisms I've heard of this tour are I think quite valid. But I still enjoyed the show immensely. Annie Lennox is incredibly powerful. My biggest criticism is the audience that would shut up while Dom was playing. I thought Sting was good. I was quite happy to hear the two police numbers at the opening. If you love somebody was tolerable with the Annie duet. I was just upset that he didn't play Inside. I've heard the live version with Joy, and it's amazing. As it stood, the WISYN duet with her was too sentimentally corny to enjoy. I remember an interview with Sting one time, he said that he doesn't act the song out, or put on an air of emotion during the performance because it's the song that has the emotion and if you can connect with it only when he's faking a tear, then you're not enjoying the song. I've always enjoyed the way Sting just performs a song, and doesn't get into theatrics. Oh well. I never liked WISYN anyways. I have to agree with Ross, the band had a great time with Never Coming Home. It was the highlight of Stings performance. Mark. Ross: there's a free dinner for you if I can get a copy of that DVD! On Wed, Oct 13, 2004 at 08:36:19PM -0700, Ross Viner wrote:
If I may add to this, The White River show was also filmed (not all, by Bill:) ). Hopefully a DVD in the works (if not a broadcast)
Me and Bill had a hoot. I do think this tour had more energy than the Brand New Day tour.
Dom signed my copy of his CD (Cd-r - OK, kidding) "I'm So Happy You Sang With Us" (yes I asked him to do that). Nice bloke.
One of the pics I got of Sting was him looking RIGHT me. I nearly flipped when I saw it. KEwl.
"Never Coming Home" live is great (even though it is meshed with the intermission we call "Bring on The Night").
Ross
-----Original Message----- From: police-bounces+theviner=telus.net@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:police-bounces+theviner=telus.net@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of BBredice@aol.com Sent: Wednesday, October 13, 2004 8:25 PM To: police@mailman.xmission.com Subject: [Police] Sting shows last weekend
Ross and I had the privilege of seeing the Portland, White River and Vancouver shows over last weekend. The shows were just GREAT, and the fan club seats were wonderful. Although I am not a fan of the current album, hearing the songs live shed new light on them, and I question why anyone has vowed to boycott this tour for whatever reason. It's still a magic carpet ride for a couple of hours, and that's important to everyone's health to have these days.
The setlist for Portland and Vancouver were the standard. At White River 1000 years was dropped, and there was just the one encore. Not sure why, other than it was a bit cold and damp being an outside venue, and the show got started late, so perhaps it was just time to end the show. However, the absence of this song was more than made up by the presence of a beautiful onstage dancer during Sacred Love. I understand that she may have not appeared in any other show, so we feel fortunate. She put a new definition to the term "shake your booty".
The security at White River was extremely liberal, and we were able to stand at the edge of the stage for the last 5 or 6 songs taking picture after picture. Cameras were allowed, and not once did security tell us to quit taking pictures or to go back to our seats. That was a refreshing change from years past. I was busted twice for having a video camera though. However, that didn't stop me J. Portland also allowed cameras, although there was apparently a sign out front that said they did not. I specifically asked security, and they said it was fine. Vancouver had "no cameras or recording devices" stamped on the ticket, but again they didn't seem to have a problem with pictures being taken. Vancouver did not appreciate fans going to the edge of the stage. Too bad, because the band seems to prefer that.
It is interesting to note that Dom did not play the Star Spangled Banner in Vancouver. He did the same joke about having to sell his CD to support his wife's birthday present, but he did say that he would be happy to sign anything we had for him during his autograph session after Annie's show.
I took several pictures and have posted them to a Shutterfly.com photo album. I am happy to send an invitation to anyone to view these pictures if you privately e-mail me your e-mail address.
Bill
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