RE: Duran2 Dietmar wrote:

that might explain why that nice article was in the wrong mailing list

is there any connection I have overlooked, except that Simon LeBon tried to look like Sting in the 80s?

Actually, asside from the Band-Aid and Live Aid connections, there are several :) 1) Sting sang backup on a song called "The Promise" by a band called "Arcadia" - which was one of the two Duran splinter groups formed in the mid-80's. 2) Miles Copeland became Duran's manager last year or the year before. He was with them for a few short months when the original members got back together. Those are the most direct connections that I can think of. Another one that just now occurs to me is that Sting and Duran guitarist Andy Taylor both grew up in Newcastle. Mitch p.s. - I really enjoyed the article, even if it was not Police-specific. :)