Another article.... France honours The Police for its 'new sound' Mon Oct 1, 8:34 AM ET PARIS (AFP) - The rock band trio The Police on Monday received a French award for their contribution to the arts after playing two sell-out concerts in Paris. French Culture Minister Christine Albanel conferred the Order of the Arts and Letters on Britons Gordon Sumner (Sting) and Andy Summers and American Stewart Copeland. Albanel praised the 80s group for the "new sound" that they generated and expressed "France's full admiration and recognition" for the band's music. "We are very touched because we deeply admire French culture," Sting told reporters in French following the brief ceremony at the culture ministry in Paris. He jokingly commented that as British subjects, he and Summers found it "very exotic" to be made "chevaliers" of the order of the French republic. Albanel praised Sting's "charisma and uncommon character" and noted that the first guitarist recruited to be part of the initial group in 1977 was Frenchman Henry Padovani, who was ousted after Summers joined that year. Padovani joined the trio on stage in Paris on Saturday to perform "Next To You", marking the first stage appearance of all four band members since the tour was launched in May. Thirty years after the band was formed, The Police -- now in their mid-fifties and 60s -- are back on stage, performing such vintage hits as "Roxanne" -- about a Paris prostitute -- "Message In A Bottle" and "Every Breath You Take." Close to 80,000 fans packed a stadium north of Paris on Saturday and Sunday to hear The Police, who will wrap up their European tour this month before heading back to the Americas ahead of concert dates in Australia, New Zealand and Asia next year. Shortly before noon on Monday, Sting, Summers and Copeland caused a commotion when they arrived at the culture ministry on rented bicycles that are part of the city's newest environmentally-friendly scheme. -----Original Message----- From: police-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:police-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of simca@bluewin.ch Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2007 8:25 AM To: police@mailman.xmission.com Subject: [Police] "new sound" award ...from the official website : On Monday October 1, The Police received a French award for their contribution to the arts after playing two sell-out concerts in Paris. Albanel praised the 80s group for the "new sound" that they generated and expressed "France's full admiration and recognition" for the band's music. Shortly before noon on Monday, Sting, Summers and Copeland caused a commotion when they arrived at the culture ministry on rented bicycles that are part of the city's newest environmentally-friendly scheme. cheers Simon (still yeee-yooo-yeeeooo) ----Ursprüngliche Nachricht---- Von: Sweetmomb@cs.com Datum: 02.10.2007 13:47 An: <police@mailman.xmission.com> Betreff: [Police] On the road Hi Everyone, I'm writing from Florida where I will be for a month while my mother recovers from surgery. Luckily, I can access the web and keep up with everything. There was an article in their local paper today about an award the Police were given in Paris. Any info on that? It sounds like the French version of a Kennedy Center honor. Mom's surgery is Wednesday, so I will be mostly in intermittent lurk through October. Have a great week (month?!), and keep a good thought for me! Holly _______________________________________________ Police mailing list Police@mailman.xmission.com http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/police _______________________________________________ Police mailing list Police@mailman.xmission.com http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/police