The Police Concert

O My God! Incredible. Imagine all the songs you know and love, only BETTER! They've all been musically active this whole time and you can tell that they all brought so much more to their music than they were able to back in the early 80s. The best part was that they all seemed to be having fun! Andy Summers got many well deserved guitar solos - well deserved because he was only allowed 1 out of all songs they made ("Driven to Tears" on Zenyatta Mondatta in case you want to check it out).

Stewart Copeland is amazing! I found myself watching him about half the time. He has so much energy and a kick-ass drum and percussion set! I never listen to "The Bed's Too Big Without You" but if the album version sounded like the live version it would be in high rotation, and this is due to Stewart's drumming kicking the song up a notch. He got to show off his percussion prowess during "Wrapped Around Your Finger" and " Walking In Your Footsteps" which were really cool. You can tell he's very intense about his music.

And, of course, Sting is awesome. What else is there to say about him. :)

Here is the set list:

Message in a Bottle
Synchronicity II
Walking On The Moon
Voices Inside My Head
When The World Is Running Down
Don't Stand So Close To Me
Driven To Tears
Truth Hits Everybody
Bed's Too Big Without You
Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic
Wrapped Around Your Finger
De Do Do Do De Da Da Da
Invisible Sun
Walking In Your Footsteps
Can't Stand Losing You
Roxanne King Of Pain
So Lonely Every Breath You Take
Next To You

Also, somewhere in there we got a little Regatta de Blanc. E-yo, e-yo, e-yo-yo. I hope they release a live recording of this tour. I'd be shocked if they didn't. I know Sting never misses an opportunity to cash in on whatever he can, and this seems to be a prime cashing in opportunity. And I'm buying!