Singer Sting, drummer Stewart Copeland and guitarist Andy Summers of The Police rock band began their world tour of five-months that will take in much of North America and Europe before wrapping up in early 2008. They performed in front of 20,000 fans on Monday, May 28 in Vancouver, 21 years after their last major concert. The fans took to their feet and sang Message in a Bottle, the group’s 1979 smash hit alongwith them.
The band had never split officially however each of the members went on to pursue own solo career in the mid-1980s. In early 2007 they reunited to mark their 30th anniversary and since March they all have been rehearsing together. The rock band has also confirmed the release of 30-track greatest hits album that will be available globally in the second week of June.
The band’s rock music in 1980s was inspired by reggae and punk music. In 1983, their album Synchronicity was at number one in the UK and went Platinum eight times in the US. The song, Every Breath You Take won American Video Award and nabbed two Ivor Novello Awards for them.
While speaking to Vancouver Sun, Andy Summers said :
We’ve got all these famous songs, but we look at them like new pieces of material. To a point, we’ve reworked them, but obviously all the famous riffs are still there - you can’t play Every Breath You Take without me playing that guitar, obviously. We constantly fiddle with them, but because they’re alive, they’re living, they’re not dead. We spent the last two months rearranging and fiddling around until we felt it was good.
On the other hand Copeland disclosed that there was still tension between the band members at times, as their strong personalities lead to arguments when they develop their musical ideas.
Copeland told Reuters:
We play nicely for two or three days, and then we start to get on each others’ nerves. Then we have a screaming match, and then we hug and kiss, and then we play even better. It’s not the most comfortable place in the world being in The Police. It’s a bed of roses, all right - including the thorns.
The Police will play at the Live Earth concert on July 7 2007. The concert will help to promote action to confront the global warming.
Source:bbc
