cryptique Posted October 8, 2007 Share Posted October 8, 2007 article Police guitarist says new album possible10/08/2007 8:50 AM, APShawn Pogatchnik Will the curtain close again on The Police when their reunion tour ends? Andy Summers says the fractious trio could have a new album in them. "It's sort of like living with the elephant in the room. I would see it as a challenge, to make an absolutely brilliant pop album at this stage of our career, and that would be something quite remarkable," Summers, 64, said. The Police broke up in 1984 following five albums and a relationship-wrecking world tour. Their hits include "Roxanne" and "Every Breath You Take." Since then, frontman Sting, 56, has sustained solo stardom. Guitarist Summers and drummer Stewart Copeland, 55, have pursued their own, much more low-key recording projects. They reunited for a 30th-anniversary world tour that began in May and is scheduled to run into next year. Summers said the trio has yet to discuss in any detail the prospect of recording a new album together. But he said the tour had sharpened their group skills Quote Link to post Share on other sites
KevinG Posted October 8, 2007 Share Posted October 8, 2007 Only if Andy and Stewie will allow 3 lute tracks Quote Link to post Share on other sites
uncle wilco Posted October 8, 2007 Share Posted October 8, 2007 i still can't believe andy is 64. if the police can record w/out a sax, woodwinds or female backup singers that might be cool. other than that, i'll just enjoy the back cataloge. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
cryptique Posted October 8, 2007 Author Share Posted October 8, 2007 i still can't believe andy is 64.I remember thinking it was funny back in the day (i.e., circa 1980) when I realized that Andy wasn't "Born in the '50s." Quote Link to post Share on other sites
solace Posted October 8, 2007 Share Posted October 8, 2007 if it's as boring as their show i saw was back in July, no thanks Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Analogman Posted October 9, 2007 Share Posted October 9, 2007 Sting tops list of worst lyricists 2 hours, 35 minutes ago LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Maybe Sting should start writing more instrumentals. The school teacher-turned-rock star topped Blender's list of the worst lyricists, thanks to lines that betray "mountainous pomposity (and) cloying spirituality," the music magazine said. The survey, contained in the November issue that hits newsstands next week, placed Rush drummer Neil Peart at No. 2, Creed frontman Scott Stapp at No. 3, Oasis guitarist Noel Gallagher at No. 4, and soft-rocker Dan Fogelberg at No. 5. Blender assailed Sting for such alleged sins as name-dropping Russian novelist Vladimir Nabokov in the Police tune "Don't Stand So Close to Me," quoting a Volvo bumper sticker ("If You Love Someone Set Them Free"), and co-opting the works of Chaucer, St. Augustine and Shakespeare. A spokeswoman for the English rocker, who is currently in Belgium on the Police's reunion world tour, did not respond to a request for comment. Blender described Canadian rocker Peart's lyrics as "richly awful tapestries of fantasy and science," and said Gallagher "seemed incapable of following a metaphor through a single line, let alone a whole verse." Further down the ranks, Led Zeppelin frontman Robert Plant (No. 23) was derided for his Tolkienesque musings on Gollum and Mordor in "Ramble On." Carly Simon (No. 31) was mocked for rhyming "yacht," "apricot" and "gavotte" in "You're So Vain." Paul McCartney made No. 38, thanks in part to "Ebony and Ivory," his socially conscious duet with Stevie Wonder. Reuters/Nielsen Quote Link to post Share on other sites
uncle wilco Posted October 9, 2007 Share Posted October 9, 2007 Paul McCartney made No. 38, thanks in part to "Ebony and Ivory," his socially conscious duet with Stevie Wonder. that was definately a skid-mark on pauls career. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LouieB Posted October 9, 2007 Share Posted October 9, 2007 Oy vey!! Who gives a shit?? LouieB Quote Link to post Share on other sites
uncle wilco Posted October 9, 2007 Share Posted October 9, 2007 Oy vey!! Who gives a shit?? LouieB obviously you do. how's it going louie? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LouieB Posted October 9, 2007 Share Posted October 9, 2007 obviously you do. how's it going louie?No I really DON'T care, but I figure, what the hell, let's run up the total. Busy and not on so much....other than that...... LouieB Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Analogman Posted February 13, 2008 Share Posted February 13, 2008 Summer Run To Be The Police's Final TourThe PoliceFebruary 13, 2008, 6:00 AM ETRay Waddell, NashvilleThe Police will take one more victory lap through North America on their massively successful reunion tour before calling it quits for good, sources close to the tour tell Billboard.com. The Police -- Sting, Andy Summers and Stewart Copeland -- will play another 30-odd dates in May and July in North America, with 15 previously announced European concerts sandwiched between in June. Elvis Costello & the Imposters will open the entire run of North American dates, which wraps the first week in August. This final leg will play primarily amphitheaters with a few arenas, beginning May 1 in Ottawa. These will be the first-ever shed dates for the Police, as the amphitheater network present today was largely non-existent during the band's first go-round in the early 1980s. No festivals or stadiums will be part of the route. Close to half the dates will be in markets not played last year in North America, where the tour began last May. The current leg finishes in Hawaii over the weekend. These dates will be the last time the band performs together as the Police -- ever. But it has been a lucrative reunion, as the tour will likely end up in the $340 million gross range, with attendance north of three million. That would make it one of the top five highest-grossing tours of all time. The Police reunion tour is promoted by Arthur Fogel, chairman of TNA International, the global touring arm of Live Nation. It is produced by RZO Productions. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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