They sure as hell better add more shows that's all I gotta say!!

check 'em out at the Bonnaroo Festival in June

[www.bonnaroo.com]

not true

Tennessee's too far for me to travel to see them - it's not the stones after all. As it is, Boston and NYC were each going to be a 5 hr trek by the time I got the kids to my parents in CT. ugh

VoodooLounge13 Wrote:
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> They sure as hell better add more shows that's all
> I gotta say!!

Shows were added today in Oakland on June 13th, Los Angeles on June 23rd and East Rutherford on August 5th bringing the total currently up to 21 announced shows in 16 cities between May 28th and August 5th.

The tour is planned to be at least 110 shows worldwide and should run into early 2008. Europe is due to happen from late August (possibly headlining at the Slane festival in Ireland) til early October. A second North American leg is planned to start in late October. Dates in mexico, South America, Japan, Australia and New Zealand should follow by early 2008.

It's all Cohl BS! How many tickets were released to the public? He's fuelling the hype with announcements of sell outs. This tour will be wide open, you watch!

No doubt they will play to a 1/2 empty Garden........

Is Chicago shut out? WTF?!

J.J.Flash Wrote:
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> Is Chicago shut out? WTF?!


They will play in Chicago.
"Additional North American concert dates in Chicago, Columbus, Detroit, Edmonton, Hartford, Houston, Los Angeles, Miami, Philadelphia, Tampa, San Francisco's Bay Area, Minneapolis/St. Paul and the Washington/Baltimore area will be announced in the next few weeks."
[www.thepolicetour.com]

Where did you see June 13 in Oakland Halup?

sarahunwin Wrote:
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> Where did you see June 13 in Oakland Halup?

It is on the official Police tour website at www.thepolicetour.com on their news page. It had not yet been added to the list under tour dates on that site when I last checked. It will be a stadium show in Oakland and the public sale begins on Sunday at 10am.

thanks, I'll check it out. Can't spend too much money 'tho - got to save it for the Stones!

yeah right....

[www.prnewswire.com]

The above link conatains info including oakland show

VoodooLounge13 Wrote:
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> They sure as hell better add more shows that's all
> I gotta say!!


The police are'nt all sold out! The most bizarrest thing,i just saw is the way they are promoting themselves. There major picture of them is a picture taken back in 79,like 28 years younger,that is there major promotion,they do have a little picture of them now below all the major color pr ,promotion shot's though in Black and White. How weird is this? That woudls be like the stones promoting 78 or 81 pictures claiming that is them now,on the A Bigger Bang tour. Some people man. Like i said i think the police is in for a rude awakening,myself,time will tell.

thistour will be huge.. the biggest this year

i'm on record..

stoned_in_dc Wrote:
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> thistour will be huge.. the biggest this year
>
> i'm on record..


Agree it will be huge--biggest of the yr? Hard to say at this point--in all events no "awakening" here, rude or otherwise.

Glass Slide Wrote:
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> stoned_in_dc Wrote:
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> > thistour will be huge.. the biggest this year
> >
> > i'm on record..
>
>
> Agree it will be huge--biggest of the yr? Hard to
> say at this point--in all events no "awakening"
> here, rude or otherwise.

it's definetly interesting,who going to prevail on this board,the optimist,or non optimist. One thing Slide,what up with the pr shot's in color of them being 23 year's old are they embarraest what they have grown into?

I never have understood the appeal of this band - ever. They do seem to be popular, though. At least they've got talent, far more than Chris 'I'm so cool' Robinson has.

"The wonder of Jimi Hendrix was that he could stand up at all he was so pumped full of drugs." Patsy, Patsy Stone

who are they marketing this to do ya think, demographically. i admit being surprised at the great interest in this...it's almost kinda sad in a way, to me. guess i just don't see it, or hear it somehow. maybe if they replaced sting i'd go tho.

i love that dream police song by cheap trick. that's about as close to this as i can get.

Freak--I have NO explanation for the photos and share your incredulity to them...


Beely--I think they are clearly, judging by ticket prices marketing to the people who grew with them in the early '80's, view them and those times through a nostalgic prism.

sarahunwin Wrote:
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> thanks, I'll check it out. Can't spend too much
> money 'tho - got to save it for the Stones!


Hey sara. It was also announced locally on KFOG. Their even starting to give away tickets tomorrow, Wed. Even though they don't officially go on sale until Sun. They are playing indoors in Oak. as Halup said.

Im always
TOO late.
They added another show in Vancouver
but
GOSH.
I always take to long to decide whether i want to spend that much money
on a concert.
the Stones, OF COURSE
but the Police...
and Eric Clapton
i was late for him too.
I really want to see Eric Clapton now
but its all sold out.

[[FEAR; BUILDS WALLS.]]

L.A Dodger Stadium - why a stadium show, for chrissakes?

I was looking forward to going, much less so now. However, the stage presentation I bet will be amazing. (It had better be!)

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And the queen is bravely shouting,
"What the hell is going on?"

It's funny... I haven't even considered buying tickets for the Police this time around. I used to think they were great. I saw them twice in the 80s...

But I can't take them seriously now. Sting became poppy and pompous. So it's like they can now never go back to true rawness and innovation for me. And given the fact that it was well-known that they despised each other by the end of their careers together, I can't see them having any "musical electricity" between them.

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> But I can't take them seriously now. Sting became
> poppy and pompous. So it's like they can now never
> go back to true rawness and innovation for me. And
> given the fact that it was well-known that they
> despised each other by the end of their careers
> together, I can't see them having any "musical
> electricity" between them.


I honestly don't understand all this negativity. Strictly speaking, the same arguments could also apply to the Stones. When were their days of "true rawness and innovation"? And I remember well when Mick and Keith "despised" each other at a time when nearly everybody thought it's over and yet they came back in 1989 and delivered great shows. If the Police want to come back, let em. They know they have got something to prove. This is not Sting solo, it's the Police. And I am pretty sure they won't fail. At least give 'em a chance. If it turns out a desaster, we can discuss this when it actually happens.

Only a third of the US dates are sold out.

OK I spent an hour yesterday trying to get tickets for either Boston or NYC show show and they are all sold out. Perhaps I should have clarified my comments, but there are no seats left, and I definitely wanted to see them at Fenway after seeing the boys there. What a great experience.

They just added a show for Giants Stadium, New Jersey for August 5th.

I'll wait for the Hartford GIG!!! Hopefully it's this summer