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August 8, 2008

The Police Retire Again

thubmnail icon: The Police Retire Again

Well, it's over. The much discussed Police reunion tour has seen its last show, but not before making a couple of bucks (358,825,665 of 'em, third highest all-time). Along the way they courted Feist, took their shirts off, and enslaved our unborn children. Last night's stop at MSG was The Last Stop, being for the benefit of PBS, full of little bits of unexpectedness (a "Purple Haze" cover, the Sumner daughters dancing onstage) and fully expectedness (Sting's shirt came off). Head to Billboard.com for a fairly exhaustive report from show last. But if you want the reunion's final moments onstage, they looked and sounded like this:

That's all folks. Although Andy would consider unretiring in a few years.

Posted at 9:44 AM by amrit in
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It often strikes me that the Police sound an awful lot like a reggae band.

Posted by: ethan at 08/08/08 10:44 AM  | Reply
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what a great show. very bittersweet. they were definitely playing their hearts out on a lot of songs. driven to tears stands out. sting getting shaved and pampered during the 1st encore break was great.

Posted by: Brent profile link at 08/08/08 12:33 PM  | Reply
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http://www.bestbuy.com/thepolice

the whole concert is up there

Posted by: Brent profile link at 08/08/08 12:45 PM  | Reply
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Oh nice! Thanks Brent.

Posted by: Scott profile link  in reply to Brent's comment at 08/08/08 1:05 PM  | Reply
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10:44 AM: NO SHIT SHERLOCK!!!!

Posted by: jables at 08/08/08 1:09 PM  | Reply
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I second that, jables.

Posted by: leclairm profile link at 08/08/08 2:37 PM  | Reply
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It often strikes me that Panic At the Disco sound an awful lot like an emo band.

Posted by: fred at 08/08/08 8:46 PM  | Reply
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anybody see Sting push Copeland away after the photo op?

Posted by: hank at 08/09/08 3:14 PM  | Reply
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