Hello again everyone,
What follows is a transcript of my LIVE Twitter play-by-play from the Charlotte Bobcats Arena, in lovely "Uptown" Charlotte, NC on 11/15/07 where The Police played a show on their 2007 reunion tour. Hope you enjoy it!
At the police show. Opening band was good but can't remember their name. (Fiction Plane - fronted by Joe Sumner, Sting’s son)
22 bucks for a burger BBQ sw (sandwich) fries and a drink. Bobcats arena is anything but cheap.
Cost offset by finding spot on street a few blocks away and not in the $20 lot
Here they come
* Opening with Message In A Bottle
Minimal crap on the stage and they sound amazing
* Stewart had drum problems at start of song two. Synchronicity
Cool screens above stage with video of each member.
Cool bid (vid) effect with red, yellow and blue from album (Synchronicity)
* Walking On The Moon. And I meant video effects.
They’re totally just jamming (on) the bridge of this song.
* Sorry don't know this one
Very cool solo break by Andy. They all look like they’re actually having fun.
* Don’t Stand So Close To Me.
Ripping guitar intro by Andy
* Don't know the song. Driven To Tears? God, as a band they’re so tight.
* They’re on fire as a unit tonight. Sorry don't know this one either.
Into hit the road jack. That was weird. But cool
* Song from the first album
As far as reunion tours go...this one was done right.
The sound quality is outstanding too.
*Every Little Thing
Their sound guy should get a medal. Best sounding arena show I’ve ever been to.
* Wrapped Around Your Finger
Very orchestral airy arrangement for three guys to pull off. Stewarts playing kettle drums
Back on the kit
Back to the perc (percussion) again. Awesome
* Do Do Do
* Invisible sun
Sting and a pan flute
More percussion for Stewart
* Walking In Your Footsteps
Weird dinosaur animation
*Can’t Stand Losing You
That was last song
Cool Ghost In The Machine graphics
Encore
* Roxanne
* King Of Pain
* So Lonely
* Every Breath You Take
They left Andy out there by himself
Encore two
* Next To You
That’s it kids. The Police have left the building.
Great show. Now off to find the car.
The following comments were posted after the show
Overall impressions of the police show. 1) Great show 2) Great crew as lights, video & sound were fantastic 3) Eat before you go
I met Sting a few years back on one of his solo tours and he was very "English"...that doesn't seem to have changed much. ☺
Finally, I get the impression that when sting does his little "a-oooo" thing, Stewart Copeland would like to shove a drumstick up his... (Sorry ran out of characters on my Twitter post…oh well, you get the idea.)
1 comment:
Sounds like an awesome show, though all attending were well-fleeced. Wish I could've been there.
~T
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