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On [[1977-10-20]], [[The Police]] maybe performed at the [[Nashville]] in Paris, France.
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On [[1977-10-20]], [[The Police]] performed at the [[Nashville]] in Paris, France.
  
 
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''This section needs more information. Please note if an official or unofficial recording, or recording(s), is known to exists of this performance.''
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''This section needs more information. Please note if an official or unofficial recording, or recording(s), is known to exist of this performance.''
  
 
=Trivia=
 
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This date is not sure. Several books follow [[The Police: A Visual Documentary by Miles]] information that [[The Police]] played here tonight. This night [[Sting]] supposedly walked through the red light district and had the idea for [[Roxanne]]. Literature mentions that there was ONE Nashville concert - but there's a ticket for both bands for a concert at the Nashville - this is for [[1977-10-21]].
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Of three planned French concerts together with [[Wayne County & The Electric Chairs]] [[The Police]] only played this one today.
  
So maybe there were two concerts. Maybe [[The Police: A Visual Documentary by Miles]] is wrong again and there was just one concert on [[1977-10-21]].
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[[The Police]] get kicked out of their hotel and check in at the "Hotel des Mines" - close to the Jardin du Luxembourg.
  
information from a Phil Sutcliffe article:
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As [[Wayne County]]'s drummer [[JJ Johnson]] remembers, the tour promoter was not pleased with this Paris gig and cancelled the 2nd Paris gig on [[1977-10-21]] and the one in Lyon on [[1977-10-23]] (plus some forthcoming Italy gigs).
  
When [[The Police]] arrived in Paris they checked into a flea-ridden hotel behind the Gare Saint-Lazare. In the foyer, [[Sting]] noticed a poster for a Comédie Française production of Cyrano de Bergerac.... Later [[Sting]] passed an alley full of prostitutes, some quite young. In his hotel room at night he combined these impressions to: "Roxanne, you don't have to put on the red light..."
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Stewart wrote in his diary that there was no promotion and no audience, but the gig was good anyway.
  
 
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* [[1977-1978 Pre-Outlandos performances]]
  
 
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sources: Rock & Folk - November 1977, [[The Police: A Visual Documentary by Miles]] (and other books follow this) about this date, Police File No. 17
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sources: Rock & Folk - November [[1977]], [[The Police: A Visual Documentary by Miles]] (and other books follow this) about this date, Police File No. 17, [[JJ Johnson]], [[Stewart Copeland]]'s diaries
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[[1977-10-21| next entry ==>]]
  
[[Category:1977]][[Category:1977 Wayne County & The Electric Chairs Tour]]
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[[Category:1977]][[Category:1977 Wayne County & The Electric Chairs Tour]][[Category:1977-1978 Pre-Outlandos performances]]

Latest revision as of 01:51, 4 January 2021


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1977-10-20
1977 10 20 21 flyer.jpg
a flyer for the Paris concerts - provided by ebay seller
1977 10 ad.jpg
an ad for this concert in Rock & Folk - November 1977
Performance summary
Artist performing: Wayne County & The Electric Chairs
Tour: 1977 Wayne County & The Electric Chairs Tour
Venue: Nashville
Location: Paris, France
Support acts: The Police
Ticket prices: TICKET PRICES


On 1977-10-20, The Police performed at the Nashville in Paris, France.

Setlist

This section needs more information.

Recording information

This section needs more information. Please note if an official or unofficial recording, or recording(s), is known to exist of this performance.

Trivia

Of three planned French concerts together with Wayne County & The Electric Chairs The Police only played this one today.

The Police get kicked out of their hotel and check in at the "Hotel des Mines" - close to the Jardin du Luxembourg.

As Wayne County's drummer JJ Johnson remembers, the tour promoter was not pleased with this Paris gig and cancelled the 2nd Paris gig on 1977-10-21 and the one in Lyon on 1977-10-23 (plus some forthcoming Italy gigs).

Stewart wrote in his diary that there was no promotion and no audience, but the gig was good anyway.

See also

External links

This section needs more information.

References

sources: Rock & Folk - November 1977, The Police: A Visual Documentary by Miles (and other books follow this) about this date, Police File No. 17, JJ Johnson, Stewart Copeland's diaries


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