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=Recording information=
 
=Recording information=
 
A lot of footage from this day is featured in the official VHS video [[Around The World]].
 
A lot of footage from this day is featured in the official VHS video [[Around The World]].
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Today's [[Man In A Suitcase (live) | Man In A Suitcase]] version was released as a 7" single b-side in [[1983]] and then again on the [[Synchronicity]] box set that was released on [[2024-07-26]].
  
 
=Trivia=
 
=Trivia=
 
You had to be blonde to get in. People with other hair colours had to dye their hair or wear wigs.
 
You had to be blonde to get in. People with other hair colours had to dye their hair or wear wigs.
 
When [[The Police]] came out for their encores, the band members were wearing black wigs.
 
When [[The Police]] came out for their encores, the band members were wearing black wigs.
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There was an after-show party upstairs at the [[Variety Arts Theatre]] honouring the band earning platinum [[Zenyatta Mondatta]] LPs.
  
 
In the backstage scenes of [[Around The World]] [[Sting]] was wearing a t-shirt just like the one shown here.
 
In the backstage scenes of [[Around The World]] [[Sting]] was wearing a t-shirt just like the one shown here.
  
 
=See also=
 
=See also=
photos from this concert (incl. the first half of the setlist) can be seen in [[Lynn Goldsmith]]'s book [[The Police: 1978-1983]] on page 87.
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* [[The Police: 1978-1983]] photos from this concert (incl. the first half of the setlist) on page 87
  
 
=External links=
 
=External links=
* [[https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Music/Archive-Cash-Box-IDX/80s/1981/CB-1981-01-31-OCR-Page-0014.pdf#search=%22adam%20copeland%20bounds%22 Cash Box - January 31, 1981 info]]
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* [https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Music/Archive-Cash-Box-IDX/80s/1981/CB-1981-01-31-OCR-Page-0014.pdf#search=%22adam%20copeland%20bounds%22 Cash Box - January 31, 1981 info]
  
 
=References=
 
=References=

Latest revision as of 22:37, 2 August 2024


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1981-01-16
1981 01 16 pass Dietmar.jpg
a backstage pass for this concert
1981 01 16 ticket.jpg
a ticket for this concert
1981 01 16 flyer.jpg
a flyer for this concert
1981 01 16 Blondatta shirt.jpg
a t-shirt from this concert
Performance summary
Artist performing: The Police
Tour: 1980-1981 Zenyatta Mondatta Tour
Venue: Variety Arts Theatre
Location: Los Angeles, CA, USA
Support acts: SUPPORT ACTS
Ticket prices: US$ 11,00


On 1981-01-16, The Police performed at the Variety Arts Theatre in Los Angeles, CA, USA.

Setlist

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Recording information

A lot of footage from this day is featured in the official VHS video Around The World.

Today's Man In A Suitcase version was released as a 7" single b-side in 1983 and then again on the Synchronicity box set that was released on 2024-07-26.

Trivia

You had to be blonde to get in. People with other hair colours had to dye their hair or wear wigs. When The Police came out for their encores, the band members were wearing black wigs.

There was an after-show party upstairs at the Variety Arts Theatre honouring the band earning platinum Zenyatta Mondatta LPs.

In the backstage scenes of Around The World Sting was wearing a t-shirt just like the one shown here.

See also

External links

References

sources: ticket; pass; flyer; Police Files Nos. 11 + 12; Around The World; Lynn Goldsmith photo with partial setlist; Cash Box - January 31, 1981 (with additional songs mentioned)


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