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2008-08-07

a photo from this concert - provided by Dietmar

a photo from this concert - provided by Dietmar

a photo from this concert - provided by Sockii

a poster for this concert - provided by Miquel

an ad for this concert in The New York Times - June 8, 2008

backstage passes for this concert

backstage passes for this concert

schedule for this concert - provided by Christophe Laversanne
Performance summary
Artist performing:	The Police
Tour:	2007-2008 Reunion Tour
Venue:	Madison Square Garden
Location:	New York, NY, USA
Support acts:	The B-52s
Ticket prices:	$79.50 - $5,000

On 2008-08-07, The Police performed at Madison Square Garden in New York, NY, USA.

Setlist

setlist for this event

setlist for this event - provided by Christophe Laversanne

Recording information

There's a recording of this concert.

Trivia

Ticket for "The Pit" at the 2008-08-07 concert.

Wristband for "The Pit" at the 2008-08-07 concert. Black X was marked by security upon entry into pit.

Confirmation for tickets given away by ThePolice.com, StewartCopeland.net, and Sting.com for this event.

Tickets for this event were given away by ThePolice.com, StewartCopeland.net, and Sting.com.
The New York City Drum & Bugle Corps came out with the band for the performance of Message In A Bottle.
Several of Sting's daughters and two of Andy Summers' boys joined the band on stage to dance during Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic.
Bobby Sager, the photographer who took the photos used on the screens during Invisible Sun, was brought on stage at the end of the song.
Before the first encore, the video screen showed Sting being shaved by two women, receiving a manicure, and a kiss from Stewart Copeland, and Andy (See video below).
Stewart's Flag was raised on stage during this break before the encores.
At the very end, three men came on stage in opera style drag, including exposed fake breasts on the center character, and the fat lady sang. The fat lady's song was "Ritorna Vincitor" from Verdi's Aida.
Following the fat lady singing, the Looney Tunes closing sound played, with Porky Pig saying "That's all, folks".

Funds raised from the sale of tickets were donated to public television stations in New York and the MillionTreesNYC program, which aims to plant one million trees on New York City streets. On a side note, Mayor Bloomberg made a donation to the Central Park Conservancy to dedicate a park bench to Sting & Trudie, related to their support of the million trees program. How to find that bench: from Central Park West, enter park at 63rd Street, proceeding east. Cross the road and walk toward the Hecksher Ballfields. At the ballfields, turn left and walk along the path outside the fields, heading toward the Carousel. Sting's bench is within a series of benches set up in threes at the top end of the ballfields, parallel to Central Park South.

External links

Photogalleries

Video

Reviews and discussion

References

"ThePolice.com virtual ticket." ThePolice.com. UltraStar Entertainment LLC. 25 Jul 2008. <http://www.thepolice.com/virtualticket/index.php?v=dsl&id=171>

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+|  colspan="2" align="center" | a photo from this concert - provided by [[User:Dietmar|Dietmar]]
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+|  colspan="2" align="center" | [[Image:2008_08_07_Police2_Dietmar.jpg|thumb|center]]
+|- style="background-color: #f9f9f9;"
+|  colspan="2" align="center" | a photo from this concert - provided by [[User:Dietmar|Dietmar]]
+|- style="background-color: #f9f9f9;"
+|  colspan="2" align="center" | [[Image:Andy stewart and flag.jpg|thumb|center]]
+|- style="background-color: #f9f9f9;"
+|  colspan="2" align="center" | a photo from this concert - provided by [[User:Sockii|Sockii]]
+|- style="background-color: #f9f9f9;"
+|  colspan="2" align="center" | [[Image:2008_08_07_poster.jpg|thumb|center]]
+|- style="background-color: #f9f9f9;"
+|  colspan="2" align="center" | a poster for this concert - provided by Miquel
+|- style="background-color: #f9f9f9;"
+|  colspan="2" align="center" | [[Image:2008_06_08_NYTimes_ad_Dietmar.jpg|thumb|center]]
+|- style="background-color: #f9f9f9;"
+|  colspan="2" align="center" | an ad for this concert in The New York Times - June 8, [[2008]]
 |- style="background-color: #f9f9f9;"
-|  colspan="2" align="center" | Image advertising the final concert of the [[2007-2008 Reunion Tour]].
+|  colspan="2" align="center" | [[Image:2008-08-07-guest-Sting.jpg|80px]] [[Image:2008-08-07-guest-Andy.jpg|80px]] [[Image:2008-08-07-guest-Stewart.jpg|80px]] [[Image:2008-08-07-tour-staff-front.jpg|80px]]
+|- style="background-color: #f9f9f9;"
+|  colspan="2" align="center" | backstage passes for this concert
+|- style="background-color: #f9f9f9;"
+|  colspan="2" align="center" | [[Image:2008_08_07_VIP_pass.jpg|80px]] [[Image:2008_08_07_meet_and_greet_pass.jpg|80px]] [[Image:2008_08_07_staff_pass.jpg|80px]] [[Image:2008_08_07_trustee_pass.jpg|80px]] [[Image:2008_08_07_soundcheck_pass.jpg|80px]]
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+|  colspan="2" align="center" | backstage passes for this concert
+|- style="background-color: #f9f9f9;"
+|  colspan="2" align="center" | [[Image:2008_08_07_schedule_Christophe_Laversanne.jpg|thumb|center]]
+|- style="background-color: #f9f9f9;"
+|  colspan="2" align="center" | schedule for this concert - provided by Christophe Laversanne
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-On [[2008-08-07]], [[The Police (band)|The Police]] performed at [[Madison Square Garden]].
+On [[2008-08-07]], [[The Police (band)|The Police]] performed at [[Madison Square Garden]] in New York, NY, USA.
 =Setlist=
+[[Image:2008-08-07-setlist.jpg|thumb|left|setlist for this event]] [[Image:2008_08_07_setlist_Christophe_Laversanne.jpg|thumb|left|setlist for this event - provided by Christophe Laversanne]]
 # [[Sunshine Of Your Love]]
 # [[Message In A Bottle]]
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 # [[King Of Pain]]
 # [[So Lonely]]
-# [[Every Breath You Take]]/[[Been Down So Long]]
+# [[Every Breath You Take]] / [[I Been Down So Long]]
 # [[Next To You]]
 =Recording information=
-''This section needs more information. Please note if an official or unofficial recording, or recording(s), is known to exists of this performance.''
+There's a recording of this concert.
 =Trivia=
-[[Image:2008-08-07-ticket.gif|thumb|right|Ticket for "The Pit" at the [[2008-08-07]] concert.]]
+[[Image:2008-08-07-ticket.gif|thumb|right|Ticket for "The Pit" at the [[2008-08-07]] concert.]] [[Image:2008-08-07-wrist.jpg|thumb|right|Wristband for "The Pit" at the [[2008-08-07]] concert. Black X was marked by security upon entry into pit.]] [[Image:2008-08-07-ticket-confirm.jpg|thumb|right|Confirmation for tickets given away by [[ThePolice.com]], [[Stewart Copeland Official Site|StewartCopeland.net]], and [[Sting.com]] for this event.]] [[Image:2010_08_07_board_Paul_Satchfield.jpg|60px|board from inside the venue - provided by Paul Satchfield]][[Image:2010-09-NY-tree.jpg|60px|photo of a LONDON PLANE tree in Sunnyside (Queens), NY - one of dozens planted in this neighborhood. Any NYC property owner can request a free tree from the city]][[Image:2010-09-NY-bench.jpg|100px|photo of the Central Park bench dedicated to Sting and Trudie Styler]][[Image:2010-09-NY-view.jpg|100px|view from the Central Park bench dedicated to Sting and Trudie Styler]]
+* Tickets for this event were given away by [[ThePolice.com]], [[Stewart Copeland Official Site|StewartCopeland.net]], and [[Sting.com]].
 * The New York City Drum & Bugle Corps came out with the band for the performance of [[Message In A Bottle]].
 * Several of [[Sting]]'s daughters and two of [[Andy Summers]]' boys joined the band on stage to dance during [[Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic]].
-* Before the first encore, the video screen showed [[Sting]] being shaved by two women, receiving a manicure, and a kiss from [[Stewart Copeland]].
+* Bobby Sager, the photographer who took the photos used on the screens during [[Invisible Sun]], was brought on stage at the end of the song.
-* Stewart's Flag was raised on stage during this break before the encores.
+* Before the first encore, the video screen showed [[Sting]] being shaved by two women, receiving a manicure, and a kiss from [[Stewart Copeland]], and Andy (See video below).
+* Stewart's [[The Flag | Flag]] was raised on stage during this break before the encores.
+* At the very end, three men came on stage in opera style drag, including exposed fake breasts on the center character, and the fat lady sang. The fat lady's song was "Ritorna Vincitor" from Verdi's ''Aida''.
+* Following the fat lady singing, the Looney Tunes closing sound played, with Porky Pig saying "That's all, folks".
+* Funds raised from the sale of tickets were donated to public television stations in New York and the MillionTreesNYC program, which aims to plant one million trees on New York City streets. On a side note, Mayor Bloomberg made a donation to the Central Park Conservancy to dedicate a park bench to [[Sting]] & Trudie, related to their support of the million trees program. How to find that bench: from Central Park West, enter park at 63rd Street, proceeding east. Cross the road and walk toward the Hecksher Ballfields. At the ballfields, turn left and walk along the path outside the fields, heading toward the Carousel. Sting's bench is within a series of benches set up in threes at the top end of the ballfields, parallel to Central Park South.
 =See also=
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 ==Photogalleries==
 * [http://thegersteins.smugmug.com/gallery/5649793_qPBjJ#347537707_8T9aw 2008 August 7 Police Last Concert at MSG]
+* [http://homepage.mac.com/lmpasquali/PhotoAlbum27.html Police Finale @ MSG, NYC]
 * [http://pgbella.zenfolio.com/p630045174/ 7 Aug 2008: Pre show gathering at Fat Annie's]
 * [http://pgbella.zenfolio.com/p923700211/ 7 Aug 2008: The Police at Madison Square Garden]
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 * [http://homepage.mac.com/plutocohn/PhotoAlbum77.html Police "Last" Show - MSG - 2]
 * [http://homepage.mac.com/plutocohn/PhotoAlbum78.html Police "Final" Show - MSG 1]
+* [http://www.flickr.com/photos/lkkinetic/sets/72157606650784349/  Police MSG 7 Aug 2008]
 * [http://www.flickr.com/photos/mcotner/sets/72157606618402903/ The Police]
 * [http://picasaweb.google.co.uk/beata.semik/ThePoliceFinalGigAtMSG?authkey=f6bsK7LNDnM The Police - Final Gig at MSG]
+* [http://www.flickr.com/photos/76194214@N00/sets/72157606668910363/  The Police - Madison Square Garden - 7 Aug 2008]
 * [http://www.flickr.com/photos/74085116@N00/sets/72157606609712607/   The Police - Madison Square Garden - 8/7/08]
+* [http://www.pbase.com/oshea/the_police__msg_finale  The Police - MSG Finale]
 * [http://www.flickr.com/photos/17678487@N06/sets/72157606610415866/  The Police in NYC at MSG on 08/07/08]
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 * [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYG7Y74wgVI&feature=related THE POLICE - Walking on the Moon (Live @ MSG, NYC, 2008)]
 * [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QHi3f_Fw_w4&feature=related The Police - Sting thanks Andy and Stewart - NYC - 8/7/08]
+* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1THxCYcjCc8 DON'T STAND SO CLOSE TO ME]
 * [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eTxRmnOJpuA&feature=related The Police - last concert, Sting's daughters dancing]
 * [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1y_UAVN2Jo8&feature=related EVERY LITTLE THING SHE DOES IS MAGIC]
+* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRc3rgtCu98&feature=related Police Final Concert: Do Do Do Da Da Da]
 * [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4jYxBLiDME&feature=related Police final concert (Invisible Sun)]
 * [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lg2wX7ACk84 The Police - Final Concert MSG 08-07-08 - Sting Shaved]
+* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sh-DYyMWAUo Sting gets beard shaved msg 8-7-08]
 * [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lXG1LYZdJAc&feature=related Last Police Concert Ever..Sting gets shaved during concert!!]
+* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YdtmJ5mVsM8 Stewart and The Flag]
 * [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ar4ngBoOT6s&feature=related The Flag is Raised in a Purple Haze at Police final concert]
 * [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fMMYV_XBU80&feature=related ROXANNE Police Final Concert]
+* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kD9RevQ0tO0&feature=related The police Final Concert live @ Madison Square Garden! (King of Pain)]
+* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RExpjjbeZgY The police Final Concert live @ Madison Square Garden! (So Lonely)]
+* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HCmCgnmdeJo&feature=related The police Final Concert live @ Madison Square Garden! (Every Breath You Take)]
 * [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5BqbRC_ivfY&feature=related Police final concert (Every Breath You Take)]
+* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9IJX479J-I The Police: Madison Sq Gdns - FINAL Concert Ever - 08.07.08]
 * [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKkUUk9S9UM Final Song Played By The Police Live: "Next To You" 8/7/2008]
 * [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZBDyB5Sqvw&feature=related The Police at MSG --concert finale August 7, 2008]
 * [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8xvvqlCy8o The Police - The Fat Lady Sings 8/7/08]
+* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eAYpTDckpvQ Grand Finale - The Police @ MSG]
 ==Reviews and discussion==
+* [http://www.nyc.gov/portal/site/nycgov/menuitem.c0935b9a57bb4ef3daf2f1c701c789a0/index.jsp?pageID=mayor_press_release&catID=1194&doc_name=http://www.nyc.gov/html/om/html/2008a/pr166-08.html&cc=unused1978&rc=1194&ndi=1 NYC press release]
+* [http://www.publictelevisionrocks.org/blog/the-police/ PBS website with donation information]
 =References=
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+[[2008-08-11|next entry ==>]]
+[[Category:2007-2008 Reunion Tour]][[Category:2008]]

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