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!  colspan="2" | <big>1983-12-20</big>
 
!  colspan="2" | <big>1983-12-20</big>
 
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|  colspan="2" align="center" | [[Image:1983_12_20_birmingham_ticket.jpg]]
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|  colspan="2" align="center" | a photo from this concert - copyright Sandy Lopez
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|  colspan="2" align="center" | a staff pass for this concert - provided by Passionate Friends' Malky McNeill
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|  colspan="2" align="center" | a ticket for this concert
 
|  colspan="2" align="center" | a ticket for this concert
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| <b>Venue:</b>
 
| <b>Venue:</b>
| [[NEC]]
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| [[National Exhibition Centre]]
 
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| <b>Location:</b>
 
| <b>Location:</b>
| Birmingham, UK
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| Birmingham, England, UK
 
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| <b>Support acts:</b>
 
| <b>Support acts:</b>
| SUPPORT ACTS
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| Passionate Friends
 
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| <b>Ticket prices:</b>
 
| <b>Ticket prices:</b>
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On [[1983-12-20]], [[The Police]] performed at the [[NEC]].
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On [[1983-12-20]], [[The Police]] performed at the [[National Exhibition Centre]] in Birmingham, England, UK.
  
 
=Setlist=
 
=Setlist=
[[Voices Inside My Head]]
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* [[Voices Inside My Head]]
 
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* [[Synchronicity I]]
[[Synchronicity I]]
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* [[Synchronicity II]]
 
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* [[Walking In Your Footsteps]]
[[Synchronicity II]]
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* [[Message In A Bottle]]
 
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* [[Walking On The Moon]]
[[Walking In Your Footsteps]]
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* [[Oh My God]]
 
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* [[De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da]]
[[Message In A Bottle]]
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* [[Wrapped Around Your Finger]]
 
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* [[Tea In The Sahara]]
[[Walking On The Moon]]
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* [[Hole In My Life]]
 
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* [[Spirits In The Material World]]
[[Oh My God]]
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* [[Invisible Sun]]
 
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* [[One World]]
[[De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da]]
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* [[King Of Pain]]
 
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* [[Don't Stand So Close To Me]]
[[Wrapped Around Your Finger]]
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* [[Every Breath You Take]]
 
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* [[Murder By Numbers]]
[[Tea In The Sahara]]
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* [[Roxanne]]  
 
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* [[Can't Stand Losing You]]
[[Hole In My Life]]
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* [[So Lonely]]
 
 
[[Spirits In The Material World]]
 
 
 
[[Invisible Sun]]
 
 
 
[[One World]]
 
 
 
[[King Of Pain]]
 
 
 
[[Don't Stand So Close To Me]]
 
 
 
[[Every Breath You Take]]
 
 
 
[[Murder By Numbers]]
 
 
 
[[Roxanne]]  
 
 
 
[[Can't Stand Losing You]]
 
 
 
[[So Lonely]]
 
  
 
=Recording information=
 
=Recording information=
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=Trivia=
 
=Trivia=
''This section needs more information. Please include any unique or interesting facts about this performance: songs missing from setlist, guest appearances, rare performance of song, etc.''
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[[Sting]] and the roadies played “Ghost Riders in the Sky” at the soundcheck. [[Stewart Copeland]] turned up later and drove right into the loading area at the back of the stage in a large American car.
  
 
=See also=
 
=See also=
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=External links=
 
=External links=
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* [https://passionatefriendsmusic.wordpress.com/2017/04/14/the-police-on-the-beat/ Passionate Friends website with backstage pass]
  
 
=References=
 
=References=
''This section needs more information.''
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sources: ticket; [[Outlandos newsletter]] - December [[1983]]; Passionate Friends website
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[[Category:1983]]
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[[Category:1983]][[Category:1983-1984 Synchronicity Tour]]

Latest revision as of 05:37, 7 March 2019


<== previous entry

1983-12-20
1983 12 20 photo.jpg
a photo from this concert - copyright Sandy Lopez
1983 12 20 pass.jpg
a staff pass for this concert - provided by Passionate Friends' Malky McNeill
1983 12 20 ticket.jpg
a ticket for this concert
Performance summary
Artist performing: The Police
Tour: 1983-1984 Synchronicity Tour
Venue: National Exhibition Centre
Location: Birmingham, England, UK
Support acts: Passionate Friends
Ticket prices: 7,50 UK pounds


On 1983-12-20, The Police performed at the National Exhibition Centre in Birmingham, England, UK.

Setlist

Recording information

There's a recording of this concert.

Trivia

Sting and the roadies played “Ghost Riders in the Sky” at the soundcheck. Stewart Copeland turned up later and drove right into the loading area at the back of the stage in a large American car.

See also

This section needs more information.

External links

References

sources: ticket; Outlandos newsletter - December 1983; Passionate Friends website


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