1980-11-15

1980-11-15
a poster for this concert
Performance summary
Artist performing:	The Police
Tour:	1980-1981 Zenyatta Mondatta Tour
Venue:	Hotel de Mexico
Location:	Mexico City, Mexico
Support acts:	SUPPORT ACTS
Ticket prices:	US$ 40,00

On 1980-11-15, The Police performed at the "Gran Salon" of the Hotel de Mexico in Mexico City, Mexico.

Setlist

Among the songs played were:

• Voices Inside My Head

• Don't Stand So Close To Me

• Walking On The Moon

• Bring On The Night

• De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da

• Truth Hits Everybody

• Shadows In The Rain

• Driven To Tears

• Message In A Bottle

• Roxanne

• So Lonely

Recording information

Parts of this concert were broadcast on Mexican TV.

Trivia

In the morning Sting was interviewed at the poolside of the Hotel Camino Real for Rolling Stone magazine.

Andy Summers was interviewed before the concert in The Police's dressing room in the Presidential Suite. (Stewart Copeland's interview would be done on the next day)

The concert took place in an upper storey of a still unfinished hotel in Mexico City.

Only 1.000 tickets for the 2.000 seats in the Gran Salon were sold to the public. The Police had to agree to the government's terms of a guest list of around 1.000 political figures.

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References

sources: Rolling Stone - February 19, 1981; Police Files Nos. 7 + 9; TV recording, poster