1977-10-21
| 1977-10-21 | |
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| 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 1977-10-21, The Police were supposed to perform at the Nashville in Paris, France. The concert was cancelled.
Setlist
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Recording information
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Trivia
There's an unused ticket for both bands for a concert today at the Nashville, but the concert was cancelled after the tour promoter wasn't too happy about the Paris gig on 1977-10-20.
The Police went into a local cinema instead and watched Star Wars in its original version (i.e. not dubbed).
As the ad in Rock & Folk (November 1977) shows another concert in Lyon was planned for 1977-10-23 at the Palais d'Hiver. This was cancelled as well.
By this date Andy Summers and Stewart Copeland had already joined Eberhard Schoener in Germany...
Wayne County drummer J.J. Johnson:
"Sting and myself travelled back from Paris to the Sea ferry in Calais in a small Citroen car hired by 'The Police' for the " Tour " and were really "Pissed off" and debated the situation for most of the journey, praising each others playing even debating about getting together for a " Musical Jam", (Obviously it didn't happen ! )
I think, Stewart and Andy Summers travelled from Paris on to Germany to do some work and gigs with a German Composer, and Sting was going to travel from England to join them later.
Sting drove on to the Ferry, and I left Sting at the Dockside as I had to wait for the rest of 'The Electric Chairs' to travel back to a later Ferry in Calais in the bandwagon, as they had my Passport, Ticket, etc, after several hours, "by sheer chance" I spotted the Bandwagon over in the distance and chased it for about a quarter of a mile, running through several checkpoints and onto the Ship !
And we all returned to England !
What a Mess !"
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References
sources: ticket, ad in Rock & Folk - November 1977, Broken Music: Sting remembers staying in Paris for a few nights; J.J. Johnson, Stewart Copeland
