1978-10-02

Old Grey Whistle Test
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Basic information
Appearance by:	The Police
Executive producer:	PRODUCER
Original network:	BBC
Appearance date(s):	1978-10-02
Runtime:	XX minutes
Country:	UK
Language:	English
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Summary

Today Sting wakes up in Brighton at 6:30am in his hotel room. He's on the Quadrophenia set at 8am. The riot on the strand and in the streets is filmed today. As it gets dark the rest of the shooting is postponed to the next day. Sting changes clothes on the way to Gatwick airport in the record company's car.

He has got to be in Manchester's BBC TV Studios for The Police's appearance on the BBC2 show "The Old Grey Whistle Test". Soundcheck at the studio is done an hour before the live performance. Sting manages to spray metallic paint into his eyes instead of his hair. There's an eye hospital near the studio where Sting is treated. The Police play Can't Stand Losing You and Next To You with Sting wearing one of Stewart Copeland's large glasses... Sting catches the sleeper train to Victoria and then drives back to Brighton - arriving on the set at 7 o'clock the next morning.

(There's a Stewart and Andy interview probably recorded today - they both went to Piccadilly Radio's studios at Piccadilly Plaza in Manchester for an interview with Pete Baker while Sting was still shooting in Brighton.)

Release history

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See also

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External links

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Grey_Whistle_Test

References

sources: Reggatta de Blanc tour program, Broken Music