2008-06-05 (Police concert)

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2008-06-05
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...waving goodbye - copyright Dietmar
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a working personnel pass for this concert
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a ticket for this concert
Performance summary
Artist performing: The Police
Tour: 2007-2008 Reunion Tour
Venue: SAP Arena
Location: Mannheim, Germany
Support acts: The Charlatans
Ticket prices: 97 Euros


On 2008-06-05, The Police performed at SAP Arena in Mannheim, Germany.

Setlist

  1. Message In A Bottle
  2. Walking On The Moon
  3. Demolition Man
  4. Voices Inside My Head
  5. When The World Is Running Down
  6. Don't Stand So Close To Me
  7. Driven To Tears
  8. Hole In My Life
  9. Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic
  10. Wrapped Around Your Finger
  11. De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da
  12. Invisible Sun
  13. Can't Stand Losing You
  14. Bring On The Night
  15. Roxanne
  16. King Of Pain
  17. So Lonely
  18. Every Breath You Take
  19. Next To You

Recording information

There's a recording of this concert.

Trivia

This concert was originally scheduled to take place on 2007-10-10, but Sting became ill.

Bring On The Night was rehearsed during the soundcheck.

The concert was sold out. There were 13.500 people in the audience.

Right before the concert the setlist was visible on a monitor under the stage. Bring On The Night was to open the show, after it was left out completely in Marseille. Danny Quatrochi brought Sting's mini-guitar onstage, but it was removed soon after.

The show started with the more powerful opening from 2007: Bob Marley, lights, the gong and Message In A Bottle.

From the start it was evident that all musicians were still hugely enjoying this tour. Worries about Sting's beard (i.e. not caring anymore?) were unfounded. At least the not-caring part - the beard was horrible.

The Police were laughing, communicating and improvising like they had the time of their life - and that was rewarded by a very loud Mannheim audience.

Bring On The Night was eventually played as the first encore. Sting's difficulties with finger-picking today were forgotten with the great new chorus.

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