1980-08-18
| 1980-08-18 | |
|---|---|
| |
| a ticket for this concert | |
| |
| a poster for this concert - provided by Miquel | |
| |
| a pass for this concert | |
| |
| a photo from today with Sting in the foreground - copyright www.roadstories.co.uk | |
| Performance summary | |
| Artist performing: | The Police |
| Tour: | 1980-1981 Zenyatta Mondatta Tour |
| Venue: | Stade d'Aguilera |
| Location: | Biarritz, France |
| Support acts: | XTC, Skafish, The Beat, UB40 |
| Ticket prices: | 60 French Francs |
On 1980-08-18, The Police performed at Stade d'Aguilera in Biarritz, France.
Setlist
Recording information
The concert was recorded, but the cassette was stolen from Jeff Seitz.
Trivia
On the day before The Police were re-mixing Zenyatta Mondatta at Strawberry Studios South in Dorking. Stewart Copeland ate a curry meal and was already sick when the band flew back to France. The Police arrived at the Hotel du Palais in Biarritz around 04:00PM. They didn't do a soundcheck today.
At 06:30PM the doors to the venue open and about 8500 fans enter.
The Police started their concert around 11:00PM. Sting didn't announce The Police's drummer, there are also hardly any lights on him. That's because Stewart's roadie Jeff Seitz played drums at this concert and kept his head low - so most of the audience probably didn't notice that Stewart didn't play...
A local doctor was with Stewart earlier at the hotel, but couldn't help much. A pale and suffering Stewart attended the concert, though.
See also
This section needs more information.
External links
References
sources: ticket; poster; ad; Police Files Nos. 5 + 6; Outlandos newsletter September 1980; french local TV news on internet (Ina.fr); 1980-09 GIG
