1983-08-02

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1983-08-02
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a photo from this concert - copyright by Craig Betts
Performance summary
Artist performing: The Police
Tour: 1983-1984 Synchronicity Tour
Venue: Le Spectrum
Location: Montreal, QC, Canada
Support acts: Blue Peter
Ticket prices: TICKET PRICES


On 1983-08-02, The Police performed at Le Spectrum in Montreal, QC, Canada.

Setlist

Recording information

There's a great recording of this concert.

Trivia

Earlier that day, the Police attended a gold disc presntation at A&M Records of Canada, in Toronto. Photographer Phil Kamin, who took over 100 shots of the presentation, included the best shots in his book, The Police Chronicles.The Canadian press core were there, based on tonights concert at Le Spectrum, in Montreal, which was being taped for the original Synchronicity Concert film, which would eventually be rejected by the band based on their lame performance. However, the recording was available as a pay tv special by the broadcast company, Showtime.

This concert was taped for PayTV. Only parts of it were broadcast.

As it was a small intimate venue 700 people in the audience sold it out.

The Police played a different version of Demolition Man, like with most of the early shows on this tour.

Sting completely messed up the bass line of De Do Do Do De Da Da Da during the first verse of the song.

Invisible Sun had Sting sing a few lines of Wouldn't it be lovely from My Fair Lady towards the end of the song. The band then left the stage with Sting saying "We are going for a tea break, we will see you in 5..10 minutes, bye-bye"

The band came back on stage for One World (Not Three) with Sting's voice giving way at the first accapella line where he sings "One world is enough, for all of us", at the begining of the song.

King Of Pain on the second Universal In-House time-coded VHS Master Tape, does not feature the recorded Sting vocal of "There's a little black spot on the sun today". It is completely silent, with just the music backing track playing, only upto the point where Sting sings "...sun today....what?" On the PayTV broadcast, it has been cleverly added in!

Roxanne is actually played before the last song So Lonely.

Only 2 single camera angle reels (Rushes) exist of this concert, in Universal Music Groups US Library. The 2" Master Video Tape, is signed off as missing. However the 2" Safety Master Video Tape (From the studio Godley & Creme were working at) survives, along with 2 Universal In-House time-coded VHS Master Tapes. First VHS tape - Synchronicity I to Invisible Sun is Sting & Stewart's camera angle from the right side of the stage. The second VHS tape - One World (Not Three) to So Lonely is Sting head on and occasionally zooms out to see all 3 members of the band head on. These 2 In-House time-coded VHS Master Tapes, came directly from both camera angle reel tapes.

It also worth mentioning that Demolition Man, O My God, Murder By Numbers and Tea In The Sahara woud make up the bonus Montreal footage on the Synchronicity Concert DVD, but sadly the rushes of these tracks (from the 2 single camera angle reels) were rejected by Sting's management and were removed before going to press. However, the backstage tea party (which was a single camera angle which followed the band backstage) remained on the commercial DVD release.

Photos from this concert appear in The Police Chronicles

See also

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External links

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References

Source: Ticket, The Police Chronicles, Montreal Gazette Review, Craig Betts (Set List/Trivia), Rogier van der Gugten (Audience Numbers)