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| Reunited Police start world tour | Reunited Police start world tour |
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| Reunited rock group The Police began a five-month world tour in front of 20,000 fans in Vancouver on Monday, 21 years after their last major concert. | Reunited rock group The Police began a five-month world tour in front of 20,000 fans in Vancouver on Monday, 21 years after their last major concert. |
| Singer Sting, drummer Stewart Copeland and guitarist Andy Summers drifted apart in the mid-1980s but have been rehearsing together since March. | Singer Sting, drummer Stewart Copeland and guitarist Andy Summers drifted apart in the mid-1980s but have been rehearsing together since March. |
| "I'd like to introduce the band. Andy, this is Stewart," Sting joked to the crowd, including actress Penelope Cruz. | "I'd like to introduce the band. Andy, this is Stewart," Sting joked to the crowd, including actress Penelope Cruz. |
| They arrive in the UK on 4 September, playing in Birmingham. | |
| The release of a 30-track greatest hits album - available globally in the week of 11 June - has also been confirmed. | The release of a 30-track greatest hits album - available globally in the week of 11 June - has also been confirmed. |
| Many of those classic singles - including Message in a Bottle, Roxanne and Spirits In The Material World - were aired at Monday's concert. | Many of those classic singles - including Message in a Bottle, Roxanne and Spirits In The Material World - were aired at Monday's concert. |
| Fresh sounds | Fresh sounds |
| They were greeted with thunderous applause by the 20,000 fans who attended the gig in Vancouver's GM Place. | They were greeted with thunderous applause by the 20,000 fans who attended the gig in Vancouver's GM Place. |
| The stage was left simple and uncluttered, perhaps to counterpoint the complexity of the band's songs. | The stage was left simple and uncluttered, perhaps to counterpoint the complexity of the band's songs. |
| Earlier Summers had promised fans that a lot of consideration had gone into ensuring that their live sets would sound fresh. | Earlier Summers had promised fans that a lot of consideration had gone into ensuring that their live sets would sound fresh. |
| We play nicely for two or three days, and then we start to get on each others' nerves Stewart Copeland | We play nicely for two or three days, and then we start to get on each others' nerves Stewart Copeland |
| "We've got all these famous songs, but we look at them like new pieces of material," he told the Vancouver Sun. | "We've got all these famous songs, but we look at them like new pieces of material," he told the Vancouver Sun. |
| "To a point, we've reworked them, but obviously all the famous riffs are still there - you can't play Every Breath You Take without me playing that guitar, obviously. | "To a point, we've reworked them, but obviously all the famous riffs are still there - you can't play Every Breath You Take without me playing that guitar, obviously. |
| "We constantly fiddle with them, but because they're alive, they're living, they're not dead. We spent the last two months rearranging and fiddling around until we felt it was good." | "We constantly fiddle with them, but because they're alive, they're living, they're not dead. We spent the last two months rearranging and fiddling around until we felt it was good." |
| He also predicted "some intensity in the songs that may transcend the original recorded versions". | He also predicted "some intensity in the songs that may transcend the original recorded versions". |
| Meanwhile Copeland has revealed that there was still tension between the band members at times, with their strong personalities leading to arguments as they developed their musical ideas. | Meanwhile Copeland has revealed that there was still tension between the band members at times, with their strong personalities leading to arguments as they developed their musical ideas. |
| "We play nicely for two or three days, and then we start to get on each others' nerves," he told Reuters. | "We play nicely for two or three days, and then we start to get on each others' nerves," he told Reuters. |
| "Then we have a screaming match, and then we hug and kiss, and then we play even better." | "Then we have a screaming match, and then we hug and kiss, and then we play even better." |
| The group never officially split up in the 1980s but huge creative tensions meant that relations were difficult between the trio for many years. | The group never officially split up in the 1980s but huge creative tensions meant that relations were difficult between the trio for many years. |
| "It's not the most comfortable place in the world being in The Police," Copeland conceded. | "It's not the most comfortable place in the world being in The Police," Copeland conceded. |
| "It's a bed of roses, all right - including the thorns." | "It's a bed of roses, all right - including the thorns." |
| The world tour, which runs until 2008, will touch down in North America, Europe, Latin America, Japan, Australia and New Zealand. | The world tour, which runs until 2008, will touch down in North America, Europe, Latin America, Japan, Australia and New Zealand. |
| The string of concerts unofficially kicked off the night before when the band played a dress rehearsal for about 4,000 members of its fan club. | The string of concerts unofficially kicked off the night before when the band played a dress rehearsal for about 4,000 members of its fan club. |
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