The Police's Reunion Tour Lifts Its Head, Again

Milk it, Sting! Billboard reports: *The Police will take one more victory lap through North America on their massively successful reunion tour before calling it quits for good, sources close to the tour tell Billboard. The Police - Sting, Andy Summers and Stewart Copeland - will play another 30-odd dates in May and July in North America, with 15 previously announced European concerts sandwiched between in June. Elvis Costello & The Imposters will open the entire run of North American dates, which wraps the first week in August.* All dates will be revealed shortly.

MP3: The Police - Roxanne (Live)

Police Reunion Tour Grosses 100 Mill In 2 Months

Billboard has more: *The first leg of the Police reunion tour has been an overwhelming success, grossing $107,592,002 from 38 shows that drew 929,941 people. That does not include stops at the Bonnaroo Music Festival in Manchester, Tenn., in June, or the V Fest in Baltimore last weekend.

The highest gross of the first leg was July 5-6 at Wrigley Field in Chicago, which took in $9,494,248 from an attendance of 79,458. The Police start up again Aug. 28 in Stockholm and play Europe through Oct. 20. The band returns to North America Halloween night for a sellout at Madison Square Garden in New York, will play three more weeks in the U.S. and then head to Latin America.*

Tickets to all forthcoming shows are sold out.

MP3: The Police - Next To You

The Fratellis To Open For The Police

Wow, Fratellis at Giants Stadium. That's just mind-boggling!

Check below for all The Fratellis' summer coliseum/stadium dates with Sting & the gang.

Crazy times down at Costello Music, indeed.

6/13 Oakland, CA - McAfee Coliseum*
7/19 Philadelphia, PA - Citizens Bank Park*
8/5 East Rutherford, NJ - Giants Stadium*

MP3: The Fratellis - Baby Fratelli

The Police Reunion Shows 'Will Be The Top Grossing Tour Of 2007'

It didn't take very long for this tour to receive that accolade, did it?

More info on The Police's summer shows below. Incidentally, what are your thoughts on 'Roxanne' from last night's Grammys? If I was Bitchfork, I'd give it a 7.3.

Best Buy is the North American sponsor of the tour. Tickets will be scaled primarily at $225, $90 and $50. Tickets for Vancouver, Toronto and Montreal will go on sale Feb. 17. Other markets, including Boston and New York, will go on sale Feb. 20. Ticketmaster will orchestrate a pre-sale through a newly created Police tour website a few days prior to the general public onsales. It is highly likely that the Police will be the top-grossing tour of 2007.

I love how Billboard's report claims that Ticketbastard will 'orchestrate a pre-sale', if that's a euphemism for 'charge you bullshit fees you have no choice but to pay', good job, PR manager!

See you in the nosebleeds, maybe. Still deciding if this is a worthwhile purchase.

MP3: The Police - Every Breath You Take

Reminder: Grammys This Sunday

Will The Police reunion live up to all the hype? They are opening the show with 'Roxanne'.

Will you sit through another Shakira hip-shaking performance? (If you do, just DON'T FALL!) Will Williamsburg come to LA via Yeah Yeah Yeahs winning the Grammy for 'alternative album of the year'??

The odds to win that trophy & album of the year, respectively below (provided by 1800 Sports). Favorites in italics.

Album of the Year
"Taking The Long Way" by Dixie Chicks 3/2
"St. Elsewhere" by Gnarls Barkley 5/4
"Continuum" by John Mayer 5/1
"Stadium Arcadium" by Red Hot Chili Peppers 3/2
"FutureSex/LoveSounds" by Justin Timberlake 19/10

Best Alternative Music Album
"Whatever People Say I Am..." by Artic Monkeys 3/1
"At War With The Mystics" by The Flaming Lips 5/2
"St. Elsewhere" by Gnarls Barkley 1/3
"Show Your Bones" by Yeah Yeah Yeahs 2/1
"The Eraser" by Thom Yorke 6/1

The Police HEADLINING COACHELLA!

Put the rumors to bed! It's all true.

Get tix here!

Password: ROXANNE (of course)

I am also hearing rumors of a Rage Against The Machine reunion on the 2nd night... hmmmm...

MP3: The Police - Canary In A Coalmine