New York City Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg joined Sting, Andy Summers and Stewart Copeland of The Police for a news conference Tuesday to announce the band's......
The Police drummer Stewart Copeland has apologized to Chilean President Michelle Bachelet for making derogatory comments about her. Copeland - who is currently on the South American leg of the band's reunion tour -[...] Read more!
The French Cultural Minister honored Sting, Stewart Copeland and Andy Summers as chevaliers of the Order of Arts and Letters in Paris on Monday. David Lynch earned "officer" rank as President Sarkozy called the director a "profoundly normal guy."
Reformed British rockers The Police will be honored in France next week, in recognition of their lifetime contribution to music. The trio - Sting, Andy Summers and Stewart Copeland - will be inducted into the Order of Arts and Letters on Monday, the culture ministry has announced.[...] Read more!
The Police drummer Stewart Copeland is hoping to cash in on the band's reunion by releasing a new best of compilation. "The Stewart Copeland Anthology" will include the rocker's soundtrack recordings for films like The Pallbearer, Wall Street, Very Bad Things and Rumble Fish, which earned the drummer a Golden Globe Nomination for Best Score, alongside rare and unreleased material. [...] Read more!
Happy Birthday to 80s teen star Corey Feldman (1971), funny guy Will Ferrell (1967), English musician Fatboy Slim (1963), "Fast Times At Ridgemont High" actress Phoebe Cates (1963), Police drummer Stewart Copeland (1952), actor Ruben Blades (1948), reggae singer Desmond Dekker (1941), actress/dancer Ginger Rogers (1911; d. 1995), silver screen legend Barbara Stanwyck (1907; d. 1990), and notorious baseball legend "Shoeless" Joe Jackson (1889; d. 1951).
The Police drummer Stewart Copeland barely knows Sting, despite being friends with the singer for 30 years. Copeland formed the Every Breath You Take band in 1977 with Sting and original guitarist Henry Padovani, who was soon replaced by current strummer Andy Summers.[...] Read more!
The Police would have reunited and recorded new material in 1986 had drummer Stewart Copeland avoided a fall from a horse during a polo game. The trio reformed earlier this year and The Police are currently at the start of an extensive year-long reunion tour, but guitarist Andy Summers insists the wait needn't have been so long.[...] Read more!
The Police reunion is suffering "heated discussions" but guitarist Andy Summers insists they're giving the band a positive "edge". Summers, Sting and Stewart Copeland recently announced they are reuniting for a world tour, 23 years after they split. But fans fear the bitter infighting that led to their demise may scupper the group's new dates, beginning next week in Vancouver.[...] Read more!
The Police last toured together in 1994 and has regrouped only a couple of times since then. The group -- Summers, singer-bassist Sting and drummer Stewart Copeland......
IT was Sting's brilliant idea to bring The Police back together for their 30th anniversary, sources say, despite interviews he and band members Stewart Copeland and Andy Summers gave suggesting it was a mutual idea. One music-industry heavyweight...
The organizers of the sixth annual Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival have figured out a way to quell any Widespread Panic. Get the Police to stop by.
A newly reunited Sting, Stewart Copeland and Andy Summers have been tapped to headline the four-day fest, which kicks off in the usual spot--a 700-acre farm in Manchester, Tennessee, 60 miles southeast of Nashville--on June 14.
The Police, scheduled to take the main stage June 16, join a genre-spanning, yet largely indie, lineup that also includes the White Stripes, Tool, Franz Ferdinand, Wilco, the Flaming Lips, Ben Harper & the Innocent Criminals, Regina Spektor and, yes, Widespread Panic.
This year's fest will play host to more than 100 musical acts and 20 comedians, including "Arrested Development" alum David Cross, on 13 stages, a multi-sensory experience that Rolling Stone surmises is shaping up to be "the best festival event ever."
The organizers of the sixth annual Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival have figured out a way to quell any Widespread Panic. Get The Police to stop by.
A newly reunited Sting, Stewart Copeland and Andy Summers have been tapped to headline the four-day fest, which kicks off in the usual spot--a 700-acre farm in Manchester, Tennessee, 60 miles southeast of Nashville--on June 14.
The Police, scheduled to take the main stage June 16, join a genre-spanning, yet largely indie, lineup that also includes the White Stripes, Tool, Franz Ferdinand, Wilco, the Flaming Lips, Ben Harper & the Innocent Criminals, Regina Spektor and, yes, Widespread Panic.
This year's fest will play host to more than 100 musical acts and 20 comedians, including "Arrested Development" alum David Cross, on 13 stages, a multi-sensory experience that Rolling Stone surmises is shaping up to be "the best festival event ever."
Since The Police parted ways 23 years ago, front man Sting has enjoyed a successful solo career. Guitarist Andy Summers and drummer Stewart Copeland worked on individual projects as well, including film soundtracks and solo albums....
The Police have put out the green light for a world tour.
On the heels of their performance at Sunday's Grammy Awards, the newly reunited rock superstars confirmed Monday that they would be embarking on a highly anticipated road trip, beginning May 28 in Vancouver.
The trek will take Sting, Stewart Copeland and Andy Summers to locations across North America this summer and will continue with dates in Europe this fall. Performances in Mexico, South America, Japan Australia and New Zealand were expected to be added to the roster.
Reformed rockers The Police are expected to announce plans for a world tour on Monday - the day after they perform at the Grammy Awards in Los Angeles.
Frontman Sting has expressed his desire to commemorate the band's 30th anniversary and play a string of lucrative gigs with drummer Stewart Copeland and guitarist Andy Summers.[...] Read more!
The Police plan to reunite to perform at next month's Grammy Awards, an appearance widely believed to be a precursor to a full-blown world tour later this year to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the release of the band's first single, "Roxanne."
Sting, guitarist Andy Summers and drummer Stewart Copeland will open the 49th Annual Grammy ceremony scheduled for Feb. 11 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles and broadcast live on CBS, according to a Tuesday press release by the Recording Academy, the folks behind the awards.
The gig marks the first time the Police have taken the stage together since a much-heralded reunion at the 2003 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction.
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Sting is considering reuniting with his former band mates from The Police to mark the 30th anniversary of the group's formation. The band's ex-frontman wants to commemorate the occasion properly and play gigs again with drummer Stewart Copeland and guitarist Andy Summers. [...] Read more!
Rock trio the Police are secretly lining up a string of reunion dates in Britain and America, according to U.S. music industry reports. If true, the shows will be the first the group has played together since splitting in 1986 - and they'll mark the 30th anniversary of their hit "Roxanne," which turned Sting, Stewart Copeland and Andy Summers into an international force. [...] Read more!
Ian Copeland served in Vietnam, dated Courteney Cox and served up hot tuna melts in Beverly Hills. In between, he helped give rise to no less than a new musical wave known as new wave.
Copeland, the agent and promoter who worked with R.E.M., the Bangles, the Go-Gos, Squeeze, and the Police, featuring younger brother Stewart Copeland on drums, and many more, died Tuesday of melanoma at his Los Angeles home. He was 57.