Sting says the Police are not getting back together. Fans' hopes were cautiously raised over the past couple of months when word got out that the organizers of California's "Desert Trip" festival were supposedly offering the trio an alleged $18 million to reunite for two shows this year. Last October's inaugural two weekend bash featured such legends as the Rolling Stones, the Who, Paul McCartney, Bob Dylan, Roger Waters, and Neil Young. It's said that the organizers had offered Sting, Andy Summers, and Stewart Copeland a cool $9.2 million per set to play what would be their first shows together in nine years. We asked Sting point blank if in celebration of the band's 40th anniversary this year, the Police will partake in what is shaping up to be perhaps the ultimate annual rock extravaganza: "I don't think we're old enough yet. . . I'm very proud of the legacy of the Police. Y'know, it still seems to live on in people's memory and fondness. Y'know, I still play a lot of those songs, which I wrote 40 years ago, so I'm very proud of it. I'm not sure that I need to recreate it again. Having done it eight years ago, very successfully, I feel a circle was closed at that time. But we're still, y'know, very much in touch and friends and mutually proud of our achievement." :
STING DOESN'T WANT TO REUNITE THE POLICE
The organizers had offered Sting, Andy Summers, and Stewart Copeland a cool $9.2 million per set to play what would be their first shows together in nine years.
January 24 - Los Angeles, CA - Celebrating David Bowie at The Wiltern
February 1 - Vancouver, BC - Commodore Ballroom
February 2 - Portland, OR - Theatre Of The Clouds
February 5, 6 - San Francisco, CA - SF Masonic
February 8, 9 - Hollywood, CA - Hollywood Palladium
February 11 - Rancho Mirage, CA - The Show At Agua Caliente Casino Resort Spa
February 14 - Denver, CO - Fillmore Auditorium
February 16 - Kansas City, MO - Uptown Theater
February 17 - St. Louis, MO - The Pageant
February 19 - Austin, TX - Austin City Limits Live at The Moody Theater
February 20 - Grand Prairie, TX - Verizon Theatre At Grand Prairie
February 22 - New Orleans, LA - Lakefront Arena
February 23 - Houston, TX - Smart Financial Centre At Sugar Land
February 25 - Miami Beach, FL - Fillmore Miami Beach At Jackie Gleason Theater
February 27 - Atlanta, GA - The Tabernacle
February 28 - Nashville, TN - Nashville Municipal Auditorium
March 2 - Saint Paul, MN - Myth
March 3 - Chicago, IL - Aragon Ballroom
March 5 - Toronto, ON - Rebel
March 6 - Montreal, QC - Metropolis
March 8 - Boston, MA - House Of Blues Boston
March 9 - Uncasville, CT - Mohegan Sun
March 11 - Philadelphia, PA - The Fillmore Philadelphia
March 12 - Oxon Hill, MD - MGM National Harbor
March 14 - New York, NY - Hammerstein Ballroom