it's september 11. 2007, hamburg, germany, hsh nordbankarena and today is the day: the police is back after more than 20 years and starts touring germany right yet: live and with all three original members. kind people at flickr published the hamburg setlist here. since photographing was strictly prohibited and since photos taken by myself normally suck anyhow i didn't even try. may be those pictures can convey you a little impression, they are at flickr as well. touring international the police would be supported by the fratellis from glasgow, but in germany it's fictionplane. something special about this band is, their leadsinger, joe sumner, yes - guess by name, is the son of polices mastermind sting. he looks like him, moves like him, the band sounds comperable and is playing in the same, charakteristic line up (bass guitar, vocals / guitar / drums). not the worst choice for a police concert!
absolutely punctual at 8.10 pm, the concert actually was supposed to start at 8.30 pm, the police are entering the stage. sting seems to be fresh, relaxed, well trained and vital as always, stewart copeland looks a lot like he stuck into the 80's and andy summers looks a little like his own statue out of madme tussauds. not untill the half of the concert he looks up from his guitars fingerboard for a moment. so what, he still now how to play it! exept "beds to big without you" the police were playing all the hits and singles from their numerous "best of ..." compilations. i guess, this is exactly what you expect when a band like this comes back after more than 20 years without having new material. it was a pleasure to see police jamming and improvising instead of playing every song in the standart recorded before. what i always liked most about this band were the changes of tempo between verse and chorus, especially in songs like "roxanne", "so lonely" as well as "can't stand loosing you". unfortunately, this is something the band has lost a little over the years, the slower parts became longer, the fast parts became slower, so the concert was more about to listen then to mosh or pogo. after all, the concert was absolutely great. until the encore i had to miss my favorite police song "king of pain", therefore this was the first extra track they brought!
lucky to expirience one of the greatest and most significant bands from the pre 70's hippie era live again!
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