The Police

Latest about The Police

James Manic, Sting, Gary Lightbody
BBC Radio 2 In The Park festival line-up announced

By Paul Brannigan Published

“I’ve never been to Preston in my life” says Sting, as he's announced as one of the headline acts at BBC Radio 2's In The Park festival in the city

Bands & Artists
The Police
Andy Summers want you to know that The Police were hotties

By Paul Brannigan Published

The Police's former guitarist Andy Summers says that the trio “weren't exactly a boy band”, but there's a 'but'...

Bands & Artists
The Police in 1979
The Police to release six-disc Synchronicity box set in July

By Jerry Ewing Published

The Police's best-selling album Synchronicity gets lavish reissue treatment with over 50 unreleased tracks!

Albums
The Police in 1979
"I'd have to go up on stage alone, playing that guitar riff, and the others would join in. It was pretty nerve-racking": The story of Message In A Bottle by The Police

By Greg Prato Published

As with all of The Police’s hits, Sting is listed solely as the song’s author, but according to Andy Summers, he and Stewart Copeland helped shape the final track

Albums
Andy Summers and Eric Clapton
"I charged him £200 for it. It's worth about two million now": The Police's Andy Summers on the guitar he deeply regrets selling to Eric Clapton

By Paul Brannigan Published

For The Police guitarist Andy Summers, seller's remorse is a very real emotion

Bands & Artists
The Police
"Don’t tell him I said this, but Sting is a genius": Stewart Copeland on the hateful tensions within The Police, and the therapy which allowed them to stage their hugely-profitable reunion tour

By Paul Brannigan Published

It may have taken over four decades, but Stewart Copeland has a new-found respect for his former Police colleague Sting

Concerts & Shows
Steward Copeland and Joey Jordison
"That little bastard had chops!" The Police's Stewart Copeland explains why Slipknot's Joey Jordison was one of the greatest drummers of his generation

By Merlin Alderslade Published

The Police drummer Stewart Copeland pays tribute to one of metal's greatest ever players

Bands & Artists
Stewart Copeland's Police Diaries
“The rise of a fledgling group, but a collapse of an old one… A forensic timeline of how prog turned into punk”: Stewart Copeland’s Police Diaries

By Daryl Easlea Published

Memoir offers eyewitness view as Curved Air and Soft Machine members lived through a changing of the musical guard

Bands & Artists
The Police
“Every Breath You Take was going in the trash until I played on it": Andy Summers suggests "watch the press" for future developments in a long-simmering dispute about the songwriting credits on The Police's Every Breath You Take

By Paul Brannigan Published

Could The Police be heading to court? Andy Summers hints at a potential legal face-off with Sting over the band's biggest song

Albums
The Police studio portrait
"We were a bit embarrassed because this was the raging punk scene": How the "slight reggae" of The Police's Roxanne turned a teacher and two prog rock renegades into unlikely superstars

By Rob Hughes Published

Banned by the BBC, Roxanne put The Police on the road to superstardom when a radio station in Texas embraced Sting's song about love in a red light district

Tracks & Singles
1 2 3 4 5 Archives