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Ghost In The Machine may have made The Police global superstars, but it marked the beginning of the end for the group
By Paul Brannigan published
Ghost In The Machine may have made The Police superstars, but it marked the beginning of the end for the group

"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

"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

"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

"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

“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

“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

"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
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