Thursday, February 14, 2008

The Return of The Police

Got an email today stating that The Police are making one last run through North America this summer before their big reunion tour ends.

You may recall that I saw one of the very first shows of the tour in Seattle and wrote a pretty glowing review here. Upon reflection, and upon listening to a bootleg of that very show, I realize I was far too generous.

While I still stand by my contention that their vast re-working of the songs is a good thing, they were pretty rusty when I saw them, and were still obviously working the kinks out of the arrangements.

Well, they will be playing here in Portland on Friday July 11 and I am planning on going, so I can do a bit of a before-and-after observation. They must be smoking now, after being on the road for nine months straight since I saw them.

Pre-sales go on sale Tuesday. The details and full list of shows are here.

Oh, and they are touring this last leg with Elvis Costello, which will be a pretty sweet bonus. I have never seen him live but always thought he was great.

5 comments:

VoxMoose said...

I know you retracted your glowing review of the Portland show, but I saw them in LA and they were fantastic. Perhaps the real lesson here is don't soil your fond memories with bootlegs. Nevertheless, looking forward to hearing your second end-of-tour impressions.

Isorski said...

Huh Huh - "soiled" - huh huh huh

VoxMoose said...

Yeah, "soiled" was a weird word choice. Not sure where I pulled that one from.

Isorski said...

No pun intended...

harmolodic said...

I've seen EC four times in as many different musical settings (with the Imposters, Allen Toussaint & the Crescent City Horns, T-Bone Burnett duo with a guest appearance by Emmylou Harris, and completely solo) and I can confidently say that he never disappoints. The man is a consummate professional, his voice is as strong as ever, he actually speaks to the audience between songs... and the songs! You'll be in for a treat. I saw the Police twice last year, but I might have to see 'em again just for Elvis!