JuliusCaesarJun 1st, 2007 - 16:36:56

I had the pleasure to be at the Wednesday show; Stuart should stick to the drum kit and forget about the 'rack of hanging ornaments' he tried to use for the ethereal effects; Sting sings better than ever; Andy is finding his groove, and I thought that he had Hendrix influence in some of his work. Nothing works perfect right out of the box; It just needs a little tinkering to be perfect.

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copeland's commentsJun 1st, 2007 - 17:30:10

if these comments are true, then copeland ought to work with it than trying to sink the tour from the get go

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the nugeJun 1st, 2007 - 19:21:54

he is letting us all know who puts the func in dysfunction... that whiny rich bratty man-child. im sure its fun to take a poke at sting for something other than his little doily wig , but anyone can start a song wrong , and so what? what a funfest it must be backstage with the police....one of the things more bands should do is cultivate some mystique . now theres a dying art someone should resurrect....Andy Summers, you rock !

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Craig StillbornJun 1st, 2007 - 20:08:51

Great, now band tension is being made part of the act? ... c'mon. Interesting publicity stunt, at best.

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SteveJun 2nd, 2007 - 01:13:56

Wow, talk about misrepresentative reporting... Copeland took a shot at Sting? He predicted future problems?

Go read Copeland's comments for yourselves, as this particular article is deliberately misconstruing what he wrote. They are in the Krypton forum on Copeland's website.

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SkepticJun 2nd, 2007 - 03:16:51

What a classically despicable example of journalistic distortion and disinformation. I read the post in question, and it bears only a passing resemblance to the way it's characterized here. Stuff taken out of context, meaning altered, complete falsehoods added in. Does anyone wonder why journalism has credibility problems. (I'm not even a Police fan, particularly, yet I find this article offensive.)

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JaccannJun 2nd, 2007 - 19:13:45

I was backstage for all 3 of the Police concerts in Vancouver and would like to address some of the comments. Stewarts only crime is that he is keeping it real for the fans and was only speaking out loud instead of sugar coating his true thoughts. This was no publicity stunt guaranteed. Stewart is a perfectionist and if anything his comments might light a fire under the bands ass and make the rest of the tour truly memorable. He was plucked from obscurity as a suburban dad and had to be convinced to reunite and wasn't waiting by the phone for 20 years for the call, far from it. They practiced hard to get back in the grove and pulling off this Rip Van Winkle trip is no walk in the park for any band. And I doubt his tirade will sink the tour, these guys have been through much worse. They are pros, there's no drugs or drinking or sex orgies happening this time around, instead these guys are living right, good diets, exercise, plenty of sleep and professionals all around to pamper them into tip top health, mentally and physically. They are doing this reunion tour for the money, no doubt, but a large part of it is for their kids and the fans. As well as for the sheer thrill of entertaining.

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pvJun 8th, 2007 - 00:23:04

this story is a disgraceful example of selective quoting. after reading the story and seeing some comments that it was mis-representative, i went to the original story by copeland. sure enough his story was an honest, non-hysterical, non-huffy appraisal of a gig by the artist that was underlined with humour. most of us know we only hear the 'bad' things in our gigs, and he let us in to his very human post-gig analysis. the above story didnt mention how copeland finished his story talking about how the band laughed together about the stuff-ups, and knew better gigs were ahead of them.

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