A few weeks ago we caught the police at Twickenham Stadium. We trained there and enjoyed an amazing evening as it is an open air stadium and the weather was beautiful (cloudless, 22 degrees).

I had been looking forward to this concert for a while and enjoyed watching the Police swan song but I did notice a few things:

• Sting did not seem as into it as the other 2. Maybe going from the cerebral songs and his ‘art’ to singing ‘do-do-do, da-da-da’ is demoralizing.
• They altered the music too much. I know, you are artists, you are showing your flair and how much you have evolved. But, we came to hear the songs we loved not some flaky rendition which candidly brings the song down. I don’t want to hear some random 6 minute guitar solo that never existed before.
• The demographics were clearly 35 and over. Looking around – that was obvious. Felt bad for the starter band, no one showed up and it was clearly not their demographic. And they were good to …

I had heard that the reason why they were coming back is that they felt that The Police was not getting its due as a band that helped shape rock history and this is their attempt to ensure that The Police goes down in the history books as one that shaped rock music.

Whatever the reason, it was fun. I just wish they would have stuck to the original sheet music (smile). Below are a few awful pictures from my cell phone. Enjoy.