Category: Concerts

Mock metal group Spinal Tap to reunite
NEW YORK (AP) ó Spinal Tap is back, and this time the band wants to help save the world from global warming.
The mock heavy metal group immortalized in the 1984 mockumentary, “This is Spinal Tap,” will reunite for a performance at Wembley Stadium in London as part of the Live Earth concerts scheduled worldwide for July 7.
The original members of Spinal Tap will be there: guitarist Nigel Tufnel (played by Christopher Guest), singer David St. Hubbins (Michael McKean) and bassist Derek Smalls (Harry Shearer). Rob Reiner, who both directed “This is Spinal Tap” and played the fake documentarian Marty DeBergi in the film, will also be in attendance.
A new 15-minute film directed by Reiner on the band’s reunion will also play at the opening night of the Tribeca Film Festival in New York on Wednesday. The slate for the opening gala, to be hosted by Al Gore, was previously announced, excepting the Reiner short.
The festival is to open with a showing of several global warming-themed short films produced by the SOS (Save Our Selves) campaign. SOS is also putting on the Live Earth concerts, to be held across seven continents.
Reiner spoke to The Associated Press on Tuesday to explain the reunion of Spinal Tap ó a band always known more as a parody of rock `n roll excess than environmental awareness.
“They’re not that environmentally conscious, but they’ve heard of global warming,” said Reiner, whose other films include “When Harry Met Sally” and “Stand By Me.” “Nigel thought it was just because he was wearing too much clothing ó that if he just took his jacket off it would be cooler.”
Spinal Tap has reunited several times since the film, but hasn’t for a number of years. For the band ó whose last album was 1992’s “Break like the Wind” ó the occasion warranted a new single: “Warmer Than Hell.”
Reiner provided a sneak peak at the lyrics: “The devil went to Devon, it felt like the fourth degree/ He said, `Is it hot in here, or is it only me?'”
The director said the new short film explains what the band has been doing with their lives lately. Nigel has been raising miniature horses to race, but can’t find jockeys small enough to ride them; David is now a hip-hop producer who also runs a colonic clinic; and Derek is in rehab for addiction to the Internet.
Reiner, 60, has for over 20 years worked with the National Resources Defense Council, an environmental action organization. Though the Spinal Tap reunion will be a lot of laughs, he hopes the SOS short films program and the Live Earth concerts have a substantial effect.
“What I think is going to be nice about this whole effort is there will be marching orders for people,” said Reiner. “Not only from a personal standpoint of what individuals can do in their lives, but a macro perspective with respect to the public sector and government.”

John Fogerty firms up summer plans
John Fogerty has announced dates for a North American summer trek, with all but two of the shows taking place in Canadian venues.
The veteran rocker, who currently has no new product to promote, also announced on his website that he would be going into the recording studio this spring to begin work on a new album, tentatively scheduled for release later this fall.
Fogerty will launch an extensive European tour in June before kicking off his North American run July 17 in Montreal. The former Creedence Clearwater Revival frontman will also make another domestic appearance before the 12-date July outing when he tackles a May 20 slot at the Doheny Blues Festival in Dana Point, CA.
Fogerty’s complete European tour plans can be found at his website; his North American itinerary is below.
Fogerty’s most recent release was last June’s concert DVD “The Long Road Home–In Concert.” The video was captured during Fogerty’s 2005 tour in support of his 2004 album, “Deja Vu All Over Again.”
May 2007
20 – Dana Point, CA – Doheny Blues Festival
July 2007
17 – Montreal, Quebec – Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier
18 – Ottawa, Ontario – Scotiabank Place
20 – Toronto, Ontario – Molson Amphitheatre
21 – London, Ontario – John Labatt Centre
22 – Kettering, OH – Fraze Pavilion
24 – Milwaukee, WI – Riverside Theatre
26 – Winnipeg, Manitoba – MTS Centre
28 – Calgary, Alberta – Pengrowth Saddledome
29 – Edmonton, Alberta – Rexall Place
31 – Kelowna, British Columbia – Prospera Place
August 2007
1 – Victoria, British Columbia – Sav On Foods Centre
2 – Vancouver, British Columbia – Deer Lake Park

‘Personal Issues’ Upend Fall Out Boy Tour
Fall Out Boy has postponed the start of its stint on the Honda Civic Tour due to undisclosed “personal issues.” The trek was to begin April 18 in Charlotte, N.C., but has now been pushed back to May 11 in Denver. The lone date that has been canceled is May 1 in Sacramento, Calif.; refunds are available at points of purchase.
“Unfortunately, because of some personal issues we had to delay the tour a few weeks,” Fall Out Boy’s Pete Wentz says in a statement. “We want to put on the best possible show we can and know that this extra couple of weeks will give us the time to put ourselves in the right place to put on the best show we can.”
The tour, which will also feature rapper Paul Wall and rock outfits Cobra Starship, +44 and The Academy Is…, will now conclude July 2 in Anaheim, Calif.
Wentz told Billboard.com in an earlier interview that in addition to playing the hits and pumping its latest Island album, “Infinity on High,” the quartet plans to play songs from its catalog that have never been performed live, as well as re-arranged versions of other tracks and covers. “It’ll be right back to Michael Jackson, probably,” he said of the latter. “I’d say expect Jackson 5 or ‘Beat It’ or something like that.”
“Infinity on High” is the No. 4 top-selling release of the year so far, according to Nielsen SoundScan, having shifted 695,000 units.

Rush announces tour dates
Canadian rock legends Rush have announced dates for their upcoming tour, and it includes six Canadian stops.
The 62-date stint will begin on June 13 in Atlanta, and will make its way to Calgary on July 18, London on September 12, Quebec City on September 14, Montreal on September 15, Toronto on September 19, and Ottawa on September 21.
The tour will wrap up in Helsinki, Finland on October 29.
Tickets for the Canadian portion of the trek will go on sale on April 20 and April 21. There will also be a presale through Rush’s official site.
The tour is in support of their new studio album “Snakes & Arrows,” which hits stores on May 1.
Here’s the list of tour dates:
13-June Atlanta, GA HiFi Buys Amphitheatre
15-June West Palm Beach, FL Sound Advice Amphitheatre
16-June Tampa, FL Ford Amphitheatre
18-June Charlotte, NC Verizon Wireless
20-June Raleigh, NC Walnut Creek Amphitheatre
22-June Virginia Beach, VA Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
23-June Bristow, VA Nissan Pavilion
25-June Pittsburgh, PA Post-Gazette Pavilion
27-June Boston, MA Tweeter Center
29-June Scranton, PA Toyota Pavilion
30-June Saratoga Springs, NY SPAC
2-July Wantagh, NY Nikon at Jones Beach Theater
4-July Buffalo, NY Darien LakeApril 14
6-July Camden, NJ Tweeter Center
8-July Holmdel, NJ PNC Bank Arts Center
9-July Uncasville, CT Mohegan Sun Arena
18-July Calgary, AB Pengrowth Saddledome
20-July Seattle, WA White River Amphitheatre
21-July Portland, OR The Amphitheatre at Clark County
23-July Los Angeles, CA Hollywood Bowl
25-July Irvine, CA Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
27-July Phoenix, AZ Cricket Pavilion
28-July Las Vegas, NV MGM Grand Garden Arena
30-July San Diego, CA Coors Amphitheatre
1-Aug. San Francisco, CA Shoreline Amphitheatre
3-Aug. Concord, CA Sleep Train Pavilion
4-Aug. Sacramento, CA Sleep Train Amphitheatre
6-Aug. Salt Lake City, UT USANA Amphitheatre
8-Aug. Denver, CO Red Rocks Amphitheatre
11-Aug. Dallas, TX Smirnoff Music Centre
12-Aug. San Antonio, TX Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
14-Aug. Houston, TX Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
23-Aug. Kansas City, MO Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
24-Aug. St. Louis, MO Verizon Wireless Amphitheater
26-Aug. Indianapolis, INVerizon Wireless Music Center
28-Aug. Detroit, MI DTE Energy Music Theatre
30-Aug. Cleveland, OH Blossom Music Centre
1-Sept. Cincinnati, OH Riverbend Music Center
2-Sept. Columbus, OH Germain Amphitheater
6-Sept. Milwaukee, WI Marcus AmphitheaterSaturday,
8-Sept. Chicago, IL First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre
9-Sept. St. Paul, MN Xcel Energy Center
12-Sept. London, ON John Labatt Centre
14-Sept. Quebec City, PQ Colisee de Quebec
15-Sept. Montreal, PQ Bell Centre
19-Sept. Toronto, ON Air Canada Centre
21-Sept. Ottawa, ON ScotiaBank Place
3-Oct. Glasgow, Scotland SECC
5-Oct. Newcastle, England Metro Radio Arena
6-Oct. Sheffield, England Hallam FM Arena
9-Oct. London, England Wembley Arena
10-Oct. London, England Wembley Arena
11-Oct. Birmingham, England NEC Arena
14-Oct. Manchester, England MEN Arena
16-Oct. Rotterdam, Netherlands Ahoy
17-Oct. Rotterdam, Netherlands Ahoy
19-Oct. Oberhausen, Germany Arena
21-Oct. Mannheim, Germany SAP Arena
23-Oct. Milan, Italy Forum Arena
26-Oct. Oslo, Norway Spektrum Monday,
27-Oct. Stockholm, Sweden Globe Arena
29-Oct. Helsinki, Finland Hartwell Arena

Fall Out Boy Ready To Rock On Honda Civic Tour
Pete Wentz says Fall Out Boy fans can expect “the biggest Fall Out Boy show they’ve ever seen” on the upcoming Honda Civic Tour, which begins April 18 in Charlotte, N.C. But, he adds, big is a relative term.
“A lot of bands right now are doing these really theatrical shows,” Wentz tells Billboard.com. “Our friends Panic! At The Disco did this almost circus on stage, and it was crazy. But that’s not what our band is. Our band’s a rock band, so we look to bands like what Guns N’ Roses used to do and what Metallica does and Foo Fighters and bands like that as far as what we’re gonna do with our show. It’s just gonna be a really, really, really big rock show.”
Wentz says that in addition to playing the hits and pumping its latest album, “Infinity on High,” the quartet plans to play songs from its catalog that have never been performed live, as well as re-arranged versions of other tracks and covers. “It’ll be right back to Michael Jackson, probably,” Wentz says of the latter. “I’d say expect Jackson 5 or ‘Beat It’ or something like that.”
Fall Out Boy chose the other bands for the Honda Civic Tour bill, and Wentz says there were specific reasons to include all of them. They share a label with The Academy Is… and Cobra Starship, while rapper Paul Wall is a personal favorite who Wentz acknowledges “some people are gonna love us for and some people are gonna hate us for.”
+44, meanwhile, is a chance to pay back blink-182 vets Mark Hoppus and Travis Barker for including Fall Out Boy on one of its tours. “And then,” Wentz adds, “I feel like, as a band, we’re really in our adolescence and we need someone who’s gone through that before to … show us the ropes and kind of just be around. I think Mark and Travis definitely represent that.”
After the 43-date Honda Civic Tour wraps June 10-11 in Chicago, Wentz says Fall Out Boy plans to play some European festivals in the summer and then “go some places we’ve never been before, like Dubai and South Africa.” The group also hopes to go to Uganda, where it works with the awareness group Invisible Children.

Tim McGraw and Faith Hill roll out 2007 itinerary
Superstar country couple Tim McGraw and Faith Hill, who last month announced plans to embark on another co-headlining tour this year, have unveiled the schedule for the run.
Dubbed the “Soul2Soul Tour 2007,” the trek launches in early June and is currently scheduled to hit arenas and amphitheaters in 34 cities throughout the US and Canada. Details are included below.
Tickets for the outing will hit the box office March 16, according to a press release. Members of each artist’s official fan club will have access to an exclusive ticket pre-sale that launches Monday (3/12); details are available Hill’s website.
McGraw and Hill’s 2006 “Soul2Soul II Tour” was the highest-grossing country outing in history, as well as the 12th highest-grossing tour of all time, according to concert-industry magazine Pollstar. The 73-concert, 55-city trek was also the fastest-selling tour for the first quarter of 2006, according to Ticketmaster.
“The crowds for every show on Soul2Soul II were out of control–they rocked,” McGraw and Hilly said in a joint statement. “To know that we’re able to do this again is a great feeling, but we’ll have more to live up to this time.”
The couple plans to add to the Soul2Soul 2007 setlist some hits that weren’t performed during the previous run, including McGraw’s “Live Like You Were Dying,” “Everywhere” and “Real Good Man”; Hill’s “Breathe,” “Cry,” “This Kiss” and “Stealing Kisses”; and the McGraw/Hill duet “It’s Your Love.”
Fans can also look forward to hearing “Last Dollar,” the leadoff single from McGraw’s forthcoming album, “Let It Go,” which hits stores March 27. The collection is his first new studio set since 2004’s “Live Like You Were Dying,” and follows last year’s “Reflected: Greatest Hits V. 2.”
Hill’s most recent album is 2005’s multi-platinum “Fireflies.”
June 2007
6 – Omaha, NE – Qwest Center
8 – Saint Paul, MN – Excel Center
11 – Salt Lake City, UT – Delta Center
13 – Portland, OR – Rose Garden Arena
14 – Tacoma, WA – Tacoma Dome
16 – Vancouver, British Columbia – GM Place
19 – Edmonton, Alberta – Rexall Place
21 – Saskatoon, Saskatchewan – Credit Union Centre
22 – Winnipeg, Manitoba – MTS Centre
25 – Toronto, Ontario – Air Canada Centre
27 – Ottawa, Ontario – Scotiabank Place
29 – Cleveland, OH – Quicken Loans Arena
30 – Philadelphia, PA – Wachovia Center
July 2007
6 – Boston, MA – TD Banknorth Garden
7 – Washington, DC – Verizon Center
9 – East Rutherford, NJ – Continental Airlines Arena
11 – Auburn Hills, MI – The Palace
13 – Chicago, IL – United Center
17 – Pittsburgh, PA – Mellon Arena
18 – Columbus, OH – Nationwide Arena
20 – Greensboro, NC – Greensboro Coliseum
21 – Atlanta, GA – Philips Arena
24 – Sunrise, FL – BankAtlantic Arena
25 – Tampa, FL – St. Pete Times Forum
27 – Biloxi, MS – Mississippi Coast Coliseum
28 – Lafayette, LA – Cajundome
29 – Dallas, TX – American Airlines Arena
31 – Denver, CO – Pepsi Center
August 2007
3 – Glendale, AZ – Glendale Arena
4 – Las Vegas, NV – MGM Grand Garden Arena
6 – Sacramento, CA – ARCO Arena
7 – Fresno, CA – Save Mart Center
8 – San Jose, CA – HP Pavilion
10 – Anaheim, CA – Honda Center

Genesis to kick off tour in Toronto
TORONTO (CP) – British supergroup Genesis will kick off their North American reunion tour in Toronto this September.
The “Turn it on Again” tour – named for one of the band’s prog-rock hits – lands in the city on Sept. 7 and in Montreal on Sept. 14 following a stint in Europe. Front man Phil Collins told a New York news conference that the 13-city run will include a sampling of the band’s best-loved hits, but no solo material.
Ticket for the Montreal show go on sale Saturday, while tickets for the Toronto show go on sale Monday.
Genesis was one of the biggest bands of the 1970s and ’80s, with hits such as “Follow You, Follow Me,” “That’s All” and “Invisible Touch.”
Collins says Peter Gabriel, the band’s original singer, was too busy with a solo project to join the reunion, the band’s first North American tour in 15 years.
Collins, who quit the band to go on a lucrative solo career in 1996, said Wednesday that he’s been encouraged to hear that many younger fans have emerged since the group left the limelight.
“There’s a lot of people that I’ve met… people that kind of said (that a tour is) great, because I was too young to see you the first time,” said Collins, 56, joined at the announcement by bandmates Mike Rutherford, 56, and Tony Banks, 56.
“They’ve heard it through their families – moms and dads played it in the house or the kids grow up with it – but they never saw us.”
Collins insisted the reunion was not motivated by money, noting that if it was they’d do a far greater number of shows.
“We’re still great friends, you know, and we’ve been great friends since I left the band…. and we’ve talked about it all the time every time we’ve met to do something and now is as good a time as (any).”
Genesis was founded in the mid-1960s by Rutherford, Banks, Anthony Phillips and singer Gabriel, who left the group in 1975 and was replaced on vocals by drummer Collins.

Aerosmith to rock Prince Edward Island: report
Rock veterans Aerosmith will be hosting Prince Edward Island’s biggest concert ever according to a local newspaper.
The Charlottetown Guardian says it has confirmed the rock band will play the Charlottetown Driving Park Entertainment Centre on July 21.
The all-day event, part of Aerosmith’s Ambassadors of Rock tour, will feature local performers such as Two Hours Traffic, In-Flight Safety and Nathan Wiley.
The tour’s only other Canadian date is July 19 in Sarnia, Ont.
About 30,000 fans are expected to turn up, far more than the 18,000 who attended the Black Eyed Peas concert last year at the same venue.
Concert organizer David Carver is the person behind inviting Aerosmith to the Island. However, Carver ran into problems after last September’s Black Eyed Peas event.
In early February, Deputy Mayor Stu MacFadyen said the city wouldn’t allow Carver to host another concert until he paid a $17,000 bill for security. MacFadyen did say he was confident the debt would be settled soon.
John Gaudet of the Greater Charlottetown Area Chamber of Commerce, predicts the event will bring huge economic rewards to the region but also wonders if it might draw visitors away from other events during the summer.
“Does one large event take away from the other?” Gaudet asked in the newspaper. “It’s something we’ll be discussing.”
Aerosmith, which has sold 100 million albums worldwide, begins its tour April 15 in Buenos Aires. The band’s other stops include Dubai, Frankfurt, Paris, London and Moscow.

Reunion surprise for Sting
LOS ANGELES — Sting says his decision to rejoin bandmates Andy Summers and Stewart Copeland in ’80s British New Wave band the Police for a 30th anniversary tour this year surprised him as much as everybody else.
“You know, if you’d asked me the day I made the decision, I would have said, ‘You’re out of your mind,’ ” the Police singer-bassist, 55, told about 200 assembled media and contest winners packed yesterday morning into the Whiskey A Go Go, the small, legendary Sunset Strip club.
“I woke up one morning, it was like three months ago, and this light bulb went off in my head — “I’m going to call Andy and Stewart and tell them that we should do a tour.” I thought, ‘Well, it’ll surprise them, it’ll surprise the world, and it’s surprising me too.’ ”
As Sun Media exclusively reported yesterday, the Police’s 30th anniversary reunion tour of mostly arenas and stadiums will launch in North America on May 28 in Vancouver and visit Toronto on July 22 and Montreal on July 25. Tickets in all three cities go on sale this Saturday at 10 a.m.
Edmonton wasn’t among the tour stops announced yesterday, but the date Sun Media reported yesterday — June 2 — is pencilled in and is expected to be confirmed in a few weeks.
The most recent time the Police toured together was in 1984, but rumours of a pending reunion began circulating after they announced they would open the Grammy Awards telecast this past Sunday night.
Sting acknowledged yesterday that he has been the lone holdout over the years.
“What’s happening is very interesting, because it’s very healing,” Sting said. “It’s a part of my life that I’ve sort of run away from for 25 years. So to come back and be with the band and develop these relationships again, we’re wiser than we used to be. We still fight, argue about the music, but we have ways of navigating now that we didn’t have before. We’re wiser and a bit more mellow.”
Added Copeland, 54, “We’ve never hated each other. We shouted and screamed, as Sting says, about the music. We fought tooth-and-nail over the music, but as human beings we always liked each other.”
“Now we do yoga and eat granola,” added Summers, 64. “We love everybody.”
Copeland continued more seriously. “I just want to play my dreams and follow Sting’s lead and play the songs with Andy.”
“You’ve changed, Stewart,” Sting said.
“He hasn’t,” Summers lobbed back. “We refer to Sting as our dear leader … on a good day.”
Yesterday, the trio — which had rehearsed in Vancouver for the past couple of weeks — roughly made their way through four of their songs: Message In A Bottle, When World Is Running Down, I Can’t Stand Losing You and Roxanne. How rough? Sting had a teleprompter to one side, and Copeland kept yelling out chords.
Then they answered only about a half-dozen questions from the assembled media.
The band Fiction Plane — led by Sting’s son, Joe Sumner — will open for the Police in North America. A portion of the proceeds from the tour will go toward WaterAid.
Is a new Police album part of the reunion plan? The trio refused to seriously answer that question.
Sting did say the band will play Police songs that they’ve never before performed live, and production-wise, “it’s going to be three guys on stage, that’s all. Simple but spectacular.”
Tickets for the Toronto show — priced $225, $95 and $59.50 — go on sale Saturday at TicketMaster, the Air Canada Centre box office (no first-day sales), by phone at (416) 870-8000, or online at ticketmaster.ca or livenation.com. There is a limit of four tickets per person.
For ticket price and ordering information for the Montreal and Vancouver shows, go to livenation.com or thepolicetour.com.
POLICE STORY
1977: Stewart Copeland and Sting form the Police along with guitarist Henri Padovani, who soon is replaced by Andy Summers.
1978: Sign with A&M. Roxanne released. It fails to chart.
First album, Outlandos d’Amour, released.
So Lonely released as a single.
1979: Re-released Roxanne hits No. 12 on U.K. charts.
Second album, Reggatta de Blanc, released with single Message in a Bottle going to No. 1 in Britain.
1980: Third album, Zenyatta Mondatta, released. Band’s North American breakthrough.
Don’t Stand So Close to Me group’s second No. 1 single in the U.K.
1981: Ghost in the Machine, band’s fourth album, released. No. 1 in the U.K. and No. 2 in the U.S. Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic biggest hit to date.
Named Best British Group at the first Brit Awards.
1983: Return with album Synchronicity, No. 1 in U.K. and U.S. A blockbuster on the strength of Every Breath You Take, one of the biggest American hits of all time.
King of Pain and Wrapped Around Your Finger become hits, sending Synchronicity to multi-platinum status.
During record-breaking world tour, personal and creative tensions escalate greatly.
Band goes on “sabbatical” to pursue outside interests.
Sting embarks on a hugely successful solo career.
1986: Band plays an Amnesty International concert and attempts to record new tracks for a greatest-hits album. Studio session, however, unravel.
1992: Greatest Hits album released in the U.K.
2003: Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, performing Roxanne, Message In a Bottle and Every Breath You Take live, as a group.
2007: Reunite for 30th anniversary to perform Roxanne at Grammy Awards. Announce North America tour.

THE POLICE ANNOUNCE WORLDWIDE CONCERT TOUR
Following an electrifying rehearsal performance at The Whisky on Los Angeles’ Sunset Strip, The Police today confirmed their highly-anticipated concert tour will begin on May 28th in Vancouver, playing arenas, some stadiums & making some special appearances throughout North America. Some of the North American tour highlights announced include a headline performance at this year’s July 16th Bonnaroo Festival, an appearance at Boston’s historic Fenway Park on July 28th and two Madison Square Garden performances in New York City on August 1 and 3. Concert dates were also confirmed in Seattle, Denver, Las Vegas, Phoenix, Dallas, New Orleans, St. Louis, Toronto and Montreal.
Arthur Fogel, Live Nation Chairman of Global Music, also announced that the tour will continue this fall with dates in the UK and Europe, including appearances in Holland, Germany, Italy and France with additional countries to be announced. Additional dates in Mexico, South America, Japan, Australia and New Zealand are anticipated. “The anticipation and excitement to see The Police is overwhelming and I am absolutely thrilled to be a part of bringing the band to their fans worldwide,” said Mr. Fogel.
In 1977, The Police stormed the music scene by blending reggae, punk, jazz and rock. Sting, Stewart Copeland and Andy Summers created an unmistakably nuanced sound filled with evocative melodies, infectious lyrics and rock & roll swagger. The Police dominated the top of the charts and radio airwaves worldwide with five #1 albums and a succession of top 10 hit singles. In the six years they were together, The Police became one of the world’s most famous bands, earning six Grammy Awards and countless fans around the globe.
The North American tour is presented by Best Buy, the leading consumer electronics retailer with nearly 1,000 retail locations in the United States and Canada. “The Police Live in Concert is one of the most anticipated musical events of this decade,” said Gary Arnold, senior vice president of entertainment for Best Buy. “We are proud to be able to help bring this event to music fans and to be able to offer our best customers a chance to experience this incredible tour.”
In the United States, members of Best Buy’s Reward Zone program will have the opportunity to access tickets prior to the general public. To qualify for the presale, participants need to be 18 years old or older and must have a current Reward Zone program membership that was activated by February 1, 2007. Presale tickets will be sold through Ticketmaster on a first come first served bases. Complete details of the Reward Zone program presale can be found at www.bestbuy.com/thepolice. Information about the Canadian concert dates can be found at www.bestbuy.ca/thepolice.
Special guest Fiction Plane will join The Police for the North American portion of the tour. Known for their high-energy live shows, this dynamic rock trio will be releasing their 2nd full length album in May. Fiction Plane are: Joe Sumner (Bass); Seton Daunt (Guitar); Pete Wilhoit (Drums). Additional support artists will be announced in the coming weeks.
A portion of the proceeds from this tour will be donated to WaterAid, an international NGO founded in 1981 and dedicated to reducing poverty by improving access to safe water, sanitation, and hygiene education. Working in 17 of the world’s poorest countries, WaterAid and its partners have already helped over 10 million people gain access to water and sanitation and is committed to helping to reduce by half the proportion of people living without these basic necessities of life by 2015.
Tickets for the North American leg of The Police tour will be scaled at 5.00, .00 and .00 in most markets (plus applicable service fees) and will go on sale beginning this Saturday, February 17th in Vancouver, Toronto and Montreal. Tickets in Boston and New York City will go on sale Tuesday, February 20th. Additional on sale dates to be announced. There will be a 4 ticket limit per person for all arena shows and a 6 ticket limit per person for the stadium events.
NORTH AMERICAN TOUR ITINERARY 2007
28-May Vancouver, BC GM Place Saturday, Feb. 17
06-June Seattle, WA Key Arena To Be Announced
09-June Denver, CO Pepsi Center To Be Announced
15-June Las Vegas, NV MGM Grand Garden Arena To Be Announced
16-June Manchester, TN Bonnaroo Festival To Be Announced
18-June Phoenix, AZ US Airways Arena To Be Announced
26-June Dallas, TX American Airlines Center To Be Announced
30-June New Orleans, LA New Orleans Arena To Be Announced
02-July St. Louis, MO Scottrade Center To Be Announced
22-July Toronto, ON Air Canada Centre Saturday, Feb. 17
25-July Montreal, PQ Bell Centre Saturday, Feb. 17
28-July Boston, MA Fenway Park Tuesday, Feb. 20
01-Aug New York, NY Madison Square Garden Tuesday, Feb. 20
03-Aug New York, NY Madison Square Garden Tuesday, Feb. 20
Additional North American concert dates in Chicago, Columbus, Detroit, Edmonton, Hartford, Houston, Los Angeles, Miami, Philadelphia, Tampa, San Francisco’s Bay Area, Minneapolis/St. Paul and the Washington/Baltimore area will be announced in the next few weeks.
Additional cities and venues to be announced soon.
For complete tour & ticket information, fan club memberships and more visit: www.thepolicetour.com.