from
http://www.therockradio.com/2007/01/ex-police-manager-sting-will-never-g
o.html

Rumors are circulating that Police will reunite in some form this year
to mark their 30th anniversary, but drummer Stewart Copeland is
skeptical about Sting's willingness to go along. In an interview
published at the Uncut magazine website at uncut.co.uk, Copeland said,
"I'm a film composer and I have to (be) very careful about what I do
within that... (but) being the drummer in a rock band is just for fun
and I can do that any which way. A Police reformation wouldn't
compromise me at all, but for Sting, it would be a step backwards. He
has another brand name -- which he's had for some time now, of course --
which is 'Sting,' and he's concerned with taking that forward. For
Sting, a reformation would be a career move in the wrong direction, but
for me it wouldn't be any career move at all. I guess (guitarist) Andy
Summers is somewhere between those two points."

While he'd be happy to do a reunion, Copeland did reveal that he's past
wondering about the band and the history. He said, "Editing the Super-8
footage for my DVD (Everyone Stares: The Police Inside Out) really
didn't make me feel nostalgic, although there were a few surprises
there. What really struck me was how cheerful it all was... Sifting
through the footage really punctuated the whole Police experience for
me, and now I feel that the circle is complete. Before, I always felt
like there was some kind of unfinished business but, having made the
film, I'm completely cured of the Police."

Copeland added, "We were lucky to get our eight years and five albums
out of Sting, because the Police was a great fit -- musically, all three
of us excited each other -- but being a member of any band was not part
of Sting's personal makeup... At first, that wasn't a problem, but it
became more and more so as time went on and he stuck it out for eight
long years. Sting made all those compromises that you have to make when
you're a member of a band, rather than the band."

Stewart Copeland's brother Miles Copeland, who was also the manager for
the Police and for Sting, told us that he can't imagine Sting saying
yes: "Sting doesn't want to do it. He's done his thing, and for him it
would be admitting his solo career wasn't as big as the Police and he
had to go back to that. And he'd hate, he just hates to admit something
like that."

There's been no official word that the group will reform, though there
are strong rumors about live shows in the U.S. and U.K this year.


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