Just got back from the Today Show. Despite the cold, Sting & band sounded great. I like the live arrangement of Send Your Love much better. And Joy Rose is absolutely amazing. Whenever I say Your Name went into this long outro and she just nailed it. For those of you who are put off by the extensive use of programming on the album, I don't think this will be the case on tour. Vinnie and another percussionist are handling rhythms, and there were fewer effects live than on the studio versions.

They rehearsed Send Your Love about five times and Whenever I Say Your Name a couple of times. The actual show performances were much better than the rehearsals -- Whenever sounded very different. Which is encouraging because it goes to show you that they can still improvise when it comes down to it. He was only scheduled to play three songs (SYL, WISYN and Desert Rose), but went on to play Englishman and Every Breath, which sounded no different than last time around :-(