Saw Roger Hodgson a couple of weeks ago at Rama. Way way better than any police or Sting show (excluding Aug 11, 96). Roger actually cracks jokes, talks to the crowd, unscripted. Not slagging the Police. It's just they don't put on a show. They simply perform. -----Original Message----- From: police-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:police-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Jason_Daly@dell.com Sent: November 21, 2007 7:30 PM To: angeline.adams@gmail.com; police@mailman.xmission.com Subject: RE: [Police] The Dublin Show. The review, Sorry for the late review: I was at the Dublin gig in Croke Park, Ireland and yes it was outdoors with 80,000+ fans. The sound was just awesome. I saw Sting and 2 old guys sing and play some Police songs. That's it, really! To say that I was disappointed was an understatement. I was standing in the "Gold Circle" area, which was right in front of the stage and could almost touch them. Fiction Plane came out and blasted our ear drums off. Brilliant sound and great energy. Fronted by a young Sting with hair. The Police came out to a huge, and I mean huge reception, the place just went bananas. Usual set list. Sting was skinny in his black leotard. Andy came out on his walker. Stewart came out and didn't even look at the crowd. They played a few songs and Sting did his usual walking from side of one stage to another mumbling some shit to himself. A few songs in, Sting spoke to the crowd just before they played DSSCTM about when he wrote it when he was living in Ireland. That was the only thing said by any of the of 3 them for the whole concert!! No joking about, no interplay. Nothing. This is what disappointed the most. Andy looked like he was about to have a stroke, the whole way through the gig but was brilliant anyway Stewart just blew me away. His facial expressions are just comical. He was flawless that night. Sting was Sting. To me, it was a Sting concert with the 2 others from The Police. Another disappointment. The best song by far on the night, for me, was their version of Wrapped Around Your Finger. This belonged to Stewart. I dunno, maybe it was just me - I had been expecting so much more. As a life long Police and mainly a Sting fan .... the concert was good. Not excellent as I thought it was going to me. Don't kill me for this .... I went to George Michael's concert in August in Dublin, and it was UNBELIEVABLE and was THE best concert this year BY FAR! Jason in Ireland