Re: [Police] Ex-Police manager: "Sting will never go for a reunion"
Now I'm starting to get nervous. I really thought this was a "go" and have just been deflated. Is this Miles' way of egging Sting on? You know, proving him wrong? Michelle In a message dated 1/9/07 3:23:33 AM, krapola@shaw.ca writes:
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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Well, plus Miles isn't even affiliated with Sting *or* Andy anymore so its not like they'd tell him anything. My first read of that Stewart quote btw is that its very old, like from back when EVERYONE STARES was first coming out. Might not be current! I'd take Miles' grain of salt with a grain of salt. --- Stingfan222@aol.com wrote:
Now I'm starting to get nervous. I really thought this was a "go" and have just been deflated. Is this Miles' way of egging Sting on? You know, proving him wrong? Michelle
In a message dated 1/9/07 3:23:33 AM, krapola@shaw.ca writes:
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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