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On 25 September 1976, [12] while on tour with the British progressive rock band Curved Air in Newcastle upon Tyne, in the northeast of England, the band's American drummer, Stewart Copeland, met and exchanged phone numbers with singer-bassist Gordon Sumner, a.k.a. Sting, [13] who at the time was playing in a jazz-rock fusion band called Last Exit. [14]
The English rock band the Police has released five studio albums, three live albums, seven compilation albums, fourteen video albums, four soundtrack albums and twenty-six singles. The Police sold over 75 million records worldwide, making them one of the best-selling music artists of all time. [1] [2] [3]
Before playing with the Police, he played drums with English rock band Curved Air from 1975 to 1976. As a composer, Copeland's work includes the scores of the films Wall Street , Men at Work , Good Burger , and We Are Your Friends ; the theme music for television shows The Equalizer , The Amanda Show , and Dead Like Me ; and the scores for ...
“There's a lot of legends about [the Police not getting along]. Now, look: We were three blokes together, and there was a lot of camaraderie and humor. You know, we were a band, and we were a ...
[3] Copeland did however cite the 18 August show at Shea Stadium as the peak of "Policemania": "Playing Shea Stadium was big because, even though I'm a septic tank (rhyming slang for 'Yank'), The Police is an English band and I'm a Londoner – an American Londoner – so it felt like conquering America." [4]
Originally, drummer Emmanuelle Caplette was also a member of the band. [22] Their debut show was 25 July 2013 at the El Rey Theatre in Los Angeles. [23] The band's debut album, Circus Hero, was released 25 March 2014. [24] It is titled after a malapropism of the band's name made by a radio disc jockey during an interview of Summers. [25] [26]
Live! is a live album by The Police, released in 1995 on compact disc and cassette tape. It is the band's first live album and one of only two covering their initial period of activity before 1986, the other being Around The World (2022). A live album from the reunion tour, Certifiable: Live in Buenos Aires, was released in 2008.
The 50th season of "SNL" premiered last month. Since the first show in 1975, 165 comedians and actors have been a part of "SNL.". Three new comedians joined for season 50. "Saturday Night Live" is ...