The Police - 2008-07-05 - Madrid, Spain (SBD)

The Police

2008-07-05

Rock in Rio Festival

Ciudad de Rock

Madrid, Spain

Soundboard Recording

192 kbps

Artwork Included

01. Message In A Bottle

02. Walking On The Moon

03. Demolition Man

04. Voices Inside My Head

05. Don't Stand So Close To Me

06. Driven To Tears

07. Hole In My Life

08. Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic

09. Wrapped Around Your Finger

10. De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da

11. Invisible Sun

12. Can't Stand Losing You

Encores:

13. Roxanne

14. King Of Pain

15. So Lonely

16. Every Breath You Take

The Police - 2008-07-05 - Madrid, Spain (SBD)

I saw The Police just once, in January 1982, at Madison Square Garden, but what a historic show it was. The Go Gos, who opened, had the number 1 album on the Billboard charts at the time.  The Police, who headlined, had the #2 album on those charts!  New Wave had arrived, commanding the charts and selling out "The World's Most Famous Arena."

Today's post is from a bit later in the band's often turbulent career.  On February 11, 2007, The Police reunited after being apart for almost 20 years for a performance at the 49th Annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles. As they took the stage for the Grammy’s, the trio proclaimed "Ladies and gentlemen, we are The Police, and we're back!” The next day, at a press conference at the Whisky a Go Go, they announced they would launch a world tour starting in Vancouver ion May 28. The tour would last well over a year, with the final show played held on August 7, 2008 at Madison Square Garden in New York City. The Police sold 3.7 million tickets and grossed $358 million during their reunion sojourn, making it the third-highest-grossing tour of all-time at its conclusion. This soundboard recording captures The Police on July 5, 2008, 8 years ago today, in Madrid at the Rock in Rio festival, the last night of the 2nd European leg of the tour.