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The Police
1979-05-16
The Roxy
San Diego, CA
FM Broadcast
320 kbps
Artwork Included
01. Can't Stand Losing You
03. Truth HIts Everybody
03. So Lonely
04. Fall Out
05. Born In The 50's
06. Hole In My Life
07. Be My Girl - Sally
08. Message In A Bottle
09. Peanuts
10. Roxanne
11. Next To You
12. Landlord
13. Can't Stand Losing You
As the decade of the 1970s came to a close, a host of punk and new wave bands rose to prominence. While many would reach the peak of their fame in the 1980s, they paid their dues in the 1970s. For example, in early 1979, The Police went on tour in North America in support of their debut album, Outlandos d’Amour. The tour kicked off on March 1 at the legendary Whiskey A Go Go in Los Angeles and ran until May 25, with the band criss-crossing the US and Canada. They often played 2 shows a night, and rarely took a day off. Given that the album had flopped when initially released, the band felt compelled to tour relentlessly in hopes of gaining exposure for themselves and airplay for their songs. The strategy seemed to work, as the album eventually climbed to the #23 position on the Billboard charts in the US, and rose all the way to the #2 position in the UK. In addition, 3 singles from the disc – Roxanne, Can’t Stand Losing You and So Lonely - charted in the top 20 in the UK in 1979. Roxanne also climbed to the #32 spot on the US Billboard charts. This FM broadcast captures The Police on May 16, 1979, 4 decades ago today in San Diego.
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I was at this show! Fort a very short time this theater put on concerts. It is now the site of the Pacific Beach Post Office.
Saw The Police there before they got famous, same thing with Dire Straits.
Also saw Graham Parker with Rachel Sweet as opening act, and George Thorogood. In this day of extremely high ticket prices it's hard to believe all these shows were 7 or 8 dollars a show!
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