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The Police follow sellouts with more dates
With tickets sold out for all The Police tour dates that have gone on sale so far, the band continues to add more North American shows to the jaunt, which kicks off May 28 in Vancouver, British Columbia.
Today (2/27), the band announced stops in Edmonton, Alberta; St. Paul, MN; Cleveland; Detroit Hills, MI; Philadelphia; Hershey, PA; and Hartford, CT. More shows are expected to be announced in the coming weeks. Details about confirmed concerts are listed below.
Information about fan club presales is available at The Police tour website.
Tour promoter Live Nation reported Monday (2/26) that 415,000 tickets have been sold for the outing to date. That includes stadium gigs in Los Angeles; East Rutherford, NJ; Oakland, CA; and Boston. Second dates have been added in markets including Seattle, Vancouver and Montreal, while a third show was added in Toronto.
In a recent post on his website forum, drummer Stewart Copeland said the band is amazed by the response to its return.
"But then it wouldn't be The Police without it exceeding expectations," he said. "It was always like this. We feel so human when we are working our stuff out, but when we go in front of people, magic things happen. It's a miracle and I'm very grateful."
Police singer/bassist Sting will get to spend some quality time with his son, Joe Sumner, on the North American leg of the trek. Sumner's rock band, Fiction Plane , which is scheduled to release its sophomore album in May, will open the shows. The Foo Fighters will also join the bill for the tour's June 23 stop at Los Angeles' Dodger Stadium.
