The Police Fun Facts, Quotes and Tweets
24th May 2015
Fact: STING donned a striped blazer and straw hat to perform a quirky rendition of his The Police hit ROXANNE as part of a barbershop quartet for a skit on America's The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on Friday (22May15).
24th November 2011
Quote: "I'm not going to do it again. It was an exercise in nostalgia." Sting on his final tour with The Police.
21st September 2010
Fact: Actress Courteney Cox's step-cousin is The Police drummer STEWART COPELAND.
14th June 2010
Quote: "My M.O. is to surprise people, and that was the reasoning behind re-forming The Police: 'What would surprise people more than re-forming the band I'd said I'd never reform?'" Sting on the reason behind THE POLICE's reunion.
9th January 2009
Quote: "EVERY BREATH YOU TAKE is used a lot at weddings and it's a song about surveillance and jealousy and control... so, good luck." Sting urges brides and grooms-to-be to rethink the use of his The Police hit on their big day.
9th January 2009
Quote: "I sent him to film school so he could do this to his father." The Police star STEWART COPELAND on his son JORDAN's backstage film of the group's reunion tour, BETTER THAN THERAPY.
8th January 2009
Quote: "We stole the haircuts from the Sex Pistols and the reggae from The Clash, and the best part was that their reggae song was Police + THIEVES." The Police star STEWART COPELAND admits to stealing from his punk peers.
26th February 2008
Quote: "It was the song that got me out of a tiny bedsit in Bayswater, London to being on the world stage (sic). I'm doing it every night and singing it with gratitude." Sting on the upcoming 30th anniversary of The Police hit ROXANNE in April (08).
26th February 2008
Quote: "We've been saved from the nostalgia in a bad sense because I think the band sounds fairly contemporary. We don't sound like an old tribute band... We're recreating history with a contemporary punch." Rocker Sting insists The Police still sound fresh.
26th February 2008
Quote: "When tickets went on sale, it clearly was the time. It's been one of the top five grossing tours of all time. It's amazing and we're thrilled, happy and grateful all those people have come to see us." Sting is thrilled with the success of The Police's reunion tour.
22nd February 2008
Quote: "I do tend to follow my instinct and I think it was the right decision to stop in the Eighties and it was the right decision to go back on tour now. I also think it's the right time to finish in the summer." The Police frontman Sting defends his decision to bring the rockers' reunion tour to an end this August (08).
19th January 2008
Quote: "I had a crush on him when I was a kid. Remember the video for DON'T STAND SO CLOSE TO ME? He was the hottest teacher ever." Sexy Jessica Alba confesses to fancying The Police rocker STING.
30th November 2007
Fact: Robbie Williams' hit song ANGELS has been knocked from first to third place in a poll of Europe's top songs played at weddings. The tune has been overtaken by Eric Clapton's WONDERFUL TONIGHT and The Police's EVERY BREATH YOU TAKE.
20th October 2007
Fact: Guitar manufacturer Fender is selling replicas of an instrument The Police star ANDY SUMMERS bought in 1972 for $200 (GBP100) - for $15,000 (GBP7,500).
9th August 2007
Quote: "It's like living with a keg of dynamite - the fuse is always burning." The Police guitarist ANDY SUMMERS on the temperamental relationship between his bandmates Sting and STEWART COPELAND.
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