The Police bow out August 7
As we reported last month, The Police penciled in New York for their final resting place. Well, this morning they remained true to their word. On August 7th, the
reggae-rock trio will be walking the stage for one last time. There will be no new album, no new song, and nothing but a night in New York’s Madison Square Garden. This is where you start making foul faces, after all, we’re likely to see another Sting solo album now.
Tickets to the final Police concert will be available in pairs to supporters of Thirteen and WLIW21 as thank-you gifts for contributions at various gift levels ($750, $500, $350, $150) on Saturday, June 14. The stations will celebrate The Police with a historical look at Sting, Stewart Copeland and Andy Summers, featuring classic concert footage and interviews. This will air simultaneously on Thirteen, WLIW21, and Thirteen HD, from 7 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Later that same evening, WLIW21 will rebroadcast at 9 p.m.
A limited, once-in-a-lifetime experience including VIP access to the band’s sound check for their final concert, dinner for two and a special souvenir gift is available at the $5000 contribution level for a pair. There are also a limited number of V.I.P. Seats available at the $2,000 level that includes prime seating and private pre- show reception.Ticketmaster will oversee ticket fulfillments, whether viewers pledge online or via phone, and in the spirit of the event, they will donate their service charge to the stations. Madison Square Garden is also pleased to donate a portion of their fees to benefit the invaluable and rich efforts of public television.
Oh by the way, The B-52’s will also be opening for them as special guests!
For those interested, the fan club pre-sales begin next week. I’d say, “Expect CoS to be there”, but I can hear the distant wail and cry from my credit card as I contemplate plunking down $150-350 dollars for tickets. Then again, we’ll just have to wait and see.
I’ll be in the back… crying.
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Too bad TicketMaster and Madison Square Garden screwed over a bunch of the fans by moving their presale fan club seats AND some of the PBS benefit seats out of the prime spots and into the nosebleeds. TicketMaster did not even have the decency to notify those fans affected or offer them any compensation. They just voided the tickets the fans had bought and moved those fans. Some were moved from incredible side stage loge seating into the highest tier way far from the stage.