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Any news of tours ??

I was at The Police gig in Croke Park last night and I have to say it was a bloody good one. Support band Fiction Plane opened and I was very impressed. For those who don't know, FP is fronted by Sting's son who looks and sounds so like his dad it's scary. They are playing Whelan's tonight if anyone is interested. Well worth seeing.

After Fiction Plane, the Police took to the stage and opened with Message In A Bottle which got the crowd bouncing right away. They played all the old favourites from their back catalogue and put on a really great show. Their stage set was hugely impressive but the band themselves were fantastic. They still sound great, even after thirty years. Some of the songs have been tweaked a bit but only to make them sound better. Here's what I can remember from the setlist:

Message in a bottle, Synchronicity II, Walking on the Moon, When the World is running down, Driven to Tears, Don't Stand So Close To Me, Hole in My Life, Every Little Thing She Does, Wrapped Around Your Finger, De Do Do Do, Invisible Sun, Walking in Your Footsteps, Can't Stand Losing You, Roxanne (the whole stage lit up red for this number), So Lonely, Next To You, Every Breath You Take.

Jen

Well done-was waiting for this review...Joan-you were there-agree with Jen and Gary?

Tonto normally hears all the Croke Pake gigs from his back garden (Marino) but said he couldn't really hear them yesterday.

Check out their MySpace page, Blondie. There's plenty of info about them including samples from their current album 'Left Side of the Brain'. They played a few tracks from it last night. I think I'll be downloading it later.

www.myspace.com/fictionplane 

Jen

I was at Rush on Friday Night in Newcastle, Great Show, Always wanted to see them back in the day, but it never seemed to work out. So this year, I said, I shall remedy it,

Heres the setlist, the old songs were great and I have to admt, I didnt know any of the newer ones, but they wernt bad.

Next on my list of bands to see is Heaven & Hell in Cardiff in November.

Plus  i got a cure ticket for Wembley next march!

Set One
Introduction Video - Dream Sequence with Alex and Neil followed by Geddy and his Scottish Counterpart

  Limelight
  Digital Man
  Entre Nous
  Mission
  Freewill
  The Main Monkey Business
  The Larger Bowl (with Bob & Doug McKenzie introduction)
  Secret Touch
  Circumstances
  Between The Wheels
  Dreamline

Set Two
Introduction Video - The Alex/Leela Board Rant

  Far Cry
  Workin' Them Angels
  Armor And Sword
  Spindrift
  The Way The Wind Blows
  Subdivisions
  Natural Science
  Witch Hunt
  Malignant Narcissism
  Drum Solo
  Hope
  Summertime Blues
  Distant Early Warnings 
  The Spirit of Radio
  Tom Sawyer (with South Park/Lil' Rush introduction)

Encore
  One Little Victory
  A Passage to Bangkok
  YYZ

Not on this tour, but you never know in the future.

Amazing to see them filling venues the size of point depot still, plus they have a really big stage show, maybe when the point reopens.

Saw Heaven and Hell in Perth in August.

Was impressed with Dio, the voice is still there.

Agree with everyone's review of The Police last night. Sound was the best I can remember for any Croke Park gig and the three lads looked and sounded great.