The Police To Play MSG on Halloween
The Police Week continues here on Hidden Track, and so does the so-called East Coast Bias many of you sports fans decry on a regular basis. First, SportsCenter shows nonstop Red Sawx-Yankees highlights, now The Police adds to more shows in Boston and New York. Hey, maybe Roger Clemens will sit in with the trio…
Sting, Andy and Stewart have added two concerts to the growing roster, and it’ll be Madison Square Garden on 10/31/07 and the TD BankNorth Garden on 11/11/07. That brings the total up to three MSG shows (five NY/NJ altogether) and now three shows in the Boston area — even though The Police.com website says “Boston NY” on this latest one, I’m assuming it’s the one in Massachusetts.
Meanwhile, the business-side geek in me found this morsel from today’s article on Bloomberg.com quite interesting:
More than 1.77 million tickets for the tour have been sold so far, according to the band’s publicist Clare Fisher at RMP. Tickets cost between $50 and $225 on online sites, though seats for some sold-out venues are on offer for $2,500 for two on EBay Inc.’s Web site.
Nineteen sixty-seven may have been the Summer of Love, but when Sting, Andy and Stew look back at 2007, they’ll surely have fond memories of the Summer of Cash. Between tickets and merchandise, we’re talkin’ at least $200 million.
- Previously on Hidden Track: The Police Week Begins: Brong On the Night; and click here for the full HT Police archives
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That’s some serious cash. You listening Trey?
Trey has a lot more important issues to attend to. Going back on the road in the next 5 years, where toruble will find him – even if he’s not looking for it – will only land him in jail. And do you really want to hear Phish in 2013, having not payed together in 9 years ? The Police just have to wipe some dust off. Phish would have to perfrom a miracle to not slaughter their one time magic.
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