The Police's Atlantic City, New Jersey concert

November 3, 2007

Review by Serella.

Tonight I was escorted by my friend's 17 yrold son who'd never seen the Police. We had a blast! The venue is gorgeous--perfect acoustics for both Fiction Plane & the Police. 1st let me say that anyone who doesn't arrive on time to see FP is missing out on a major concert experience. Particularly if the venue is more intimate, as B/Walk Hall. This night, in many ways, Fiction Plane stole the show. Ther youthful exuberance and onstage assault actually brought me to tears during a new song about 1/2way through their set. Their performance took me back about 25 years to the best shows I had ever seen, i.e., the Clash and the Police. Fiction Plane is a force to be reckoned with-3 outstanding musicians, I do believe that Pete the drummer was actually pounding as hard as Stewart! Seton on guitar & Joe on bass are so into their music it is electrifying to watch them. Now on to the Police. This show was killer from the first note until the last.The Police came out like a cannonball and were just relentless.

The crowd had a slow start, pissing Sting off. He seemed in a bad mood anyway, & later made a remark to 'Andrew' about messing up. Their interaction was definitely more curt than on Fri. Sting's remark to Andy seemed to fire him up, I don't think he had any flaws the rest of the night. Sting did have some screw-ups w/lyrics, timing, & once again that flute intro to WRAPPED. Stewart showed extreme and utter prowess on every piece of percussion. He is truly the master of this tour. He is fascinating to watch & in 3 concerts I couldn't pick up on any mistakes. I paid close attention to Sting's bass playing as well,&it is just as impressive as his voice, which is in super strong shape. He held a note that could have been a song in itself in the 1st part of the show, and then again just before the end. Would never know he had laryngitis recently. My escort's face & reaction told the whole story, when I asked him well wha'd ya think? He beamed & said 'ridiculous!' In teenspeak that is = to awesome.