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Grammy Folks Confirm Police Rumors; Mandy Moore Makes Us Feel Sad; Shakira Has Needs, Fears

1/30/07, 2:32 pm EST

The Police

  • If you were remaining skeptical about all those Police reunion rumors it’s time to embrace the truth. The legendary new wavers are now officially confirmed as performers at the 2007 Grammy Awards, to be held Sunday the 11th. Check out the press release after the jump.
  • We know we shouldn’t have gotten our hopes up for Mandy Moore’s new record but, we admit it, we’ve been duped into thinking there’s something to that girl. And now, after hearing the first song off her self-financed new album, we’re feeling foolish. It’s not cheesy pop, it’s just flat lifestyle music.
  • Lady Sovereign is possibly gay and dating a 19-year-old Brazilian mom. This is not un-hot.
  • Shakira reportedly insists on an immaculately clean floor during her shows, which makes sense given her penchant for shoeless swiveling. She also dreads her upcoming 30th birthday. Colombian pop stars, they’re just like us.
  • Those of you savvy enough to know the Killers secret password can purchase pre-sale tickets to one of the dates on the band’s upcoming arena tour. Tickets for the rest of us go on sale this weekend. Do you think the Killer’s can sell out their April 28th Madison Square Garden date? [via ProductShopNYC]

NEWS RELEASE

FIVE-TIME GRAMMY® AWARD-WINNING BAND THE POLICE REUNITE FOR FIRST TIME ON THE GRAMMY AWARDS WITH HISTORIC KICK-OFF PERFORMANCE

Joan Baez, Chris Rock, Stevie Wonder, XX, XX Added to Presenter Line-Up for
Music’s Biggest Night™ Sunday, Feb. 11 on CBS

SANTA MONICA, Calif. (Jan. 30, 2007) — In an historic GRAMMY® moment, the Police (Sting, Stewart Copeland, and Andy Summers) will reunite and perform together for the first time on the GRAMMYs when they open the 49th Annual GRAMMY® Awards telecast on Feb. 11, it was announced today by The Recording Academy®. With five GRAMMY Awards to their slate of accolades, the Police, one of the most famous bands in the world, create a purely original sound by infusing reggae with pop and rock — a sound that will be heard ’round the world from the GRAMMY stage.

Also, new presenters added to the all-star line-up include current Lifetime Achievement Award Honoree and multiple GRAMMY nominee Joan Baez, three-time GRAMMY winner Chris Rock, and 21-time GRAMMY winner Stevie Wonder. The music industry’s premier event will take place live on Sunday, Feb. 11, at STAPLES Center in Los Angeles and will be broadcast in HDTV and 5.1 Surround Sound on the CBS Television Network at 8 p.m. (ET/PT).

The Police join a stellar list of past GRAMMY Awards opening acts, which includes reunions and once-in-a-lifetime performances: the ever-animated Madonna sharing the stage with the Gorillaz (2006); an all-star, stage-filling spectacle that featured The Black Eyed Peas, Maroon5, Gwen Stefani, Los Lonely Boys and Franz Ferdinand (2005); Prince and Beyoncé in an electrifying duet (2004); and the reunion of legends Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel (2003).

Previously announced performers include Christina Aguilera, Beyoncé, Mary J. Blige, the Dixie Chicks, Gnarls Barkley, John Legend, Ludacris, John Mayer, Corinne Bailey Rae, the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Justin Timberlake (solo performance and with the winner of the “My GRAMMY Moment” competition) and Carrie Underwood. Previously announced presenters include The Black Eyed Peas, Ciara, Nelly Furtado, Terrence Howard, Samuel L. Jackson, P!nk and Rihanna. The show also will be supported on radio via Westwood One worldwide and XM Satellite Radio, and covered online at GRAMMY.yahoo.com.

The 49th Annual GRAMMY Awards are produced by John Cossette Productions in association with Ken Ehrlich Productions for The Recording Academy. Ken Ehrlich and John Cossette are executive producers, Walter C. Miller is producer/director, Tisha Fein is the coordinating producer, David Wild is the writer, and Tzvi Small is supervising producer. Musical directors for the telecast and pre-telecast are Rickey Minor and Larry Batiste, respectively.


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blinked | 1/30/2007, 2:53 pm EST

The Grammies are the biggest waste of time along with the Oscars and the MTV Video Music Awards. Who cares about the Police, they’re obviously doing this reunion to make a few bucks. Fuck it.

Zachra | 1/30/2007, 2:56 pm EST

The Police Reunion = My Super Bowl

Skeetch | 1/30/2007, 2:58 pm EST

Maybe Andy and Stewart are too busy. What?

bp | 1/30/2007, 3:15 pm EST

The Police Reunion = good in theory, will be disapointing in reality.

Alex | 1/30/2007, 3:25 pm EST

Everything i have been waiting for since 2003 when i first fell in love with their music at the RnR hall of fame induction!

ken vail jr. | 1/30/2007, 3:25 pm EST

the grammys have been good in recent years so i bet it should be fun.

dvdambr | 1/30/2007, 3:57 pm EST

stop your bitching

Francisco Valdes | 1/30/2007, 4:28 pm EST

I hope they didnt forget the jkames brwon tribute

Boner | 1/30/2007, 4:47 pm EST

What does that say about the quality of todays music when the biggest news is a senior citizen reunion?

jungleland | 1/30/2007, 4:49 pm EST

The Police are the last MAJOR band not to do a reunion tour (OK Van Halen too). This will be a half-assed Grammy performance (Roxanne), but I’m sure the tour will be fantastic. I hope they are not afraid of the deep cuts

news 7 | 1/30/2007, 5:25 pm EST

It’s HUGE, and you’re a kook!
For being so fucking neg!!

Sabrina | 1/30/2007, 5:32 pm EST

If The Police suck because Sting’s ego is too big, I will cry.

stevie | 1/30/2007, 6:02 pm EST

the best band ever back older wiser and i am willing to bet still awesome live i just cant wait for the tour the best music news i have ever heard in my life THE POLICE ARE KINGS

cityoflondon | 1/30/2007, 6:14 pm EST

everyone’s sounds really bitter; go home and listen to regatta de blanc at full volume in a dark room and tell me the police aren’t (ha ha current tense)the best band in the world…

lik roper | 1/30/2007, 6:18 pm EST

don’t worry sabrina, string is a synchronistically converted ex-egotist…

Lobsters | 1/30/2007, 7:09 pm EST

The Police are back? Hey, Liz, at least with dying you don’t have to deal with New Wave for a second time!
Lady Sovereign is gay? And I just read on Wikipedia that Lucy Liu is bi! What a messed up day!

cara elizabeth | 1/30/2007, 7:40 pm EST

why the hell does EVERYONE have to do a reunion tour???????????

patrick toddy | 1/30/2007, 8:55 pm EST

before they were The Police they were a band called Vurved Air doing a song about a street off Princess Road, Mitcham, Elphyn.
Every bloody song they did after they became the band, was about, stuff like the S.O.S. shop, on Payneham Road, which is now taken over by the author’s name who wrote the John Lennon book, The Last days of John Lennon. I knew both him and John Lennon and want you to know that a royal commission into the illegal drug trade took place here 77, a guy named millhouse who quit the party 71 and then democrats to do it. So you can see the huge scams involved already. Roxeanne was a girl who worked state government attorney prosecutions department though. To disclaim and help Anne who’s motehr they had the Prinec of Wales meet in 1977. had she ever used illegal drugs?
had she ever arranged a murder even?
Anyway, why didn’t the ban reply when I wrote them a letter some years ago? Sting?
Apartheid, man, was the number one political philosophy inside the pop world then. Just look at Bob Dylan. Peter Gabriel.
My name’s Loobo, they did BEE-co, as it was Beecroft street, timbertop street off it, charles went to timbertop school 60s and IRA operative named IVY, was IVY street near there. Big conspiracy man!!!
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Roxanne | 1/30/2007, 9:45 pm EST

This is no typical reunion, this is huge!! It’s been 23 years – biggest band of the 80’s, 5 albums in 7 years. I’ve been waiting for this since highschool!!!!!!!

Ziggy Velva | 1/30/2007, 11:26 pm EST

Fuck all you wankers and whiners!
THE POLICE KICK ASS and are much more original and artistic than any SHIT you listen to today. Sit back and listen to how it is really done and stop your sobbing!
The Police Reunion and The Van Halen Reunion! What else could you possibly ask for with exception of a PINK FLOYD reunion?!!!!! I saw Rage, Soundgarden, and GNR at their peaks and they were great but nothing like this!!!!!

lasgames | 1/31/2007, 5:21 am EST

I wonder if puff daddy will join them for “every breath you rap”?

TempleofCarman | 1/31/2007, 2:22 pm EST

The police suck!

DERON C | 1/31/2007, 3:13 pm EST

IT”S ABOUT TIME THE BEST BAND IN THE WORLD . PLEASE COME TO THE ROGERS CENTRE IN TORONTO WHERE THEY HAD THE POLICE PICNICS . I’VE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS FOR A VERY LONGTIME .

ann | 2/1/2007, 7:34 pm EST

What crack are some of you smoking??? Sounds like the worst kind. The Police epitomizes what a band should be when they blend different types of music, which in theory, it is what every other wannabe band is doing these days. Like it, or not the Police were and still is the BEST band in the world. Name one band since them, that has their sound??!!? Name one band, that has 3 major talents. You can hate Sting all you want, god knows I came close when he started his lute tour, but don’t put down the GOODS!

Billychic | 2/8/2007, 11:05 pm EST

I’m a DJ and a music whore, but I usually avoid the Grammys like the plague; however I will be tuning in JUST because the Police will be playing. They broke up before I had a chance to ever see them play live. Sure, it won’t be the greatest, they hate each other; but I wouldn’t miss this for the world. Anyone who thinks it isn’t a big deal and calls themselves a music buff needs to rethink what the fuck they’re talking about.

Johnny | 2/10/2007, 4:44 pm EST

Vurved Air? No. That was “Curved Air” and Stewart Copeland was in that band. No other Police members were. Stewart Copeland wanted to start a new band and recruited Sting after seeing him play in his (Sting’s) band Last Exit in Newcastle. They played a few gigs with a now anonymous guitar player, then later that guy left, and Andy Summers took over.

Sting does have a big ego, but tell me who wouldn’t being in his shoes? Anyway, that ego will subside when he starts playing. This is the Police we’re talking about.

musiclover27 | 2/11/2007, 9:16 pm EST

The police were lukewarm. Natalie Maines – go to another country. This is about music- not your stupid politics.

tom | 2/12/2007, 9:23 pm EST

The grammy’s and mainsream music is one big crap machine….being churned out by the by the hollywood crap machine……do yourselves a favor…go visit nightclubs,support real talent,dig into underground music where it is gritty,sung with feeling and conviction.

Paul Agguire | 2/13/2007, 9:55 pm EST

The Police the best band?? Are you kidding? this is the most simple worthless music to come along in the past 20 years..Any one who pays $$$ for this tour is insane.

Paul Agguire | 2/13/2007, 9:56 pm EST

Police suck

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