The Police say an emotional goodbye to UK

Speaking from Tokyo last Friday morning whilst on the Japanese leg of the bands world tour, The Police frontman Sting has revealed that the bands Hard Rock Calling gig in London’s Hyde Park on June 29 will be their last.

“England is where we began our career, in London. It has a special place in my heart. I’m English… We’ve done over 100 dates. But we’re still together, still friends.”

Asked if this is really going to be the final chapter in The Police story Sting replied, “Yeah I think its right. We’ve been saved from the nostalgia in a bad sense because I think the band sounds fairly contemporary. We don’t sound like an old tribute band. Considering the songs were written 25 to 30 years ago, they still, to me and most of the audience sound like today. In a sense, we’re recreating history with a contemporary punch”.

Hard Rock Calling in June will be an emotional gig for the band, “To play two shows at Twickenham last year was fantastic. It was very heartening. Coming back to England and feeling that reaction. So, with the added thing of “this is it” (Hard Rock Calling) could be quite emotional”.

On the eve of their hit single Roxanne celebrating it’s 30th Anniversary in April Sting also added, ‘(Roxanne) was the song that got me out of a tiny bedsit in Bayswater to being on the world stage. I’m doing it every night and singing it with gratitude’.
Hard Rock Calling, Hyde Park, London Gates Open at 1pm

Saturday 28th June Eric Clapton, Sheryl Crow and John Mayer
Sunday 29th June The Police, KT Tunstall and Starsailor

Hard Rock has also presented as part of their Ambassadors Of Rock tour in Hyde Park The Who, Roger Waters, Aerosmith and Peter Gabriel.

For more information visit Hardrock.com or Hardrockcalling.co.uk .