The Police

Origin: London, England
Years active: 1977-1986; 2007-present
Members:Sting, Andy Summers, Stewart Copeland
Former members:Henry Padovani

The Police are a three-piece rock band consisting of bassist/lead vocalist Sting (Gordon Sumner),
Guitarist Andy Summers, and drummer Stewart Copeland. The band became globally popular in
The early 1980s, playing a style of rock that was influenced by jazz, reggae, and punk music.
Their 1983 album Synchronicity was number one in the UK and the US and went Platinum eight
Times in the US. The band broke up in the mid-1980s, but reunited in early 2007 with the
Announcement that they are undertaking a world tour from the middle of that year on until mid-2008,
In celebration of the 30th anniversary of their hit single "Roxanne" and also, to a lesser extent,
That of their formation as a group.

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