The Police announce UK Tour

news: Monday 5th March 2007

The Police have finally confirmed what we had all been expecting, and announced dates for a tour of UK and Europe.

The band will kick off the European leg of their tour at the Globe Arena in Stockholm on August 29th, following sold out dates in North America.

The first UK date will be at Birmingham National Indoor Arena on September 4th followed by an outdoor performance at Twickenham on September 9th.

The Police Tour will then end at Cardiff's Millennium Stadium on October 19th, following a performance at Manchester MEN on October 15th.

Full tour details below:

Wed 29-Aug. Stockholm, Sweden Globe Arena
Tue 04-Sept. Birmingham National Indoor Arena
Sat 08-Sept. London Twickenham Stadium
Tue 11-Sept. Hamburg AOL Arena
Thu 13-Sept. Amsterdam Arena
Sun 16-Sept. Prague Sazka
Wed 19-Sept Vienna Stadthalle
Sat 22-Sept. Munich Olympiastadion
Thu 27-Sept. Barcelona Olympic Stadium
Sat 29-Sept. Paris Au Stade de France
Sat 13-Oct. Dusseldorf LTU Arena
Mon 15-Oct. Manchester MEN Arena
Fri 19-Oct. Cardiff Millennium Stadium

The Birmingham show will be the band’s first live performance in the UK since New Years Eve 1983 when they performed at Wembley Arena during the Synchronicity Tour.

The tour will also visit Italy, Switzerland, Belgium and Denmark with additional cities and venues to be announced.

During their career the group managed to amass together five number 1 albums, a succession of top 10 singles and received six Grammy Awards.

Arthur Fogel, Live Nation Chairman of Global Music said: "The anticipation and excitement to see The Police is overwhelming. We are absolutely thrilled to be bringing the band to fans new and old."

Tickets for the UK leg of The Police Tour range between £40 and £90.00 (plus applicable service fees) and will go on sale on Friday, March 9th at 9am. There will be a 4 ticket limit per person for all arena shows and a 6 ticket limit per person for the stadium events. Ticket links will be available on eGigs when they go on sale.

A portion of the proceeds from this tour will also be donated to WaterAid.

published: 05/03/2007 12:39



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