a spokeswoman said the offer came as a surprise and had done so well that seats behind the stage were being sold for $50 a few days before the show.

Nooooooooooooooo. They were seventy and change BEFORE the freakin fees. ::cries a little::

I saw the Go Gos open for the Police. Andy does indeed shred on "Demolition Man."

That's going to be one of those things I go to my grave regretting intensely. When they were still together, first time around, my mother wouldn't let me go to concerts (too many instances of my sister doing Wild Things during the concerts of her youth).

And I always said if they ever got back together, I'd do my damndest to get to a concert, but because of my own traveling schedule this past year, it just didn't work out.

So I will never see the Police in concert in all likelihood, at least, not live.

I did see Sting on the Dream of the Blue Turtles tour. Thinking of him performing "Roxanne" with no accompaniment other than his guitar and Branford Marsalis on soprano sax still gives me mega goosebumps.

So, fave Police album?

I gotta go with the first one (Outlandos d'Amour). Maybe for sentimental reasons. "Can't Stand Losing You" was my favorite song in high school.

Although I love the next two (Reggatta De Blanc and Zenyatta Mondatta) almost as much. And Ghost In The Machine and Synchronicity almost as much as those.

I started college the year Synchronicity came out, so my tastes changes a lot after that....

Synchronicity was the first non-kid album I ever owned. I wore that thing out. I'm amazed my Mother can hear those songs without running from the room screaming.

Regatta de Blanc, (very much a sentimental favorite tied in with all sorts of high school memories) with Outlandos as a very, very close second and Zenyatta solidly third.

My Police Heresy: I really don't much care for "Roxanne." It sits in my brain alongside the Beatles' "Strawberry Fields Forever" in the I feel vaguely ashamed of not reverently loving the way I know I should, but it just sounds kind of dreary to me corner.

Ghost in the Machine was the first album my older brother bought and I confiscated it right away! It remains a sentimental favorite. Although I haven't listened to any of them in years!

Yeah, "Roxanne" is pro'lly not in my top ten fave Police songs.

Although it was awesome when Eddy Murphey sang it in 48 Hours.

I loved Soul Cages, which was probably the first Sting I bought (and that tour was my first Sting concert) but my favorite Sting song ever is Fragile.

My Police Heresy: I really don't much care for "Roxanne."

I like the Moulin Rouge version and the Fall Out Boy cover. We used to play a drinking game to Roxanne that involved splitting into two teams; half drank on "Roxanne" and half on "Red light."

Definitely Outlandos d'Amour. With a nod to Ghost in the Machine for the supremely bad French of "Hungry for You (J'aurais toujours faim de toi)".