The Police were a British rock band formed in London in 1977, consisting of Sting (Gordon Sumner) on lead vocals and bass guitar, Andy Summers on guitar, and Stewart Copeland on drums. They gained ...

The band’s drummer and guitarist say the singer has underpaid them for the “digital exploitation” of songs like “Every Breath You Take.” Sting’s lawyers call the claim “illegitimate.” By Alex Marshall ...

When rock fans talk about bands that left the stage when they were still on top, they inevitably mention The Police. The trio released their final studio album to massive sales and tons of praise in ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Rock trio The Police played their final concert together on Thursday and were joined by the real police -- the New York City police band. Singer and bassist Sting, drummer Stewart ...

“That tour was probably the most fun tour of the whole [Police] adventure,” he says. “We were the first rock band in Greece and Bombay. These were really not markets—they were just extremely exotic ...

Hostility stemmed from how each band member viewed music. Stewart Copeland told The Guardian Sting sees music as a “painkiller.” For Copeland, it’s a celebration, a way to have fun. The conflict grew ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Professor Mike Alleyne Ph.D is an award-winning author and editor. The bands split decades ago, but issues persist about how ...

Forty years ago this summer, the Police released Synchronicity, the blockbuster album that capped their career. Although they had released their debut album Outlandos d’Amour less than five years ...

If albums were tarot cards, Synchronicity by the Police would be an incredibly complex deck. It started out simply enough on paper. As they had done with 1981's Ghost in the Machine, the English group ...