British careen trio The Police were joined by the existent police for their last concert together - the New York City police band.
Singer and bassist Sting, drummer Stewart Copeland and guitarist Andy Summers reunited for a world tour last May and have since played 150 concerts for 3.7 zillion people, Sting told the crowd betwixt songs at Madison Square Garden.
"The real triumph of this turn is that we haven't strangled each other," he said, adding: "That's non to pronounce it hasn't crossed my mind, or Stewart's, or Andy's."
There were touches of the surreal in the final fizgig by the band that made its name in the tardy 1970s and 1980s with such hits as Walking on the Moon and Every Breath You Take.
Sting took an unusual break after the main arrange and in front the first encore - lying indorse in a barber's chair backstage as two blond women shaved the salt-and-pepper beard that he had been sportsmanlike, the most obvious planetary house of the passing years.
The beard had come in for some harsh critique from fashion mavens in recent years, though the former teacher was quoted by media this calendar week as expression, "The ladies love it."
His make-over was beamed to a giant screen above the leg as fans cheered and chanted for more music. He bounced back on stage fresh-faced and looking for as supple as ever without his shirt to deliver crowd-pleasers Roxanne and So Lonely.
The band opened with the Cream strain Sunshine of Your Love and were then united by around 20 drummers and musicians of the police striation for Message in a Bottle.
They crataegus laevigata be more used to playing in a marching band, simply the burly uniformed constabulary officers sang along and banged their drums with gusto as Sting strutted his stuff in a police cap.
Later in the set, trey young women who looked like fans popped up on stage, joking around, dancing and taking snapshots as the band played Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic.
"These ar my daughters," Sting explained.
The band played all of its bad hits, as well as a few cover songs, ending the encore with Every Breath You Take. The band came back for a brief second encore before finally career it a day with the vocal Next to You.
The concert marked the end of a go that has grossed more than than US$350 million and was the biggest merchandising tour of 2007.
The Police fused kindling with reggae grooves and intricate arrangements to hit global popularity before ripping in 1984.
Sting went on to a hugely successful solo life history, while Copeland and Summers have besides stayed in the job, recording and scoring music for the movie industry.
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