The
Police
drummer
Stewart
Copeland
has
branded
the
band's
second
comeback
performance
a
complete
"disaster".
The
musician
described
the
group's
second
Vancouver
show
on
Wednesday
(30.05.07)
as
"unbelievably
lame".
Copeland
said:
"This
is
unbelievably
lame.
We
are
the
mighty
Police
and
we
are
totally
at
sea.
"I
banged
my
gong
at
the
wrong
time
so
the
big
pompous
opening
to
the
show
was
a
damp
squib.
It
usually
takes
about
four
or
five
shows
in
a
tour
before
you
get
to
the
disaster
gig.
But
we're
The
Police
so
we
are
a
little
ahead
of
schedule."
The
concert,
played
in
front
of
20,000
fans
at
the
GM
Place
Arena,
got
off
to
a
rocky
start
when
Copeland
tripped
as
he
took
the
stage.
The
drummer
then
claims
that
he,
guitarist
Andy
Summers
and
bassist-and-vocalist
Sting
were
"half
a
bar
out
of
sync" during
classic
hit
'Message
in
a
Bottle'.
He
also
said
Sting's
attempts
to
leap
in
the
air
during
'Synchronicity
II'
left
the
singer
looking
"like
a
petulant
pansy
instead
of
a
god
of
rock".
Sting,
55,
announced
the
band's
reunion
tour,
their
first
live
dates
for
over
two
decades,
earlier
this
year.
The
world
tour
is
scheduled
to
run
until
early
next
year,
with
concerts
due
to
take
place
across
the
US,
Europe,
Japan,
Australia,
Latin
America
and
New
Zealand.
The
band's
next
show
is
on
Saturday
(02.06.07)
in
Edmonton.