The Police

An unknown guitarist helped form one of the world's biggest bands but his career took a different direction, writes Garry Maddox. Read More

In a clever piece of cultural promotion the French Embassy and Alliance Française are touring Henry Padovani, the original guitarist of the band The Police He is currently on the Australian leg of his tour where he has performed and also given master classes. Read More

First, we got Sting's memoir, Broken Music, back in 2003. Read More

Whoever said that drummers are a breed apart was dead right. Read More

Ever since Pete Best was replaced by Ringo Starr as the drummer for the Beatles there has been a tinge of sadness about those musicians who came within a whisker of immortality. Read More

Well, "Strange Things Happen," which is the title of Copeland's new autobiography. Read More

Sting has silenced rumors of another tour with The Police - insisting a second reunion would be "dreadful and gratuitous." Read More

The rock singer Sting may be a man of furtive cool, mystical tantric talents and exotic, globe-spanning tastes, but it was his affable drummer who could always boast the more intriguing back story. Read More

Stewart Copeland, the manic beat-keeper for the Police, writes books like he whacks drums — it's all rhythm and instigation, firing first, thinking later. Read More

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