My wife and I went down to Giants Stadium this past Sunday to check out The Police on their very famous reunion tour.
The Police were huge when I was in high school. And I actually saw them play one of their last shows ever in the summer of 1986 at Giants Stadium. It was the Amnesty International concert that had a killer bill including U2, Santana, Peter Gabriel and Bryan Adams. They only played a handful of songs at that show but I was definitely impressed an became more of a fan after seeing them live.
Fast forward 21 years. It just so happens that I've married a huge fan of the band. So when we saw The Police perform at the Live Earth concerts I decided to try my hand at getting couple of tickets. Thankfully Ticketmaster had tickets available in section 333 which was billed as side stage seating with a limited view at the price of $95 each.
Juliet and I spent the weeks prior to the show playing all four CDs of their official box set. It got me into some of the less popular tracks and helped give me a greater appreciation for some of the unconventional stuff that The Police play.
The weather for the show was great. Temps in the low 80s and a nice breeze. Thank heavens because my friends at the Virgin Festival in Maryland were getting rained on.
Our seats were high up but I was pleasantly surprised to see that the view was not limited at all. We were right on the side of the stage. Check the pics to see for yourself.
