Sting in Rolling Stone
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The portion most relevant to us Nutters is this:
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The loner part of Sting is largely responsible for the Police breaking up after only nine years. "A band is a democracy," says Sting. "Or the semblance of democracy. You have to pretend more in a band." While he claimed to have enjoyed the Police's 2007 reunion, Sting might be fibbing. "It was a return back to that forced democracy and reminded me just why I'm not in the band," he says. "It was Stewart's band. He started it, he named it, and it was his concept." I ask if the band was still a democracy by 1983, the time of Synchronicity and Policemania. He slyly smiles and shrugs. "No."
Sting is still friendly with ex-bandmates Andy Summers and Copeland, who he saw before a Hollywood Bowl show last year. He said the reunion tour isn't likely to be repeated again: "For me, it closed the circle. We'd never officially broke up. It was perfect timing. For me, it feels complete."
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The portion most relevant to us Nutters is this:
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The loner part of Sting is largely responsible for the Police breaking up after only nine years. "A band is a democracy," says Sting. "Or the semblance of democracy. You have to pretend more in a band." While he claimed to have enjoyed the Police's 2007 reunion, Sting might be fibbing. "It was a return back to that forced democracy and reminded me just why I'm not in the band," he says. "It was Stewart's band. He started it, he named it, and it was his concept." I ask if the band was still a democracy by 1983, the time of Synchronicity and Policemania. He slyly smiles and shrugs. "No."
Sting is still friendly with ex-bandmates Andy Summers and Copeland, who he saw before a Hollywood Bowl show last year. He said the reunion tour isn't likely to be repeated again: "For me, it closed the circle. We'd never officially broke up. It was perfect timing. For me, it feels complete."
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