The end of The Police: A fond look back...

[sockii]

WOOT!! Two years ago, many of us descended on New York City for the final week of the Police Tour. This thread is to celebrate that week of wonder. If you have fond memories that you'd like to share or maybe some photos, this is that place.

I'll start. I think that most of these are from Jones Beach 1 and 2, and from the dinner after the Elvis taping in Harlem.

Ah yes. Me hunched over with the Stoli in hand. How appropriate.

I'll stick with posting two of my favorite videos from that week that I took:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FMmZj8oS18s

and *sniff*:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8xvvqlCy8o

[conroy]

Thanks so much for bringing back the memories, Charlie. There were so many moments during the shows on the last month of Tourzilla like in the videos sockii posted that make me think every time I relive them how all of this wasn't some crazy dream because they were so full of magic. It seemed too good to be true. All thanks to the incalculable genorisity of Stewart and those around him like St. Jeff and Derek Power and all the wonderful nutters here and Gio and Eugenio for providing the home base for us to meet.

[zilboy]

Well, it's 12:10 AM on 8/7/10 here in Chicago and I have to admit, in all of the excitement of my son's (and mom's) birthday, I'd completely forgotten the significance of the date until this thread brought it all back. I knew there was a reason I talked my wife into buying one of Stewart's green snare drums on eBay last night! (More on that later!)

What a great couple of days that was! Truly an experience I'll never forget. Thanks again, Stewart and Gio!

[njperry]

I can't believe it has been 2 years since the grand finale at MSG.

I got to NYC too late for most of the pre-party but still had a great time seeing my Nutter friends and the Police.

Great memories from that show and elsewhere in Tourzilla.

[shyvixen]

Like Conroy said, the experience was full of magic. I'm glad I was there.

[empty]

Every little crazy thing we did was indeed magic. I too can't believe it's been two years either.

So grateful for everything and most of all for the great great people that came into my life

[policerule]

Lots of love peeps. Happy Anniversary!

[IndyGirl]

I can't believe it's the 2 year anniversary. The Tour was so much fun! I'm thankful for the good friendships that were formed.

[Divemistress of the Dark]

Lessee....that's Nicole with the Stoli, then Dirty Martini, AnaliaFer and her awesome friend from ThePolice.com whose username I always forget, and Dietmar.

[Divemistress of the Dark]

empty, someone I don't know, the back of CopelandGirl_55's head, Smudge, Takashi, and two or three more people whose names I can't recall.



CopelandGirl, the two people whose names I don't remember and who were very nice, Conroy, yours truly



Gina Supercat, Conroy, the worst image of me ever, Dirty, Dietmar, CopelandGirl

(somebody else take a shot, there are lots of ThePolice.com'ers in these other photos and I was never *that* involved with the other site...)

[luddite lady]

Being an idiot and all, I don't know how to copy these photos so I can comment on them...so, bear with me.

In the first picture that Dive comments on, I believe that Analiafer's friend was called Anna. If that's not her user name, it's what I kept calling her anyway.
In the picture where empty seems to be giving some sort of Nutter blessing to the unidentified woman in the skirt ("Go forth and squee."), I'm there with my back to the camera in the Nutter t-shirt, sadly revealing my vestigial tail.

The tall guy in the green shirt is making me crazy. Aside from being omnipresent in the photos, I remember he's from the West Coast and husband of the nice lady he's with. Their names allude me, but they have exquisite taste in clothing for tp.com'ers. (Go green!)

[plutonic]

JB2.... What an awesome freaking show.

[ltwoman]

Thanks, Dive and LL for the idents. I'm still flipping back and forth trying to put piece people together (unfortunately I've quit getting the Topic Notifications suddently so I'm catching up!) I WISH I WAS THERE!

[Howstupidmrbates]

Ah good times. I posted it at the 1 year anniversary, but it bears repeating: it was a night I'll never forget, yet strangely - I barely remember.

[smudge]

Just as a tidy up: The back-end-of-a-car picture posted by Charlie is Sockii rummaging in the boot (that's what we call a trunk in england), dirtymartini, Ana, Analia, and Dietmar. That's three continents and four countries. Add in Takeshi from the next photo, and you've got four continents in a car park. Drummer Dave & his magnificent partner were around as well so that makes five.

Which numpty forgot to invite representatives from Antarctica?

I swear every time I look at photos from that week I can't believe I was there, and wish it could be done again with people I love who weren't.