AI Releasing Concerts w/ Police. Stew &Andy appearance 11/3

[njperry]

Amnesty International is releasing box sets of its Human Rights Concerts 1986-1989 in various DVD and CD combos, including the June 15, 1986 Police concert at the end of Conspiracy of Hope tour where Bono joined the Police at the end. See http://www.policefans.org/Police_wiki/i ... 1986-06-15. It was the last public Police performance until their induction in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

The six DVD set includes the whole Police show from the June 15 show at Giants Stadium which includes:
Message In A Bottle, King Of Pain, Driven To Tears, Every Breath You Take, Roxanne, Invisible Sun (with Bono), and I Shall Be Released (with everyone in the show). (It also includes some Sting performances from 1988). A one DVD highlight includes Message and Every Breath You Take.

There is a 2 CD set of the whole series of concert with includes Message in a Bottle (plus Sting doing Every Breath with Bruce Springsteen from 1988). Also a 2 CD set (seemingly not released in North America) from the 1986 concert which includes Message In A Bottle, Every Breath You Take, Roxanne, and I Shall Be Released.

Info at:
http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/ ... s-20131007
http://www.humanrightsconcerts.com/
http://www.crybabycry.biz/humanrightsconcerts.html

[lancaster]

Pity I'm only interested in the Police show..........

[njperry]

"Police guitarist Andy Summers and “Released!” DVD producer Martin Lewis are scheduled to attend the Nov. 3 screening at the American Cinematheque's Aero Theatre in Santa Monica [California]."

http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/mu ... z2jEXCpFob

[TheEqualizer]

Not just Andy. Andy AND STEWART!!!!
¡RELEASED! The Human Rights Concerts
Mods & Rockers returns to the American Cinematheque with this special afternoon world premiere celebrating Amnesty International’s legendary Human Rights Concerts.
Join us for the World Premiere of ¡RELEASED! THE HUMAN RIGHTS CONCERTS, a new concert film of highlights distilled from the legendary Amnesty International concerts 1986-1998, including stirring performances and unique collaborations by Bruce Springsteen, U2, The Police, Radiohead, Peter Gabriel, Sting, Jimmy Page & Robert Plant, Lou Reed, Jackson Browne, Alanis Morissette, and many more.
Preceded by:
World Premiere! "Light a Candle! The Story Behind the Human Rights Concerts" (2013, 40 min. Dir. Peter Shelton) This new documentary traces the history of Amnesty’s human rights benefits from their roots in the "Secret Policeman’s Ball" shows of the 1970s & 1980s to Amnesty's concerts and tours of the 1980s & 1990s. Features brand-new interviews with Bruce Springsteen, Sting, Pete Townshend, Peter Gabriel, Bono and previously unseen historic footage. Program also includes the world premiere of a short Peter Gabriel home movie shot during Amnesty's 1986 tour, and a short animation anthology (curated by Aardman Animation) illustrating the Universal Declaration of Human Rights - with a specially-created soundtrack by David Byrne, Laurie Anderson, Danny Elfman and Mark Mothersbaugh and voiced by Jeff Bridges and Debra Winger.
Background on the Human Rights Concerts: http://www.HumanRightsConcerts.com
Discussion follows with The Police band members Andy Summers and Stewart Copeland and ¡RELEASED! producer Martin Lewis (co-creator/producer of Amnesty's "Secret Policeman's Ball" series).

[rhoeckel]

Sting was in LA (and still is) at the weekend as well...any updates?

[njperry]

T[quote="lancaster"]Pity I'm only interested in the Police show.......... [/quote]

The music on the released CDs (including the ones not released in the U.S.) are on itunes, and most can be purchased by themselves, including the Police songs.

[TheEqualizer]

T

Pity I'm only interested in the Police show..........

The music on the released CDs (including the ones not released in the U.S.) are on itunes, and most can be purchased by themselves, including the Police songs.

Thanks for the tip. I've had a good version of the show forever, but it will be good to get a pristine official version. The performance was really good (though I prefer their Atlanta show). Sometimes its hard to listen to, though, because it makes me think of what could have been had Sting not been dreaming of blue turtles.