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The Police Announce Career-Spanning Box Set

The Police have announced a career-spanning vinyl box set, featuring all their studio albums as well as a new compilation of non-LP tracks. Every Move You…
Winston Cook-Wilson / October 4, 2018

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Sting: Our 1985 Cover Story

This article originally appeared in the July 1985 issue of SPIN. 60° West Longitude, 16°45' North Latitude—"Captain sir, permission to break out the…
Timothy White / September 8, 2019

New Order: Our 1985 Interview

This article originally appeared in the September 1985 issue of SPIN. Jesus Christ, life is depressing. It's surprising that anyone bothers to carry…
Jessica Berens / July 21, 2019

Sting’s November 1987 Nothing Like the Sun Cover Story: Invisible Son

"Dire Straits did Brothers in Arms here you know," says Sting. We are standing on the terrace outside of George Martin's Air Studios on…
Vic Garbarini / October 13, 2017

Eddie Vedder Is ‘Driven to Tears’ With Sting and Peter Gabriel in Seattle

It's been (checks calendar) one month since our last Eddie Vedder sighting, and we're overdue for another. This time, the Pearl Jam frontman popped up at…
Anna Gaca / July 22, 2016

Rude Awakening: 25 Major Moments in White Reggae History

Was there a bigger surprise hit in 2014 than Magic!'s "Rude"? There, tucked into the balmy folds of the Summer of Ass, was a soft…
Chris Martins / December 19, 2014

The Long Winters Come Home to Seattle

"There will be no witty banter tonight," Long Winters frontman/renowned purveyor of witty banter, John Roderick, announced at the band's eagerly awaited Seattle homecoming show…
Jamee Smith / July 7, 2008

Police, KT Tunstall, Mayer Play London’s Hard Rock Calling

This past Saturday and Sunday (June 28-29), for the Hard Rock Calling festival at London's Hyde Park, Sting, Stewart Copeland, and Andy Summers made their…
Kenny Herzog / July 2, 2008

The Police to Play Final Reunion Show in NYC Aug. 7

You don't have to wear that dress tonight. Instead, save it for Aug. 7, when the Police will play the final show of their large-scale…
Larry Fitzmaurice / June 9, 2008