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| The Police amazed by reaction to comeback tour The Police's current comeback tour has overcome a difficult start to go "possibly beyond what we hoped", according to guitarist Andy Summers. The trio of Summers, singer-bassist Sting and drummer Stewart Copeland are touring together for the first time in 23 years, and is tipped to be the biggest grossing tour in the world this year. And Summers, 64, admits the band can't quite believe the response to their return. He told JAM! Music: "We're just having one knockout show after another. We keep thinking we've done the best show we'll ever do and then somehow we do another one that we seem to have upped the ante. "We've become very sure of the material and onstage now it's just gotten faster, looser and funnier. There's a lot of humour and antics now. I mean, we're sort of loosening up with it. I think (in) our little mini-universe, we're very sure of where we are now." He added: "The tour just sort of exploded, so it's actually gone possibly beyond what we hoped. In reality, that seems to be fulfilling the mythology." The tour got off to a trick start when Copeland called Sting "a petulant pansy" and said "Andy is in Idaho" on a blog following the opening Vancouver shows in May. Summers admitted: "We sort of passed through that and sort of laughed about it in the end. You know, it's an idle moment in your hotel bedroom that went sort of wrong, not because necessarily of Stewart's warped sense of humour, but because the media pick it up and turn it into a negative. "That's why we end up hating the media, 'cause it's such bullshit. It's got nothing to do with reality or the band. It wasn't the greatest move, but anyway, there you go." The Police's sold-out UK shows kick off on September 4 at Birmingham National Indoor Arena. The band will also play dates in London, Manchester and Cardiff. |
Method Man arrested for drug possession Method Man was reportedly arrested for drug possession in New York late last week (May 17). The rapper was pulled over by police en route from Brooklyn to Manhattan after an officer noticed an expired inspection sticker, says the New York Post. According to the report, Method Man whose real name is Clifford Smith, was driving a 2005 Lincoln Navigator, and when he was pulled over, officer Donald Johnston smelled marijuana smoke and saw two blunts and other drug paraphernalia. Smith then admitted he had 28 more grams of weed in the car and was arrested and taken into custody in Brooklyn. He was released a day later on May 18. Wu Tang Clan are currently working on their new album entitled 8 Diagrams. It is slated to be released this summer. |
Phil Spector trial: Day 23 The judge in the Phil Spector murder trial ruled today (June 14) that Sara Caplan, the producer's former lawyer, could be held in contempt of court if she refuses to testify about whether she saw a defence expert mishandle potential evidence. Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Larry Paul Fidler apparently felt remorse about his decision, but said he had no choice but to rule the way he did. "I see no reason why Miss Caplan should not testify. There is no other person who can testify to what she saw," he said. Fidler said it was the first time in his 25 years on the bench that he had to threaten an attorney with contempt. "I admire her for taking the stance she is taking; I don't agree with it," he said, adding "nobody has any personal animus against Miss Caplan." Caplan was on the defence team that searched Spector's Los Angeles mansion the day after actress Lana Clarkson was found shot in the mouth on February 3, 2003. In an evidentiary hearing, Caplan testified that she saw forensic scientist, Henry Lee, pick up small white object that may have been one of Clarkson's acrylic fingernails. The prosecution maintains that this information could support their case. However, Caplan has refused to take the stand in open court because it may violate attorney-client privilege. Caplan could face criminal penalties as a result of the ruling, but she has until June 22 to appeal the decision to a higher court, reports the Los Angeles Times. Spector is accused of murdering Clarkson, but the defence contends she shot herself. |
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