I was at this show. I was standing 10 feet in front of Sting. I had just turned 20 years old a week before. The world was my oyster. It was one of the greatest days of my life.

I recall in an old interview Neil Peart said that he admired Stuart Copeland because he played with ‘so much gusto’. I think we all agree. Along with Andy [my god that guitar sound influenced the musical world], and Sting’s supreme talents, this band is so unique and truly in a category of their own. Cheers!

Three fantastic musicians at the top of their game. For me, a three-piece band is a total joy to watch, no room for any passengers.

I know Sting is the charismatic frontman but I think Andy is holding the band together, and yet doing it with underhanded organic fluidity. Stewart gives that manic edge and drive which raises tension, like, keeps them all on the edge of their seat. Not their best show but a joy to watch, and I would love to time-travel back to the early '80s.

Just how good is Stewart Copeland? Gotta be a top 5 rock drummer of all time

Saw this live performance now a couple of times, but it never gets bored. It is actually one of the top gigs ever

Truly one of the greatest bands of all time, Sting and Andy were going crazy on stage weren't they

Amazing how Sting plays his bass lines and sings the lyrics apparently so easily, even if the two things are so different for time, rhythm, etc.

I always loved the sound of Stewart's drums and that distinct snare drum crack. They were an amazing band and I am lucky to have seen them live once.

As a huge Police fan, thank you for uploading this Concert. They are my #1 favorite Band. By first grade in September 1983, I knew all about them. I listened to music around this time because I had an older sister who had MTV on practically every day. It was a NO BRAINER for me to admire this band.

Not a soddin phone in sight, just memories in the making. Marvellous.

3:37 I simply cannot get my mind past how amazing that lick sounds. Summers is a bloody magician 😳

Rock stardom is hard work. Anybody that reached their level of respect and success earned it.

Andy Summers playing on Shadows in the Rain is something else. Completely original. The way they jam is perfect.

Incredible to see a great band when they are on top of thier game.

Absolute top of their game. The entire band dynamic with the horns and back ups is incredible.

Saw them live in London in about 1982 as a 20 year old. Forty years on and that remains one of the highlights of my life. What a band, what memories!

That drummer, that snare!! 👍

I love late Peart but Copeland truly has one of the greatest percussion styles of all. few young people today know who he is

This iconic English Rock legendary Band "Police" Has inspired me from 1980 from school days when I was a 8 yr old boy & heard Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner's incredible vocals & Copeland's off beat drumming & Andy's fabulous rhythm section. I just love them till I die.

Saw the 2009 reunion tour. No horrible bass pedals, no horns and no cheesy backup singers or keyboards! Just 3 guys killing it.

It's amazing that they sounded exactly as great live in 2007-2008.

The Jam and The Police were on top of their game at this time.

They timed that perfectly; it gets dark during the first song. Andy starts "Magic" fingerpicking then goes to pick. Man Sting was a great frontman, great pitch. To this day I think the whole bass-line for "Bed's too big.." is one of the best lines written. That descending line in verses is already incredible, but coupled with the chorus line is insane.

The drums on Walking on the Moon are so awesome jazzy

American Southern Man here, I saw them in Germany outside of Berlin ,when I was 25,in 1984. Same kind of high octane energy. same Big earring in his ear-Sting. Sting Had an American Army Fatigues on and High Military Boots, played much of the show with one of his Boots up on one of the monitors facing him. I, a drummer at the time, was in a Rock Band myself and We- the whole band went to this ALL day half the night show...something like 14 Bands and the Police were Thee Headliner's for that show. Joan Jett, Kajagoogoo, Franky Goes to Hollywod, Flock of sea gulls and more all higher level Pop Rock Bands of the 80's. It was one helluva day and show !! the Police tore it up. I Love this Band and always will, Hellified Musicans and thats putting it mildly !! what a helluva decade for music- the 80's.

One of the best live acts of all time. Saw them on the Ghost tour with Oingo Boingo opening. LA Forum, 1982.

2019 Singing while playing bass is so difficult! Sting is so talented, no matter what his critics say

- Message In A Bottle - 0:20 - Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic - 4:25 - Walking On The Moon - 8:31 - Spirits In The Material World - 13:37 - Hungry For You - 17:03 - When The World Is Running Down - 20:17 - The Bed's Too Big Without You - 24:16 - De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da - 29:10 - Demolition Man - 35:07 - Shadows In The Rain - 41:10 - Driven To Tears - 46:08 - Bring On The Night - 49:30 - One World (Not Three) - 55:08 - Invisible Sun - 59:29 - Roxanne - 1:03:59 - Don't Stand So Close To Me - 1:09:56 - Can't Stand Losing You/Reggatta de Blanc/Be My Girl-Sally - 1:13:25 - So Lonely - 1:21:27 Thanks to @supbus for the time references (I corrected them a little bit so they would be spot on). Enjoy!

Love the way Sting explains Hungry for you.

And.. yes.. Copeland IS a friggin BEAST behind the kit...

so many memories of playing these albums endlessly... i was 22 living in long beach, ny... had my own apt.. my guitar, my dreams, a great career ahead... so many of these songs i remember listening to them as it was back then when i first heard them and never stopped listening to them... great then, great now. I had a friend, greg leddy, who was a police fanatic and had loads of bootleg vhs tapes. he really turned me on to their early stuff. i lost track of him.. hope all is well. i miss a great deal about those years and times.... then my guitar trek and music went into overdrive and i followed all my dreams....i'm still at it today. The police were a big part of my lifes soundtrack. Andy summers and sting were 2 of my 'teachers' as were many others. I miss those days.... i love today and have many tomorrows to follow

I saw this tour when I was in high school. San Francisco. February 12, 1982. Knew the words to every song back then. One of my favorite concerts ever.

The Police is just one of those rare bands that are just as good, if not BETTER, when they played live

They were the top band in the world at this time

I was at this gig! just found it here by accident and it brought back memories of a fine day out.

Stewart is the reason i use pAisTe RUDE cymbals. That 22 inch Ride is the Bomb. Same as those Signature Splash cymbals.

I love straight-from-the-board live recordings with no audience. The engineering on this is tight.

I disagree with all the naysayers about this show. gateshead is AWESOME. They were fuckin great. And the horns- ya gotta understand the times. And how tuned in Sting was and also willing to take risks. It was his risk taking combined with his head's up about culture (the horn ska hybrid punk pre new wave thing in England). the horns are a natural. And about the Taurus pedal. It's a wet and foggy instrument and they are in Newcastle, Gateshead. It's perfect, that Taurus, for this occasion. It is also one sonic nuance, of many, that makes this show a distinct sound, different than any other Police show. You can almost hear the open air. And the threatening rain. But the band was on. I love this show. One of my favorites right up there with Hamburg, Rockpalast, January 11 1980.

Shadows in the Rain and all the rest.......so masterfully new and different for the times....what a fantastic band...!

Don't forget the guitar skills of andy summers! 39 (40 now) years ago this concert!

Not enough footage and camera on Copeland’s genius work with them sticks! 🎥🥁🥢

I saw Stewart Copeland's full band (no other Police members) at the Modern Drummer Festival in about 2008 or so....TOTALLY AMAZING!!

At the time of their main commercial success, it was not always clear at how unbelievably good they were as musicians.

I was 12 yrs in Nov. '82, a week after I saw the Who in Arizona. My father checked me out of school on a friday afternoon and a 4 hour ride to the see The Police concert at the Az State Fair. I remember Copeland's energy and drums.

One of the giants of our generation. Up there at the top. How can anyone play bass like that and sing at the same time with such feel......

DRIVEN TO TEARS? Only tears of joy, by this amazing tune! They seem to feed off each others rythmns - while having plenty of their own!

This is the Police at their peak,and the horn arrangement gives them an edge ,no band could stand up 2.The best live mix of the bands career . I always thought that "Ghost In The Machine "was the pinnacle 4 the band. The songs from this album were composed with full horn arrangements .Andy Summers is playing with his finest pedal combination and amp line.Love that echoplex. The full luscious stereo chorus ensemble.Stewart Copeland is the finest drummer in the business.End of story.

Police was so interesting with all those fresh, never heard before rhythmical patterns.

For 33 year old tape the quality is amazing. And the performance even more.

Sting's hometown...opening the show with three U.K. #1 hits. Singing and playing like champs. Glory days.

This is a wonderful concert and upload. Thank you.

So good. Using late 70's, early 80's tech, as so many other great bands. Didn't need everything the industry uses now.

Love em or hate em , steinberger basses had their place in bass history ! Unique innovative design they sounded excellent and held up well. Sting looks great playing one at this concert.

Great show, thanks for sharing. Back in early 1984, I saw the Genesis "Mama" tour and then about 3 weeks later, saw the Police "Synchronicity" tour. Probably the two best back to back show that I ever saw. I saw Genesis in Lexington, Ky and the Police in Charleston, WV.

Never heard the Police before with a brass section!.👍😮

Copeland is insanely great

Man the memories there wasn’t an empty spot on my wall as a teenage girl these guys were my wallpaper ♥️♥️♥️

It's really cool to see the early times when the guys approached the music as equals. What made them great as a trio. Growing up in that era don't think we really realized what we were hearing on the radio. Looking back on it, glad we were able to live it. Maybe if we're lucky, with the same conditions now as the 70s, we'll get another awesome music scene explosion like we did in the 80s. Would be amazing. A lot of the bands and solo artists we grew up with are still out there playing. Would have some great opportunities to take some young new talent they thought highly enough to open for them. Not hard to see a three or four band bill selling out an arena like this with 2 or 3 up and coming talent and 1 or 2 bands kids are raving about after tuning into our music collection. Wishing they were teens in the 80s but now are able to see the bands who are legends live for themselves. Would be amazing to see the next generation be able to see some of these guys in a sold out stadium of raving fans, including them. The kind of life changing concerts we got to see. ;)

As much as I love the live versions of the two Synchronicities this is the tour I’d go back in time see.

I saw them in januari of 82. In The Netherlands. No brass. I was 18. Best band ever.

Take note, no blasted iPhones in the audience and the are fully engaged with the band on stage, different times indeed

what can i say amazing performance they are so tight its sicking.copeland is a god in the druming world the fills and drum rolls he does is somethink else,his bass drum and his hihat work is in another leauge,most drumers would dream of being able to do what he does on the hihat and love the way he does his bass drum bringing it in on the offbeat and doing some amazing hihat stuff and doing some out of this world rimshot work as well,its like the bloke has 4 fucking arms it sounds like their is 2 drumers playing on stage.when they do bring on the night at this gig watch copland through out the song and then you understnd why he his one of the greatest drumers in the world with his own style that no one can mistake.their will never be a drumer like copland?he is up their with johnbonham and rightfully deserved if u ask me.he is amazing in the studio and 100 times beter live,with or without the coke,its a life changing experince watching this man live with HIS BAND,and it is his band dont forget.so glad they got back together to do their live tour as us fans deserved it even if we did have to wait 20 years,well worth it if u ask me.shame they didnt do a new album as stings latest solo albums wher fucking pony,thats why he reformed the police if u ask me??GREAT BAND,GREAT SONGS,TOTALLY AMAZING LIVE.They infulenced me to become a musician and learn the bass gutiar.the police changed my life and im still on a high after the isle of white gig,they sound the same as they did in the 80s.

best live version of Bring on the night !!!

Stewart Copeland - magnificent.

I used to hate the horns on this performance but now I like it, lol...It works especially on songs like When The World is Running Down

superb vocals

Sting's bass tone sounds killer with that Steinberger. I never thought it worked well for Geddy Lee during that era, but I've never heard Sting's bass sound better.

The De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da guitar solo is simply enchanting. Something about it keeps bringing me back to watch. I'm only 18, yet I am always astounded by the magnificence that is The Police.

The best concert of "The Police". The clear voice of Sting, and the energy of instruments causes a total frisson. The year 82' s marked bigs revolutions in pop music and rock music. The "The Police" is a icon this important moment of young music world. Guitar Riffs and bass, drums in perfect time. Very good the video.

I saw them about the same time. It makes a nice feather in my cap! I was 15 years old, and had been listening to them for a few years.

BRING ON THE NIGHT, THE BEST SONG 😙😙😙

What a trio. Miraculous. Everyone holds up. Love Andy

I wish there was some studio material recorded with this horn section, they really shine on the ska songs

I must have listened to this concert a million times - both on my original VHS recording from Channel 4's 'Tube' and the Korean-import DVD - and only just noticed that Stewart's bass drum pedal breaks at 22:17. Then at 22:40 you see his drum tech hurrying away. That's a quick fix.

Stewart Copeland jogging to the stage !! 😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣 A beast on the skins 🥁🥁🥁🎶🎵

Love this concert

Stuart Copeland is an AMAZING DRUMMER!!!!!

Thanks for posting. This is the kind of concert which gets better with time. (Never gets old).

That Bo Didley bass and beat on the break, Andy's solo, Stings bass, Upside down beat on the chorus if Bring on The Night 🔥🔥🔥

They went OFF!!...as usual. 🔥🔥🔥🔥African swing on Eyoo Eyo chant on on Walking On the Moon is HITTIN'.

I was there! Great day - also the beat, u2, lords of the new church and gang of four.

Saw The Police twice Live in Ahoy Rotterdam 1982,and in Leiden Groenoordhallen also in the early 80'ies. I became a fan when i was 17 back in 1977. I met Stu backstage and had a small talk. The concerts where amazing. Time does fly..

I think the mark of Police's greatness and Sting's songwriting is how many of their songs have been covered by other artists. From Grace Jones, to Aswad, to Curved Air to Juliana Hatfield, and many others.

For whatever reason I really identify with this concert. Perhaps it's that I saw them at Day On The Green 1983 and I've visited England. I love how the show goes from day to night ... Bring On The Night basically pointing that out literally. Wish I was there ... if I close my eyes ... yep. In my mind it's 1982 again .... good times.

Qué Grupaso de los ochentas, que calidad de músicos, completos 100%, mi favorito para siempre...

In my opinion, one of the best bands. It sounds original, prolific and one of a kind.

I remember watching this when it was first broadcast......yes, I know, I'm old as fuck :D It's weird watching it now knowing that Sting & Stewart were basically punching each other out half the time backstage. I totally recommend Andy Summers' autobiography, it's a really good insight into the world of the Police.

I was there, loved it...still do. Seeing Sting in Porto in 2019.

BTW - these songs were and are classics - it doesn't matter who wrote them. The Police were a channel for music - unbelievable drummer, innovative guitarist, unique vocals, great bass work and great songwriting!

Stewart Copeland. best back beat in the big houses. bar none. what a great sound he had back then . i could go on and on but i wont because just listening tells everything to know.

Excelente video, hace un par de años vi un concierto de Sting en vivo y la voz no a cambiado casi nada

Horn section is great!!!!

Phenomenal band... Sting-An inspiration till today and an Amazing talent ... Copeland- From another galaxy.. Andy- Same as the other two - from another planet ...

Saw them in 82 in Greensboro nc and it was the best concert I ever saw.

I am so gutted that I didn't know about this gig at the time. I was 11, the Police were my favourite band, and I lived about 10 miles away from the gig. I should have been there!! Arghhhh.... Wish I could send a message back to my young self.

Love this .... energetic Sting !!!

I need yall to listen to Bed's Too Big from 25:45.🔥🔥🔥Stings expression on the vocals, Stewarts tick tock, poppin and Andy's seedy odyssey on that break! Make you dance like a Fela dancer. WHAT?!!

Great ! thanks for sharing, i love to see such concerts ...

Wow! So 1982, parachute pants and tube socks -LOL! I forgot how good they were back then though and how much energy they had! I love the horns, Sting had the it all going on and his arrangements were awesome! It really took me back -good stuff! doo doo doo daa daa daa! HAHAHAHA!!! Love it...