2009 is approaching fast and so it’s time to look back at 2008. Here we’ll see the high and lowlights of Spring, with a selection of stories we covered between April and June.
April
The month started, as it always does, with April Fool’s Day, and while Brit Music Scene didn’t hoodwink its readers, YouTube did. I detailed the prank in a post entitled The Day Rick Astley Ruled The World.
I shared my Soundtrack For A Day in the middle of the month, and was joined by other b5 Music bloggers. Meanwhile, Boyzone announced their reunion shows, an event I was ecstatic …read more

The Police have topped the Forbes Magazine poll to find the highest-earning musicians of 2008. The British rockers beat the likes of Beyonce Knowles and Madonna to come first in the list. Only one other British act featured in the top ten, with Genesis making it to number nine.
The Police managed to rack up income of $115 million over the past year, mainly down to the incredibly successful reunion tour which drew sell out crowds around the world and raked in $84.9 million. That’s an incredible $28.3 million each earned by each member of the group for a year’s work.

We knew it was going to happen, but now that it has, it’s kind of sad. The Police announced back in May that their last date on this current tour was going to be their final gig ever, and so it has come to pass. They played Madison Square Gardens last night, and that it is, it’s all over folks… maybe.

The Police originally split up rather acrimoniously in 1984 after the three of them got sick of arguing with each other. Tensions were said to be so bad that towards the end they hardly spoke. But last year saw the …read more

The Police reunited last summer after years of not playing together, or even being civil to one another. This was after they acrimoniously split in 1984 due to arguments. And now they’re doing it again – no not arguing (as far as we know) but splitting up for the second and final time.

They are currently on the last part of their huge reunion world tour, which has already seen them play in front of 2.5 million people over five continents. The majority of this final leg of the tour will take place across North America, with the occasional jaunt back …read more

So much for Sting’s green credentials.. his band The Police have been named as “the dirtiest band in the world” in a survey of live acts by NME magazine.
The Police, who reformed last year after years in the wilderness, topped the poll to find the bands with the best and worst records of eco-friendliness.

Their current world tour was the reason behind the large carbon footprint, which was responsible for them being the leaders of the poll to find the worst offenders for environmental pollution.
At the other end of the scale were Radiohead, who were named as the greenest band …read more

The Police were the group who had the highest earning North American tour of 2007, beating Kenny Chesney, Justin Timberlake, and Celine Dion by quite a margin.
The newly reformed rock legends played a gigantic tour comprising 54 dates all across the USA, and were rewarded by selling out every show, as fans turned up in huge numbers for the highly anticipated shows.

The only other British band to make it in to the top ten were Genesis, who made it to number 8. The list does however see a few reformed acts dominating, with Van Halen making it in to fifth.

The Police are currently on a huge comeback World tour, where they have sold out every where they have been scheduled to play, and don’t seem to have lost any of the magic.
Now they may be about to test their fanbase and ability to work together by releasing an album of new material.
The Police broke up in 1984 after the workload and constant touring meant the band all ended up hating each other.