Isle of Wight anchors Police '08 schedule

Reuters, Nov 28, 2007 4:00 am PST
The Police will headline the final day of the Isle of Wight Festival, to take place June 13-15 at Seaclose Park. Additional acts have yet to be announced.

The performance, which is being touted as the band's only U.K. festival appearance for 2008, will anchor a new run of dates from the re-formed rock trio. The itinerary starts January 17 in Wellington, New Zealand, and runs through June 28 in Leipzig, Germany.

The Police are touring in Mexico and will proceed to Argentina, Chile and Brazil in the coming days. A live DVD chronicling the reunion tour, which recently was named the top-grossing and top ticket-selling outing at the Billboard Touring Awards, is expected to be released in the spring via Interscope.

Here are the Police's 2008 tour dates:

January 17: Wellington, N.Z. (Westpac Stadium)

January 19: Auckland (Western Springs)

January 22: Brisbane, Australia (Suncorp Stadium)

January 24: Sydney (Telestra Stadium)

January 26: Melbourne (Cricket Ground)

January 28-29: Adelaide, Australia (Entertainment Centre)

February 1-2: Perth, Australia (Members Equity Stadium)

February 10: Osaka, Japan (Kyocera Dome)

February 13-14: Tokyo (Tokyo Dome)

February 16: Honolulu (Blaisdell Center)

June 5: Mannheim, Germany (SAP Arena)

June 8: Dusseldorf, Germany (LTU Arena)

June 11: Oslo (Valle Horvin)

June 13: Haderslev, Denmark (Landsstaevnestadion)

June 15: Newport, England (Isle of Wight Festival)

June 17-18: Manchester, England (MEN Arena)

June 28: Leipzig, Germany (Zentralstadion)

Reuters/Billboard

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