I can’t complain a bit. Well, no “Peanuts”, but other than that…it’s a flawless set. And according to the veritable stable of credibility, the USA Today, the band made a no frills comeback: “Sting, Stewart Copeland and Andy Summers made their reunion a tribute to the muscular but intricate minimalism on which their chemistry was founded.” Billboard tells a slightly altered story: “Playing loud and loose like they had never been away.” Loud and loose versus intricate minimalism. All of it sounds good to me.

The setlist:

Message in A Bottle

Synchronicity II

Don’t Stand So Close To Me

Voices Inside My Head/When the World Is Running Down, You Make the Best of What’s Still Around

Spirits in the Material World

Driven to Tears

Walking on the Moon

Truth Hits Everybody

Wrapped around Your Finger

The Bed’s Too Big Without You

Murder By Numbers

De Do Do Do De Da Da Da

Invisible Sun

Walking in Your Footsteps

Can’t Stand Losing You

Roxanne

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King Of Pain

So Lonely

Every Breath You Take

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Next To You