The Police were a really smart band. They got out at the right time, when they
were on top of the world with the biggest album of their career, Synchronicity.
They didn't turn themselves into a shameful Behind the Music episode, and their
music is still influential and innovative today.

It's also a testimony to how well their music holds up that they're still able
to headline a stadium tour without any new tunes in over twenty years. It's
doubtful they need the money, and they don't need the glory either. But unlike a
lot of reunions that are usually shotgun marriages of convenience (The Eagles
didn't call their tour "Hell Freezes Over" for nothing), The Police have the
best shot yet of any reunited band at delivering a great tour.

Once some bands finally reunited, like Kiss and Motley Crue, they quickly
outwore their welcome. Others, like Van Halen, to the surprise of no one,
quickly imploded before playing a single gig. Velvet Revolver will reportedly be
performing in their place at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (who would have
thought a band with Scott Weiland and half of Guns N' Roses would be more
functional?!).

While they're not exactly spring chickens themselves, Sting, Andy Summers, and
Stuart Copeland, aren't broken down wrecks, and they can all still play and
perform very well. There won't be any lip synchin' here, it's just gonna be
three very talented guys making great music together. In today's age of American
Idol, and pop "artists" who are spending more time making drunken fools of
themselves in public than actually making any music, it will be a nice change of
pace.