HITTING THE STAGE TONIGHT IN TOKYO, THE REUNITED BAND THE POLICE: LAST YEAR ALONE, THEIR TOUR PULLED IN $171 MILLION DOLLARS, MAKING IT ONE OF THE TOP 15 MONEY-MAKING TOURS OF ALL TIME
-- AND THEY'RE A LONG WAY FROM DONE -- THEY DON'T FINISH TIL THE 4th OF JULY -- WITH THE KIND OF MONEY THEY'RE MAKING, FANS WERE DISAPPOINTED WHEN ANDY SUMMERS ANNOUNCED THAT THEY WOULD NOT BE GOING BACK IN THE STUDIO AND RECORDING A NEW CD -- ACCORDING TO SUMMERS "WE ONLY WORK FOR THE TOUR, WE WANT JUST THE OLD SONGS TO BE GOOD. WE DON'T WORK ON NEW ONES" -- THE PROBLEM, OF COURSE, IS THE OUT-AND-OUT HATRED THAT DRUMMER STUART COPELAND STILL HAS FOR STING -- IF YOU THINK HE'S MELLOWED OVER THE YEARS, YOU'RE MISTAKEN.
