The Police in St. Louis
Before the Fourth of July holiday, our writer Andy Vihstadt caught the summer’s biggest touring band in St. Louis. Here’s his report.
Like most of the 20,000 fans who poured into the Scottrade Center on Monday night, July 2, I’d been daydreaming of seeing the Police live since the band’s performance on the Grammys earlier this year, even if it meant shelling out beaucoup bucks for a decent ticket and a road trip to St. Louis. After all, this is the hottest concert ticket of the summer. And then, after shelling out said bucks, I found myself with passes to the pre-show VIP tent thanks to a Best Buy contest I’d entered on a lark.
The Police in the Lou. More photos here.
Once we got inside the arena, we were ushered into a back room done up with Moroccan rugs, tapestries and a nice spread of free appetizers. The 30 or so contest winners in the room were buzzing about in hopes of meeting Sting, Stewart Copeland and Andy Summers in person. The Best Buy winning statement was kind of vague about this point. But hey, they’re serving mint tea and Moroccan food, Sting should just magically appear, right? Sadly, no. Instead, our consolation prize was an autograph opportunity with the openers, Fiction Plane.
