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"That song was going to be thrown out. Sting and Stewart could not agree on how the bass and drums were going to go... It was crap until I played on it": The story behind Every Breath You Take

"Come on, do you have to kick the shit out of one another?" - The making of one of the biggest hit songs ever made, in the words of The Police and producer Hugh Padgham

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"I was terrible to work with, I was unsympathetic, aggressive, mean, selfish, egotistical." The Police were never friends, so Sting discovering coke circa Ghost In The Machine was always going to end badly

Ghost In The Machine may have made The Police superstars, but it marked the beginning of the end for the group

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“We weren’t even talking for a while. Creatively it was just a mess. I didn’t like the scene we were part of and I wanted away from it all”: Where Primus went in 2000 and how they came back

Les Claypool brought his main band to London ahead of Green Naugahyde’s launch and revealed the tribulations he’d undergone in the 14 years since his previous visit

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“It continues to be bittersweet. Part of me is like, 'I wish there wasn’t a reason for me to be the drummer in the Foo Fighters.’” Josh Freese on getting the call from Dave Grohl to take over from Taylor Hawkins

Plus, 5 other things we learned from the session ace’s interview with Rick Beato

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"That guitar chord Andy came up with was just mind-blowing”: How The Police taught the ultimate lesson of less-is-more on Walking On The Moon… but reportedly without the flanger pedal we all assumed

"It wasn’t really the sort of music that benefited from additional players, it was a locked unit with the brilliant interplay between the three of us"

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“I fell in love with Highway To Hell when I heard it in my dad’s pick-up truck. Bon Scott had a cheek to him”: pop superstar Rick Astley on his love of AC/DC, Slipknot, Yes and Foo Fighters

From AC/DC’s Highway To Hell to Foo Fighters’ Everlong, these are the song Rick Astley is never gonna give up

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The 'difficult' Police hit based on a 1980 Casiotone synth preset: "The first song written by AI," reckons Stewart Copeland

"Those little riffs that they had on them are really cool"

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Stewart Copeland announces UK dates for his "most intimate tour to date".

Stewart Copeland's Have I Said Too Much? – The Police, Hollywood, and other Adventures tours the UK in October and November

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"I'd have to go up on stage alone, playing that guitar riff, and the others would join in. It was pretty nerve-racking": The story of Message In A Bottle by The Police

As with all of The Police’s hits, Sting is listed solely as the song’s author, but according to Andy Summers, he and Stewart Copeland helped shape the final track

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“Things had been good – now there were arguments. At the last gig, Andy and I argued about an amplifier and who would use it”: Original The Police guitarist Henry Padovani explains why he was ousted in favor of Andy Summers – but didn’t mind being fired

The founding French-born guitarist had a punkier attitude to his playing that jarred with Summers, but he remained friends with at least two members of the band – and may have even inspired their late-noughties reunion tour

Guitar World

"Don’t tell him I said this, but Sting is a genius": Stewart Copeland on the hateful tensions within The Police, and the therapy which allowed them to stage their hugely-profitable reunion tour

It may have taken over four decades, but Stewart Copeland has a new-found respect for his former Police colleague Sting

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Stewart Copeland names Joey Jordison as one of the best drummers he’s ever seen play live, shares his opinion on Ringo Starr

The Police drummer also chooses his most difficult Police song, offers tuning advice and explains why he plays traditional grip

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"That little bastard had chops!" The Police's Stewart Copeland explains why Slipknot's Joey Jordison was one of the greatest drummers of his generation

The Police drummer Stewart Copeland pays tribute to one of metal's greatest ever players

Metal Hammer

“The rise of a fledgling group, but a collapse of an old one… A forensic timeline of how prog turned into punk”: Stewart Copeland’s Police Diaries

Memoir offers eyewitness view as Curved Air and Soft Machine members lived through a changing of the musical guard

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Want to live in Stewart Copeland’s $6 million house? It’ll cost you $25,000 a month

The Police legend’s Montecito home is up for rent

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“The media built up this mutual hatred between prog and punk, but really I don’t think it existed”: Sonja Kristina on Curved Air’s impact - and the time she nearly quit

Singer became a sex symbol and inspired Kate Bush and Siouxsie Sioux... but she also pretended to sleep to avoid interaction at parties

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Every Breath You Take at 40: the story behind the song - "It was crap until I played on it"

"Come on, do you have to kick the shit out of one another?" - The making of one of the biggest hit songs ever made, in the words of The Police and producer Hugh Padgham

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"Wild adventures and wise ruminations": Stewart Copeland on his upcoming Police Diaries

Stewart Copeland will publish The Police Diaries this Autumn, telling the story of the band's first three years

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Andy Summers on The Police: "We could have gone on and played for years"

The unfeasibly young-looking 80-year-old Andy Summers talks about conquering the world in The Police, the reunion, his long-time passion for photography, and much more

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Jason Bonham has found tapes that could contain unreleased Led Zeppelin mixes, but he hasn't played them yet

"Let’s find out if we’ve got anything that hasn’t even been released yet." The drummer also revealed that he and John Bonham shared a love for The Police and Stewart Copeland

The Orange County Register

Stewart Copeland breaks down The Police in a new book and orchestral live show

ANAHEIM, Calif. — As he sifted through the hours and hours of Super 8 footage for the 2006 rockumentary, “Everyone Stares: The Police Inside Out,” The Police drummer Stewart Copeland knew he needed familiar music from the band to go along with the film.

The Independent UK

Indian music composer Ricky Kej wins Grammy for ‘Divine Tides’

US-born musician won Grammy in Best New Age Album category for the same album last year

Daily Mirror

Beyoncé makes history and BEATS Adele while Harry Styles wins big - Full list of winners

Adele, Beyoncé, Lizzo and Harry Styles were among the big winners at this year's Grammy Awards at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles

The Independent UK

Taylor Hawkins tribute concert: All surviving members of Nirvana to play at UK and US shows

Concerts are taking place in London and Los Angeles in September

The Hindu

Bengaluru-based Ricky Kej wins his second Grammy award

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