New York gig marks end for The Police

By Claudia Parsons NEW YORK (Reuters) - Rock trio The Police played their final concert together on Thursday and were joined by the real police -- the New York City police band. Singer and bassist Sting, drummer Stewart Copeland and guitarist Andy Summers reunited for a world tour last May and have since played 150 concerts for 3.7 million people, Sting told the crowd between songs at Madison Square Garden. "The real triumph of this tour is that we haven't strangled each other," he said, adding: "That's not to say it hasn't crossed my mind, or Stewart's, or Andy's." There were touches of the surreal in the final gig by the band that made its name in the late 1970s and 1980s with such hits as "Walking on the Moon" and "Every Breath You Take." Sting took an unusual break after the main set and before the first encore -- lying... [read full story]