Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. Throughout the late ‘70s and the ‘80s, The Police changed the sound ...

"We get along great as long as we're not trying to make music together," Copeland says of his former bandmate Sting.

The Police managed to hit the sweet spot between commercial success and critical love better than most bands of their era. “Message in a Bottle,” one of their earliest successes, still stands out as ...

From Outlandos d'Amour to Reggatta de Blanc to Ghost in the Machine to Synchronicity, every studio album released by The ...

There’s an old adage in showbiz that you should always leave the audience wanting more. The Police took that to an extreme when the group decided to call it a day following their most successful album ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. Sting and The Police's The Very Best Of hits a new peak at No. 89 ...

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The Police were a British rock band formed in London in 1977, consisting of Sting (Gordon Sumner) on lead vocals and bass guitar, Andy Summers on guitar, and Stewart Copeland on drums. They gained ...

The Police's Stewart Copeland opened up about the origin of the track in a interview with 'The Bob Lefsetz Podcast' Ilana Kaplan is a Staff Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2023.