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The Police lineup

In 1979 they played the Rat and the Paradise. Four years later they packed a stadium in Foxborough. On the eve of the band's reunion at Fenway this weekend, Steve Morse remembers the trio's live magic

By Steve Morse
Globe Correspondent / July 27, 2007

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When the Police played for 61,000 fans at Foxborough's Sullivan Stadium in 1983, they arrived by helicopter. Lead singer Sting described seeing that big a crowd from the air: "I was almost sick with fear." (Full article: 975 words)

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