Stewart Copeland is as happy as a composer and dad as he was as drummer with The Police, writes Ed Power

Pop icon Sting has revealed his children will not inherit his £180 million (€22m) fortune — and told of his fear that his riches are "albatrosses round their necks".

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Sting played the Marquee on Leeside last night, but on Sunday, he was an ‘Englishman in West Cork’ and then back up in Cork City for some ‘Murphy’s in a Bottle’.

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Sting has ruled out another reunion with The Police.

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Sting sees ghosts. The Police frontman claims to have seen the apparition of a woman, witnessed flying objects and heard strange voices at a home he once lived in with wife Trudie Styler.

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The Police took to the stage with actual police officers at their final concert after the New York City Police Band appeared onstage with the rock trio to perform.

Rocker Sting will be glad when The Police reunion tour ends in New York in August - because he hasn't been able to write any new solo material on the road.

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VETERAN performers The Police produced the biggest-selling concert tour in the US last year.

Reunited rock supergroup The Police have scored the year's top tour after making more than $210m (€145.5m) on the road in 2007.

The Police are set to follow in the footsteps of The Rolling Stones by headlining one of the UK's biggest music festivals.

Pop veterans The Police have cancelled two concerts because frontman Sting is suffering "serious voice problems".

THERE might be something inexplicably daft about more than 80,000 adults joyously cooing “De-da-da-da” in unison to Sting’s mating call of “De-do-do-do” but what is a music fan to do when challenged by the Police?

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Stewart Copeland has been relieved of his job as The Police's online blogger after poking fun at Sting in an early attempt.

Newly reunited rock band The Police are battling with each other over whether or not to record another album.

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Reformed rockers The Police brought Tennessee's Bonnaroo Festival to a standstill last Saturday night when almost every visitor to the four-day event checked out the group's show on the mainstage.

THE Police kicked off their reunion tour in Vancouver, Canada, before a sellout crowd of 20,000 — not bad for a group playing in their first stadium in more than 20 years.

The Police kicked off their reunion tour in Vancouver, Canada, before a sell-out crowd of 20,000 – not bad for a group playing their first stadium in more than 20 years.

The Police reunion is suffering "heated discussions" but guitarist Andy Summers insists they're giving the band a positive "edge".

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Former Beatle Ringo Starr has branded Sting "really boring", after The Police singer failed to impress with his performance at this year's Grammy Awards.

Reformed rockers The Police are set to say a special thanks to fans who have turned their comeback tour into the year's hottest ticket by performing a private show for devotees.