1977-1978 Pre-Outlandos performances

In 1977 and 1978, the newly formed Police played a variety of gigs in a variety of locations under a variety of circumstances.

Introduction

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Tour personnel

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Touring musicians and bandmembers

• Sting — lead vocals, bass
• Stewart Copeland — drums
• Henry Padovani — guitar, 1977-03-01 — 1977-08-05
• Andy Summers — guitar, 1977-07-25 onward

Road crew and technicians

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Production crew

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Support act(s)

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Timeline

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Summary of The Police performance dates

Disputed, canceled, and otherwise atypical dates marked with an asterisk (*). Further information contained in the Notes column.

Date	Venue	Location	Headline Act	Notes
1977-03-01	Alexander's	Newport, Wales, UK	Cherry Vanilla	This is The Police's first public performance. Sting and Stewart Copeland also played as part of Cherry Vanilla's band
1977-03-03	The Roxy Club	London, England, UK	Cherry Vanilla	Sting and Stewart Copeland also played as part of Cherry Vanilla's band
1977-03-04	Nag's Head	High Wycombe, England, UK	Cherry Vanilla	Sting and Stewart Copeland also played as part of Cherry Vanilla's band
1977-03-06	The Nashville Room	London, England, UK	Cherry Vanilla	Sting and Stewart Copeland also played as part of Cherry Vanilla's band
1977-03-09	Lion Hotel	Warrington, England, UK	Cherry Vanilla	Sting and Stewart Copeland also played as part of Cherry Vanilla's band
1977-03-10	Eric's	Liverpool, England, UK	Johnny Thunders & The Heartbreakers	Sting and Stewart Copeland also played as part of Cherry Vanilla's band
1977-03-11	Birmingham University	Birmingham, England, UK	Johnny Thunders & The Heartbreakers	Sting and Stewart Copeland also played as part of Cherry Vanilla's band
1977-03-12	Rock Garden	Middlesborough, England, UK	Johnny Thunders & The Heartbreakers	Sting and Stewart Copeland also played as part of Cherry Vanilla's band
1977-03-13*	Leeds Polytechnic	Leeds, England, UK	Johnny Thunders & The Heartbreakers	cancelled
1977-03-15	Dingwalls	London, England, UK	Cherry Vanilla	Sting and Stewart Copeland also played as part of Cherry Vanilla's band
1977-03-16*	West Runton Pavilion	West Runton (near Cromer), England, UK	Cherry Vanilla	cancelled
1977-03-17*	Chancellor Hall	Chelmsford, England, UK	Cherry Vanilla	cancelled
1977-03-19	De Kienstobbe	Tweede Exloërmond, The Netherlands	Wayne County & The Electric Chairs
1977-03-20	Huize Maas	Groningen, The Netherlands	Wayne County & The Electric Chairs
1977-03-21	AOR	Eindhoven, The Netherlands	Wayne County & The Electric Chairs	---
1977-03-23	Exit	Rotterdam, The Netherlands	Wayne County & The Electric Chairs
1977-03-24	Diogenes	Nijmegen, The Netherlands	Wayne County & The Electric Chairs	the Diogenes show was originally scheduled for 1977-03-22
1977-03-25	Paradiso	Amsterdam, The Netherlands	Johnny Thunders & The Heartbreakers
1977-03-26	De Effenaar	Eindhoven, The Netherlands	Wayne County & The Electric Chairs	cancelled
1977-03-27	Mafcentrum	Maasbree, The Netherlands	Wayne County & The Electric Chairs
1977-03-28	Palais des Glaces	Paris, France	Wayne County & The Electric Chairs
1977-04-03	The Nashville Room	London, England, UK	Cherry Vanilla	Sting and Stewart Copeland also played as part of Cherry Vanilla's band
1977-04-05	Barbarella's	Birmingham, England, UK	Cherry Vanilla	Sting and Stewart Copeland also played as part of Cherry Vanilla's band
1977-04-06	Woods Centre	Plymouth, England, UK	Cherry Vanilla	Sting and Stewart Copeland also played as part of Cherry Vanilla's band
1977-04-07	The Garden	Penzance, England, UK	Cherry Vanilla	Sting and Stewart Copeland also played as part of Cherry Vanilla's band
1977-04-09	Tow Bar Inn	Egremont, England, UK	Cherry Vanilla	Sting and Stewart Copeland also played as part of Cherry Vanilla's band
1977-04-11	Top Of The World	Stafford, England, UK	Cherry Vanilla	Sting and Stewart Copeland also played as part of Cherry Vanilla's band
1977-04-12*	Tiffany's	Shrewsbury, England, UK	Cherry Vanilla	cancelled
1977-04-15*	Lafayette	Wolverhampton, England, UK	Cherry Vanilla	cancelled
1977-04-18*	Rascal's Club	Chester, England, UK	Cherry Vanilla	cancelled
1977-04-22*	Penthouse	Scarborough, England, UK	Cherry Vanilla	cancelled
1977-04-23*	Rock Garden	Middlesborough, England, UK	Cherry Vanilla	cancelled
1977-04-24*	Maxims	Barrow-in-Furness, England, UK	Cherry Vanilla	cancelled
1977-04-27	Affair	Swindon, England, UK	Cherry Vanilla	Sting and Stewart Copeland also played as part of Cherry Vanilla's band
1977-04-28	Rebecca's	Birmingham, England, UK	Cherry Vanilla	Sting and Stewart Copeland also played as part of Cherry Vanilla's band
1977-04-29	Apollo Theatre	Glasgow, Scotland, UK	Cherry Vanilla	Sting and Stewart Copeland also played as part of Cherry Vanilla's band
1977-04-30	JB's Club	Dudley, England, UK	Cherry Vanilla	Sting and Stewart Copeland also played as part of Cherry Vanilla's band
1977-05-02*	The Roxy Club	London, England, UK	Cherry Vanilla	cancelled
1977-05-04	Lafayette	Wolverhampton, England, UK	Cherry Vanilla	Sting and Stewart Copeland also played as part of Cherry Vanilla's band
1977-05-06	Newcastle Polytechnic	Newcastle, England, UK	Cherry Vanilla	Sting and Stewart Copeland also played as part of Cherry Vanilla's band
1977-05-07	Howard Mallet Club	Cambridge, England, UK	Cherry Vanilla	Sting and Stewart Copeland also played as part of Cherry Vanilla's band
1977-05-12	Gibus	Paris, France	Cherry Vanilla	Sting and Stewart Copeland also played as part of Cherry Vanilla's band
1977-05-13	Gibus	Paris, France	Cherry Vanilla	Sting and Stewart Copeland also played as part of Cherry Vanilla's band
1977-05-25	Marquee	London, England, UK	Wayne County & The Electric Chairs
1977-05-29	Parc des Expositions	Colmar, France	Dr. Feelgood
1977-05-31	Railway Hotel	London, England, UK	The Police	This is The Police's first headlining gig.
1977-06-09	Music Machine	London, England, UK	The Police
1977-06-10*	The Roxy Club	London, England, UK	The Police	cancelled
1977-06-17	The Roxy Club	London, England, UK	The Police
1977-06-24	Marquee	London, England, UK	The Police	Henry Padovani played guitar for this concert; Andy Summers joined the band for the encore.
1977-07-03	Greyhound	London, England, UK	The Police
1977-07-08	Hope & Anchor	London, England, UK	The Police
1977-07-14*	Leeds Polytechnic	Leeds, England, UK	The Police	Tour date disputed
1977-07-18	Barbarella's	Birmingham, England, UK	The Police
1977-07-25	Music Machine	London, England, UK	The Police	This is the first of two full concerts in which The Police played as a foursome with both Henry Padovani and Andy Summers on guitar. This is Andy's first full Police performance.
1977-08-05	Arènes de Mont-de-Marsan	Mont-de-Marsan, France		This is the second of two full concerts in which The Police played as a foursome with both Henry Padovani and Andy Summers on guitar. This is Henry's last Police performance.
1977-08-06*	Red Cow	London, England, UK	The Police	cancelled
1977-08-18	Rebecca's	Birmingham, England, UK	The Police	This is the first Police concert with the final lineup of Sting, Andy Summers, and Stewart Copeland.
1977-08-20*	punk festival	Droitwich, England, UK		cancelled
1977-09-02	Penthouse	Scarborough, England, UK	The Police
1977-09-09*	Eric's	Liverpool, England, UK	The Police	cancelled
1977-09-26*	Cavern	Exeter, England, UK	The Police	cancelled
1977-09-27*	Woods Centre	Plymouth, England, UK	The Police	cancelled
1977-09-28*	Gatsby's	Torquay, England, UK	The Police	cancelled
1977-09-29*	Chequers Club	Barnstaple, England, UK	The Police	cancelled
1977-10-15*	Exit	Rotterdam, The Netherlands	Wayne County & The Electric Chairs	cancelled
1977-10-16	Mafcentrum	Maasbree, The Netherlands	The Damned
1977-10-17	Melkweg	Amsterdam, The Netherlands	The Damned
1977-10-20	Nashville	Paris, France	Wayne County & The Electric Chairs
1977-10-21*	Nashville	Paris, France	Wayne County & The Electric Chairs	cancelled
1977-10-23*	Palais d'Hiver	Lyon, France	Wayne County & The Electric Chairs	cancelled
1977-10-28	place between Barerstraße / Gabelsberger Straße / Türkenstraße	Munich, Germany	Eberhard Schoener	2 shows - Andy Summers, Sting, and Stewart Copeland also played as part of Eberhard Schoener's band
1977-10-29 - two shows	place between Barerstraße / Gabelsberger Straße / Türkenstraße	Munich, Germany	Eberhard Schoener	2 shows - Andy Summers, Sting, and Stewart Copeland also played as part of Eberhard Schoener's band
1977-10-30 - two shows	place between Barerstraße / Gabelsberger Straße / Türkenstraße	Munich, Germany	Eberhard Schoener	2 shows - Andy Summers, Sting, and Stewart Copeland also played as part of Eberhard Schoener's band
1977-10-31	place between Barerstraße / Gabelsberger Straße / Türkenstraße	Munich, Germany	Eberhard Schoener	Andy Summers, Sting, and Stewart Copeland also played as part of Eberhard Schoener's band
1977-11-01	place between Barerstraße / Gabelsberger Straße / Türkenstraße	Munich, Germany	Eberhard Schoener	Andy Summers, Sting, and Stewart Copeland also played as part of Eberhard Schoener's band
1977-11-02	place between Barerstraße / Gabelsberger Straße / Türkenstraße	Munich, Germany	Eberhard Schoener	Andy Summers, Sting, and Stewart Copeland also played as part of Eberhard Schoener's band
1977-11-03	place between Barerstraße / Gabelsberger Straße / Türkenstraße	Munich, Germany	Eberhard Schoener	Andy Summers, Sting, and Stewart Copeland also played as part of Eberhard Schoener's band4
1978-01-12*	Rock Garden	London, England, UK	The Police	cancelled
1978-01-22	Marquee	London, England, UK	The Police
1978-01-30*	Vortex	London, England, UK	The Police	cancelled
1978-01-31*	Vortex	London, England, UK	The Police	cancelled
1978-02-09	Hope & Anchor	London, England, UK	The Police
1978-02-18	Red Cow	London, England, UK	The Police
1978-02-23	Hope & Anchor	London, England, UK	The Police
1978-03-04	Rochester Castle	London, England, UK	The Police
1978-03-10	Essex University	Colchester, England, UK	Spirit
1978-03-11	Rainbow Theatre	London, England, UK	Spirit
1978-03-12	Locarno	Bristol, England, UK	Spirit
1978-04-18	The Nashville Room	London, England, UK	The Police
1978-04-23	Roundhouse	London, England, UK	Steel Pulse
1978-05-13	Alte Ziegelei	Göttingen, Germany	Eberhard Schoener	Andy Summers, Sting, and Stewart Copeland also played as part of Eberhard Schoener's band
1978-05-14	Alte Ziegelei	Göttingen, Germany	Eberhard Schoener	Andy Summers, Sting, and Stewart Copeland also played as part of Eberhard Schoener's band
1978-05-19	Audimax	Bochum, Germany	Eberhard Schoener	Andy Summers, Sting, and Stewart Copeland also played as part of Eberhard Schoener's band
1978-05-20	Sartory	Cologne, Germany	Eberhard Schoener	Andy Summers, Sting, and Stewart Copeland also played as part of Eberhard Schoener's band
1978-05-21	Kongreßhalle	Böblingen, Germany	Eberhard Schoener	Andy Summers, Sting, and Stewart Copeland also played as part of Eberhard Schoener's band
1978-05-22	Kongreßhalle	Böblingen, Germany	Eberhard Schoener	Andy Summers, Sting, and Stewart Copeland also played as part of Eberhard Schoener's band
1978-05-23	Stadthalle	Offenbach, Germany	Eberhard Schoener	Andy Summers, Sting, and Stewart Copeland also played as part of Eberhard Schoener's band
1978-05-24	Zirkus Krone	Munich, Germany	Eberhard Schoener	Andy Summers, Sting, and Stewart Copeland also played as part of Eberhard Schoener's band
1978-05-25	Zirkus Krone	Munich, Germany	Eberhard Schoener	Andy Summers, Sting, and Stewart Copeland also played as part of Eberhard Schoener's band
1978-05-26	Philipshalle	Düsseldorf, Germany	Eberhard Schoener	Andy Summers, Sting, and Stewart Copeland also played as part of Eberhard Schoener's band
1978-05-27	Philipshalle	Düsseldorf, Germany	Eberhard Schoener	Andy Summers, Sting, and Stewart Copeland also played as part of Eberhard Schoener's band
1978-06-23*	Rochester Castle	London, England, UK	The Police	cancelled
1978-08-16	Torquay Town Hall	Torquay, England, UK	with Chelsea
1978-08-17	Metro Club	Plymouth, England, UK	with Chelsea
1978-09-09	Marquee	London, England, UK	The Police
1978-09-14	Rock Garden	London, England, UK	The Police
1978-09-23	Dreamland	Margate, England, UK	Chelsea
1978-10-03	The Nashville Room	London, England, UK	The Police

For performances starting with the Police's U.S. debut at CBGB's on 1978-10-20, see 1978-1979 Outlandos d'Amour Tour.

Related performance dates

In addition to their Police performances, Andy Summers, Stewart Copeland, and Sting performed together as part of other bands. These related non-Police performances in 1977 and 1978 are listed below.

Date	Venue	Location	Notes
1977-04-17	Roundhouse	London, England, UK	Sting and Stewart Copeland played as part of Cherry Vanilla's band. The Police did not play. Headline act: The Stranglers.
1977-05-28	Hippodrome	Paris, France	With Mike Howlett as Strontium 90. This was the first time Andy Summers, Stewart Copeland, and Sting performed live together.
1977-07-12	Dingwalls	London, England, UK	With Mike Howlett as The Elevators
1977-07-21	The Nashville Room	London, England, UK	With Mike Howlett as The Elevators

Quotations and trivia

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See also

• 1977-1978 The Police performances musical gear (Andy Summers)
• 1977-1978 The Police performances musical gear (Stewart Copeland)
• 1977-1978 The Police performances musical gear (Sting)
• 1978-1979 Outlandos d'Amour Tour

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References

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