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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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	Guitarist	Headline Act	Notes
1977-03-01	Alexander's	Newport, Wales, UK	Henry Padovani	Cherry Vanilla	Sting and Stewart Copeland also played as part of Cherry Vanilla's band
1977-03-03	The Roxy Club	London, England, UK	Henry Padovani	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	Henry Padovani	Cherry Vanilla	Sting and Stewart Copeland also played as part of Cherry Vanilla's band
1977-03-06	The Nashville Room	London, England, UK	Henry Padovani	Cherry Vanilla	Sting and Stewart Copeland also played as part of Cherry Vanilla's band
1977-03-09	Lion Hotel	Warrington, England, UK	Henry Padovani	Cherry Vanilla	Sting and Stewart Copeland also played as part of Cherry Vanilla's band
1977-03-10	Eric's	Liverpool, England, UK	Henry Padovani	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	Henry Padovani	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	Henry Padovani	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	Henry Padovani	Johnny Thunders & The Heartbreakers	Sting and Stewart Copeland also played as part of Cherry Vanilla's band
1977-03-15	Dingwalls	London, England, UK	Henry Padovani	Cherry Vanilla	Sting and Stewart Copeland also played as part of Cherry Vanilla's band
1977-03-17	West Runton Pavilion	West Runton (near Cromer), England, UK	Henry Padovani	Cherry Vanilla	Sting and Stewart Copeland also played as part of Cherry Vanilla's band
1977-03-19	De Kienstobbe	Tweede Exloërmond, The Netherlands	Henry Padovani	Wayne County & The Electric Chairs
1977-03-20	Huize Maas	Groningen, The Netherlands	Henry Padovani	Wayne County & The Electric Chairs
1977-03-22	Diogenes	Nijmegen, The Netherlands	Henry Padovani	Wayne County & The Electric Chairs
1977-03-23	Exit	Rotterdam, The Netherlands	Henry Padovani	Wayne County & The Electric Chairs
1977-03-25	Paradiso	Amsterdam, The Netherlands	Henry Padovani	Johnny Thunders & The Heartbreakers
1977-03-26	Effenaar	Eindhoven, The Netherlands	Henry Padovani	Wayne County & The Electric Chairs
1977-03-27	Mafcentrum	Maasbree, The Netherlands	Henry Padovani	Wayne County & The Electric Chairs
1977-03-28	Palais des Glaces	Paris, France	Henry Padovani	Wayne County & The Electric Chairs
1977-04-03	The Nashville Room	London, England, UK	Henry Padovani	Cherry Vanilla	Sting and Stewart Copeland also played as part of Cherry Vanilla's band
1977-04-05	Barbarella's	Birmingham, England, UK	Henry Padovani	Cherry Vanilla	Sting and Stewart Copeland also played as part of Cherry Vanilla's band
1977-04-06	Woods Centre	Plymouth, England, UK	Henry Padovani	Cherry Vanilla	Sting and Stewart Copeland also played as part of Cherry Vanilla's band
1977-04-07	The Garden	Penzance, England, UK	Henry Padovani	Cherry Vanilla	Sting and Stewart Copeland also played as part of Cherry Vanilla's band
1977-04-09*	The Nashville Room	London, England, UK	—	Cherry Vanilla	Tour date disputed
1977-04-10*	The Nashville Room	London, England, UK	—	Cherry Vanilla	Tour date disputed
1977-04-11	Top Of The World	Stafford, England, UK	Henry Padovani	Cherry Vanilla	Sting and Stewart Copeland also played as part of Cherry Vanilla's band
1977-04-12	Tiffany's	Shrewsbury, England, UK	Henry Padovani	Cherry Vanilla	Sting and Stewart Copeland also played as part of Cherry Vanilla's band
1977-04-15	Lafayette	Wolverhampton, England, UK	Henry Padovani	Cherry Vanilla	Sting and Stewart Copeland also played as part of Cherry Vanilla's band
1977-04-18	Rascal's Club	Chester, England, UK	Henry Padovani	Cherry Vanilla	Sting and Stewart Copeland also played as part of Cherry Vanilla's band
1977-04-22	Penthouse	Scarborough, England, UK	Henry Padovani	Cherry Vanilla	Sting and Stewart Copeland also played as part of Cherry Vanilla's band
1977-04-23*	Rock Garden	Middlesborough, England, UK	—	Cherry Vanilla	Canceled
1977-04-24	Maxims	Barrow-in-Furness, England, UK	Henry Padovani	Cherry Vanilla	Sting and Stewart Copeland also played as part of Cherry Vanilla's band
1977-04-27	Affair	Swindon, England, UK	Henry Padovani	Cherry Vanilla	Sting and Stewart Copeland also played as part of Cherry Vanilla's band
1977-04-29	Apollo Theatre	Glasgow, Scotland, UK	Henry Padovani	Cherry Vanilla	Sting and Stewart Copeland also played as part of Cherry Vanilla's band
1977-04-30	JB's Club	Dudley, England, UK	Henry Padovani	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	Canceled
1977-05-05	VENUE	Wolverhampton, England, UK	Henry Padovani	Cherry Vanilla	Sting and Stewart Copeland also played as part of Cherry Vanilla's band
1977-05-06	Newcastle Polytechnic	Newcastle, England, UK	Henry Padovani	Cherry Vanilla	Sting and Stewart Copeland also played as part of Cherry Vanilla's band
1977-05-07	Howard Mallet Club	Cambridge, England, UK	Henry Padovani	Cherry Vanilla	Sting and Stewart Copeland also played as part of Cherry Vanilla's band
1977-05-12	Gibus	Paris, France	Henry Padovani	Cherry Vanilla	Sting and Stewart Copeland also played as part of Cherry Vanilla's band
1977-05-13	Gibus	Paris, France	Henry Padovani	Cherry Vanilla	Sting and Stewart Copeland also played as part of Cherry Vanilla's band
1977-05-25	Marquee	London, England, UK	Henry Padovani	Wayne County & The Electric Chairs
1977-05-29	Parc des Expositions	Colmar, France	Henry Padovani	Dr. Feelgood
1977-05-31	Railway Hotel	London, England, UK	Henry Padovani	The Police	This is The Police's first headlining gig.
1977-06-09	Music Machine	London, England, UK	Henry Padovani	The Police
1977-06-10	The Roxy Club	London, England, UK	Henry Padovani	The Police
1977-06-17	The Roxy Club	London, England, UK	Henry Padovani	The Police
1977-06-24	Marquee	London, England, UK	Henry Padovani; Andy Summers joined the band for the encore	The Police
1977-07-03	Greyhound	London, England, UK	Henry Padovani	The Police
1977-07-08	Hope & Anchor	London, England, UK	Henry Padovani	The Police
1977-07-14*	Leeds Polytechnic	Leeds, England, UK	Henry Padovani	The Police	Tour date disputed
1977-07-25	Music Machine	London, England, UK	Henry Padovani, Andy Summers	The Police
1977-08-05	Arènes de Mont-de-Marsan	Mont-de-Marsan, France	Henry Padovani, Andy Summers
1977-08-06*	Red Cow	London, England, UK	—	The Police	Canceled
1977-08-18	Rebecca's	Birmingham, England, UK	Andy Summers	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	—		Canceled
1977-09-02	Penthouse	Scarborough, England, UK	Andy Summers	The Police
1977-09-29	Chequers Club	Barnstaple, England, UK	Andy Summers	The Police
1977-10-16	Mafcentrum	Maasbree, The Netherlands	Andy Summers	Wayne County & The Electric Chairs
1977-10-17	Melkweg	Amsterdam, The Netherlands	Andy Summers	Wayne County & The Electric Chairs
1977-10-20	Nashville	Paris, France	Andy Summers	Wayne County & The Electric Chairs
1977-10-21*	Nashville	Paris, France	—	Wayne County & The Electric Chairs	Canceled
1977-10-23*	Palais d'Hiver	Lyon, France	—	Wayne County & The Electric Chairs	Canceled
1977-10-28	place between Barerstraße / Gabelsberger Straße / Türkenstraße	Munich, Germany	Andy Summers	Eberhard Schoener	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	Andy Summers	Eberhard Schoener	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	Andy Summers	Eberhard Schoener	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	Andy Summers	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	Andy Summers	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	Andy Summers	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	Andy Summers	Eberhard Schoener	Andy Summers, Sting, and Stewart Copeland also played as part of Eberhard Schoener's band
1978-01-12*	Rock Garden	London, England, UK	—	The Police	Tour date disputed
1978-01-30*	Vortex	London, England, UK	—	The Police	Tour date disputed
1978-01-31*	Vortex	London, England, UK	—	The Police	Tour date disputed
1978-02-09	Hope & Anchor	London, England, UK	Andy Summers	The Police
1978-02-18	Red Cow	London, England, UK	Andy Summers	The Police
1978-02-23	Hope & Anchor	London, England, UK	Andy Summers	The Police
1978-03-10	Essex University	Colchester, England, UK	Andy Summers	Spirit
1978-03-11	Rainbow Theatre	London, England, UK	Andy Summers	Spirit
1978-03-12	Locarno	Bristol, England, UK	Andy Summers	Spirit
1978-04-18	The Nashville Room	London, England, UK	Andy Summers	The Police
1978-04-23	Roundhouse	London, England, UK	Andy Summers	Steel Pulse
1978-05-13	Alte Ziegelei	Göttingen, Germany	Andy Summers	Eberhard Schoener	Andy Summers, Sting, and Stewart Copeland also played as part of Eberhard Schoener's band
1978-05-14	Alte Ziegelei	Göttingen, Germany	Andy Summers	Eberhard Schoener	Andy Summers, Sting, and Stewart Copeland also played as part of Eberhard Schoener's band
1978-05-19	Audimax	Bochum, Germany	Andy Summers	Eberhard Schoener	Andy Summers, Sting, and Stewart Copeland also played as part of Eberhard Schoener's band
1978-05-20	Sartory	Cologne, Germany	Andy Summers	Eberhard Schoener	Andy Summers, Sting, and Stewart Copeland also played as part of Eberhard Schoener's band
1978-05-21	Kongreßhalle	Böblingen, Germany	Andy Summers	Eberhard Schoener	Andy Summers, Sting, and Stewart Copeland also played as part of Eberhard Schoener's band
1978-05-22	Kongreßhalle	Böblingen, Germany	Andy Summers	Eberhard Schoener	Andy Summers, Sting, and Stewart Copeland also played as part of Eberhard Schoener's band
1978-05-23	Stadthalle	Offenbach, Germany	Andy Summers	Eberhard Schoener	Andy Summers, Sting, and Stewart Copeland also played as part of Eberhard Schoener's band
1978-05-24	Zirkus Krone	Munich, Germany	Andy Summers	Eberhard Schoener	Andy Summers, Sting, and Stewart Copeland also played as part of Eberhard Schoener's band
1978-05-25	Zirkus Krone	Munich, Germany	Andy Summers	Eberhard Schoener	Andy Summers, Sting, and Stewart Copeland also played as part of Eberhard Schoener's band
1978-05-26	Philipshalle	Düsseldorf, Germany	Andy Summers	Eberhard Schoener	Andy Summers, Sting, and Stewart Copeland also played as part of Eberhard Schoener's band
1978-05-27	Philipshalle	Düsseldorf, Germany	Andy Summers	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	Andy Summers	The Police
1978-08-16	Torquay Town Hall	Torquay, England, UK	Andy Summers	co-headine with Chelsea
1978-08-17	Van Dyke Club	Plymouth, England, UK	Andy Summers	co-headilne with Chelsea
1978-09-09	Marquee	London, England, UK	Andy Summers	The Police
1978-09-14	Rock Garden	London, England, UK	Andy Summers	The Police
1978-09-23	Dreamland	Margate, England, UK	Andy Summers	Chelsea
1978-10-03	The Nashville Room	London, England, UK	Andy Summers	The Police
1978-10-20	CBGB's	New York, NY, USA	Andy Summers
1978-10-21	CBGB's	New York, NY, USA	Andy Summers
1978-10-22	Grendel's Lair	Philadelphia, PA, USA	Andy Summers
1978-10-23	Last Chance Saloon	Poughkeepsie, NY, USA	Andy Summers
1978-10-24	Firebarn	Syracuse, NY, USA	Andy Summers
1978-10-25	Shaboo	Willimantic, CT, USA	Andy Summers
1978-10-26	Rat	Boston, MA, USA	Andy Summers
1978-10-27	Rat	Boston, MA, USA	Andy Summers
1978-10-28	Rat	Boston, MA, USA	Andy Summers
1978-10-29	Rat	Boston, MA, USA	Andy Summers
1978-10-31	Phase III	Swissvale, PA, USA	Andy Summers
1978-11-01	Stage One	Buffalo, NY, USA	Andy Summers
1978-11-02	Horseshoe	Toronto, ON, Canada	Andy Summers
1978-11-03	Horseshoe	Toronto, ON, Canada	Andy Summers
1978-11-05	Bookie's Club 870	Detroit, MI, USA	Andy Summers
1978-11-06	Pirate's Cove	Cleveland, OH, USA	Andy Summers
1978-11-07	Bailiwiks	Dayton, OH, USA	Andy Summers
1978-11-09	Log Cabin	Johnstown, PA, USA	Andy Summers
1978-11-10	Atlantis Club	Washington, DC, USA	Andy Summers
1978-11-11	Atlantis Club	Washington, DC, USA	Andy Summers
1978-11-13	Grendel's Lair	Philadelphia, PA, USA	Andy Summers
1978-11-14	CBGB's	New York, NY, USA	Andy Summers
1978-11-15	CBGB's	New York, NY, USA	Andy Summers
1978-11-25	Electric Ballroom	London, England, UK	Andy Summers
1978-11-28	The Limit	Sheffield, England, UK	Andy Summers
1978-12-01	Bath University	Bath, England, UK	Andy Summers
1978-12-02	Aston University	Birmingham, England, UK	Andy Summers
1978-12-03	Top Rank	Sheffield, England, UK	Andy Summers
1978-12-04	Civic Hall	Oldham, England, UK	Andy Summers
1978-12-06	Loughborough University	Loughborough, England, UK	Andy Summers
1978-12-07	Assembly Rooms	Derby, England, UK	Andy Summers
1978-12-08	Newcastle University	Newcastle, England, UK	Andy Summers
1978-12-09	Strathclyde University	Glasgow, Scotland, UK	Andy Summers
1978-12-10	St. Andrews University	St. Andrews, Scotland, UK	Andy Summers
1978-12-11	Tiffany's	Edinburgh, Scotland, UK	Andy Summers
1978-12-18	Routes	Exeter, England, UK	Andy Summers
1978-12-19	Woods Centre	Plymouth, England, UK	Andy Summers

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
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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