Difference between revisions of "1977-10-18"
(New page: <!-- ABOUT THIS TEMPLATE This is a very basic template to use for articles about events in Police history. You can add header sections and images as you feel necessary in order to properly...) |
|||
| (2 intermediate revisions by the same user not shown) | |||
| Line 2: | Line 2: | ||
This is a very basic template to use for articles about events in Police history. You can add header sections and images as you feel necessary in order to properly illustrate the event. For actual performances, please use [[Template:Performance]] instead. Event articles should be named in the YYYY-MM-DD format to be properly registered in the timeline calendars. | This is a very basic template to use for articles about events in Police history. You can add header sections and images as you feel necessary in order to properly illustrate the event. For actual performances, please use [[Template:Performance]] instead. Event articles should be named in the YYYY-MM-DD format to be properly registered in the timeline calendars. | ||
--> | --> | ||
| + | |||
| + | [[1977-10-17 | <== previous entry]] | ||
{| border=1 align=right cellpadding=4 cellspacing=0 width=300 style="margin: 0 0 1em 1em; background: #E6E6E6; border: solid 2px #FF0000; border-spacing: 2; padding:5px; margin-top:10px; font-size: 100%;" | {| border=1 align=right cellpadding=4 cellspacing=0 width=300 style="margin: 0 0 1em 1em; background: #E6E6E6; border: solid 2px #FF0000; border-spacing: 2; padding:5px; margin-top:10px; font-size: 100%;" | ||
| Line 18: | Line 20: | ||
|} | |} | ||
| − | [[The Police]] and [[Wayne County & The Electric Chairs]] | + | [[The Police]] and [[Wayne County & The Electric Chairs]] drive to Paris, France. [[The Police]] stay at the Hotel du Havre at Rue d'Amsterdam, close to the Gare Saint-Lazare. |
| + | |||
| + | Information from a [[Phil Sutcliffe]] article: | ||
| + | |||
| + | "When [[The Police]] arrived in Paris they checked into a flea-ridden hotel behind the Gare Saint-Lazare. In the foyer, [[Sting (person) | Sting]] noticed a poster for a Comédie Française production of Cyrano de Bergerac.... Later [[Sting (person) | Sting]] passed an alley full of prostitutes, some quite young. In his hotel room at night he combined these impressions to: "[[Roxanne]], you don't have to put on the red light..." | ||
| + | |||
| + | (The Pigalle red light district is not far from their hotel...) | ||
=See also= | =See also= | ||
| Line 27: | Line 35: | ||
=References= | =References= | ||
| − | sources: [[Stewart Copeland]]'s diaries | + | sources: [[Stewart Copeland]]'s diaries, [[Phil Sutcliffe]] article |
| + | |||
| + | |||
| + | [[1977-10-19 | next entry ==>]] | ||
[[Category:1977]] | [[Category:1977]] | ||
Latest revision as of 00:42, 18 October 2021
| The Police travel Paris | |
|---|---|
| Date: | 1977-10-18 |
| Location: | Paris, France |
| Attendees: | The Police, Wayne County & The Electric Chairs |
The Police and Wayne County & The Electric Chairs drive to Paris, France. The Police stay at the Hotel du Havre at Rue d'Amsterdam, close to the Gare Saint-Lazare.
Information from a Phil Sutcliffe article:
"When The Police arrived in Paris they checked into a flea-ridden hotel behind the Gare Saint-Lazare. In the foyer, Sting noticed a poster for a Comédie Française production of Cyrano de Bergerac.... Later Sting passed an alley full of prostitutes, some quite young. In his hotel room at night he combined these impressions to: "Roxanne, you don't have to put on the red light..."
(The Pigalle red light district is not far from their hotel...)
See also
This section needs more information.
External links
This section needs more information.
References
sources: Stewart Copeland's diaries, Phil Sutcliffe article
