PoliceWiki:Selected anniversaries/May 23

May 23

The Police, Olaf Kübler and Eberhard Schoener backstage on 1978-05-23.

• On 1976-05-23, Andy Summers performed with Kevin Coyne at Stadttheater in Münster, Germany - and / or at the Schützenhalle in Menden, Germany.
• On 1978-05-23, The Police performed at the Stadthalle in Offenbach, Germany.
• On 1979-05-23, The Police performed at the Palms in Milwaukee, WI, USA.
• On 1981-05-23, Stewart Copeland watched a Squeeze / Sonja Kristina concert.
• On 1983-05-23, Sting flew from Heathrow airport to Mexico where he'd start filming Dune.
• On 1986-05-23, Sting appeared on the Wogan TV show.
• On 1987-05-23, Sting recorded ...Nothing Like The Sun at AIR Studios on Montserrat.
• On 1988-05-23, Sting performed at Les Arènes de Fréjus in Fréjus, France.
• On 1989-05-23, Animal Logic performed in London, England, UK (venue currently unknown).
• On 1991-05-23, Sting performed at the Arena Civica in Milan, Italy. Andy Summers continued recording World Gone Strange at Centerfield Studios in New York, NY, USA. He started recording on 1991-05-21 and would finish on 1991-06-14.
• On 1993-05-23, Sting performed at the Festival de Acapulco in Acapulco, Mexico.
• On 1996-05-23, Sting performed at Kisstadion in Budapest, Hungary.
• On 2000-05-23, Sting performed at Auditorio Euskalduna in Bilbao, Spain.
• On 2001-05-23, Sting performed at the First Union Center in Philadelphia, PA, USA.
• On 2002-05-23, Sting received the "International Achievement Award" at the 47th Ivor Novello Awards at Grosvenor House in London, England, UK. In the evening he and Trudie Styler watched Madonna's performance at the opening night of "Up For Grabs" at Wyndham's Theatre.
• On 2003-05-23, Sting and Trudie Styler attended the screening of Mystic River at the 56th Cannes film festival in Cannes, France.
• On 2004-05-23, Sting performed at the Hallenstadion in Zurich, Switzerland.
• On 2006-05-23, Ian Copeland passed away. Stewart Copeland cancelled an appearance at Seattle's film festival later this week. Sting and Trudie Styler attended a celebrity football match at the 59th Cannes film festival in Cannes, France.
• On 2007-05-23, The Police did an open air rehearsal at the North Van Dry Dock in Vancouver. Later that day Andy Summers and Stewart Copeland attended a Björk concert at Deer Lake Park.
• On 2008-05-23, The Police performed at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, NV, USA.
• On 2010-05-23, Stewart Copeland attended a classical concert in Dallas, TX, USA.

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