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highplainsdem

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Mon Jul 14, 2025, 10:45 PM Monday

The Police, on Don Kirshner's Rock Concert in 1980. 34-minute video, 7 songs [View all]

Live at the Aquarius Theater in Los Angeles. Setlist/times below the video.




From the YouTube description:

Setlist:
0:21 Roxanne
5:11 Message In A Bottle
10:10 Can't Stand Losing You
16:26 Next To You
18:33 Walking On The Moon
23:16 The Bed's Too Big Without You
29:50 Deathwish



Some more info from a Police fan website the YT description links to:

http://www.thepolicewiki.org/Police_wiki/index.php?title=1980-02-06

The show was recorded at the Aquarius Theater in Los Angeles. Jeff Seitz was new to the crew and he remembers that this happened between playing in Portland and Hawaii. As The Police flew to Hawaii on 1980-02-07 this leaves only today for this event - and possibly Sting's screen test for a Coppola movie. He also did a phone interview from A&M offices in Los Angeles for 1980-02-22 Roadrunner magazine.

Parts of The Police's concert were broadcast on May 17, 1980 - out of order:

Roxanne
Message In A Bottle
Can't Stand Losing You
Next To You
Walking On The Moon
The Bed's Too Big Without You
Deathwish

Release history
An official DVD release was in development, but never materialized.
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