Jan. 21, 1980 review: The Police and XTC in UB's Clark Gym
The Police, having sold out Harvey & Corky's Stage One in March 1979, begin the new decade with another full house in Buffalo, this time at UB. Jan. 21, 1980 Rock-reggae Fusion Gets Stinging Display Even though it’s obviously a couple sizes too big for him, the gray jacket he wears Sunday night gives Sting (as Gordon Sumner calls himself) a certain mature hauteur as he leads the Police into a spirited charge through their first number, “All I Want Is to Get Next to You.” It’s the same attitude Sting struck as Ace, the king of the Mods, in the Who’s movie, “Quadrophenia.” He’s a man of quality. One writer observed that when Sting sings reggae, it’s not wild, natty dreadlocks reggae. Instead, it’s neat, blow-dry reggae. What’s more, not one hair is out of place. Sting’s mock-Jamaican falsetto and the rhythmic savvy of...