I saw this when it was broadcast, and I even audio taped it. It’s surreal to see it now. I loved Stewart’s sort of Mid-Atlantic accent.

Having the band break up back when I was in high school was not nearly as upsetting as having "Every Breath You Take" reduced to a commercial jingle today.

I love Synchronicity... the album and the phenomenon...

This was February 9th, 1984. My favorite band and drummer of all time. (They had just played in Atlantic City the night before this. My first concert) Stewart has bags under his eyes here. At this point they had played well over 100 shows on this tour and were just flat out exhausted. We now know they absolutely loathed each other, were constantly fighting and couldn’t wait to scatter after the tour was over. Sting was already putting his new band together. Stewart was starting work on The Rumblefish soundtrack and Andy wanted to work on his photography. Kudos to Stew for putting on the team player face and hanging out with Dave. Legend.

It WAS in Poughkeepsie and it was 3 or 4 people. The place is called "The Chance". It's a GREAT place to see live bands! The Police talk about it all the time in interviews.

One of the best drummers/percussionists of all time. Of _all_ time!

This was a huge deal when Mr. Copeland was on. The Police were by far the biggest group on earth then, I had seen them at Shea Stadium about 6 months prior, and it wasn't all that common to see your rock star idols interviewed on TV. Copeland is of course a very sharp-witted, intelligent gentleman and my favorite drummer ever.

I was fortunate to see Stewart Copeland make a guest appearance at Eddie Vedder's solo performance in Los Angeles this past February and he STILL has amazing skills on the drum kit!!

We here in America never got a chance to see The Police in 1977 because they were playing every dive in Europe before they ever came over here. Finally got to see them at CBGB's in 1978 and it was a hell of a revelation. They were certainly no punk band, I knew that right from the first 5 minutes. I also knew that these guys had been playing for years and years, unlike the punk bands of the day who had barely been playing at all.

One of my top 3 drummers ever. Has a distinctive sound that you know that it’s Stewart and his one-of -a-kind set-up and his time signatures and tempo were never heard before and rarely since.

I remember Stewart announcing on MTV they were "not breaking up, we're just going on hiatus". Funny how his voice and speech have changed since this time. He's now older and wiser but still has rocket fuel for blood.

I remembered Dave calling Stewart "Mr. Multi-Billionaire Rockstar", which really kind of addressed the elephant in the room considering the band’s popularity at the time. Steve Jordan tuned his drums pretty similarly to Copeland’s, and I always read waaaaay to much into that look Stewart turned around and gave Steve after the break.

Such a classy guy.

I hope my band never breaks up. Chances are low as I don't have band. That's why we'll never breakup as we've never formed.

Love the Spinal Tap sandwich story 😄

Copeland was really thin back then. He’s actually better looking, 40 years later, and in a lot better spirits.

I remember watching this and feeling some relief that there would be another album. None of them did anything that even come close to what they accomplished together. The content of the Blue Turtles was where they were headed as a group. I like the album but it should have been The Police. What Andy and Stewart could have done with that would have been incredible.

After they broke up, he sold his body to the night.

Ha - love the Casio Calculator Watch....nothing says 1984 like that!

Aside from going all gray - Stewart Copeland looks about the same today.

Stewart is a world class drummer, I really don't think he gets the recognition he deserves. I believe Police split at the right time, it was great while it lasted.

The Police are one of the very few bands who walked away at the right time. Most bands wear out their welcome, they end up putting out dud records, and you reach a point where you wonder why they DON'T break up. BUt with The Police, they delivered five great albums, maybe another half an album of non-album tracks, and then got out. They said at the time "Oh, this is just a hiatus", and maybe that's what they were thinking in 1984, but then they never reconvened. ANd when they DID reconvene, apparently they did nothing but argue (that's what Andy said once, in 1986, they were supposed to try making a new record, but Stewart and Sting spent the entire arguing about whether they'd use Stewart's Fairlight to record the album, or Sting's Synclavier).

Stewart talks beautifully!!!

he looks so sweet

‘A long break’ -. 40 years!

The greatest American drummer of all time, playing in the best English rock band of all time. What a collaboration. The music they made will remain timeless.

Yes, they broke up - and reunited for a world tour in 2007-2008 which at the time was the third highest grossing tour. I actually got to see them live at the Meadowlands and loved the old songs (by that point) that they played.

Been looking around and besides a 4 minute 'making of' video of it on KZfaq, it looks like Copeland's film "So What" never got a proper release. I wonder if he still has it and would want to put it online.

Love Stewart Copeland. Far better talker than Sting.

Forget The Dome in Japan, The Whiskey in CA and that Shea Stadium gig. The Poughkeepsie NY show is their greatest appearance ever!

Well, actually The Police never ever officially broke up, they simply stopped working together. It became such a huge business and continued as such a huge business, that the corporation was never terminated. They actually had to close the original corporation when they reunited because it was a little to 'equal' for all members. The reunion was totally controlled by Sting and he needed that control formalized before he would do the reunion. They did not split the revenues 1/3 for each member, it was more like 1/2 for Sting and 1/4 for Stewart and Andy. Also, the cash for putting on a monster world tour was born by Sting because the other two simply didn't have the money to pull it off. So I certainly don't blame Sting for expecting the lions share of the reunion gigs. The album from the reunion were split equally between the three of them because Sting was gonna make a lot more than the others the same way he made a lot more off the other Police albums. He wrote everything so he got the writers royalties and they got squat.

Monster drummer... legend

It’s so revealing when someone speaks. Stewart… is a genius, just as Sting and Andy… but this particular interview… shows that there are struggles. Don’t expect to be a superstar… but play to your best, play as you feel the song goes. If you are playing for someone else… you are doing it wrong.

he is my favorite drummer, in hindsight i am almost surprised they lasted as long as they did. i have rarely seen a relationship that seemed as combative as Stewart and Sting, it is a shame because they were an amazing group but in honestly Sting was writing just about all of their good material and if i were in a band writing all the good stuff and i fought that much with someone else in the band i would want to leave too.

I won’t be surprised if ‘Uncle Stewart’ ends up being asked, and agreeing to step into Taylor Hawkin’s throne in the Foo Fighters, at least for a few years to get them over their recent and devastating tragedy. Hawkins and Copeland were great friends and I believe Copeland has actually played with the band on stage before as a guest. He’s not only an astonishingly good drummer, who knows all about how to be in one of the world’s biggest rock and roll bands, but he is an immensely reassuring and calming personality. I think he would be a great emotional support to Dave Grohl, who has a very difficult job of navigating the Foo Fighters into their next chapter, which I am certain he will, whilst suffering this second professional and personal bereavement (of such an enormous magnitude). And his style would fit right in. Not to mention he would surely bring a fresh perspective to any new material. I just can’t think of anybody else with the gravitas, chops, experience and motivation to fill that role. They are already a multi generational band so his being a little older wouldn’t be an issue. More like a kindly big brother really. Plus he’s easily got the required energy levels to this day. Who knows…

I met the police in Heathrow airport.london in 1979 while they were relatively unknown going to the usa on a cheap Freddy Laker budget flight to do a small tour and a video for walking on the moon ... apparently played to 4 people in Miami ...while thin Lizzy were in town playing to a sold out stadium..😳

The way sting said they hadn’t broken up gave false hope to millions. But it provided Sting with options if his solo career failed to succeed. They should have come out and confirmed it was all over

Apparently, Sting's idea of a "Long Break" was 25 years lol Truly though, The Police are one of the best bands of all time and their songs are still great.

Looks like Dave can't wait to get to the tennis court.

The Police and Van Halen breaking up for 10 year old child was akin to your parents getting a divorce.

He was talking about the show at The Shaboo at the 1:20 mark.

Kudos on the video title :-)

To be fair, it was 2007, but I'd agree with Stewart that it was a LONG break

Stewart Copeland is from the US?? What, what? What happened to my world? Who perpetrated this fact?

Stewart Armstrong Copeland 16 de julio de 1952 71 años.

This is the first time I’ve ever heard him speak.

Stew does his best Zappa.

David Michael Letterman 12 de abril de 1947 76 años.

It is starting to look like they are really breaking up.

Damn, he looks really downcast. You can tell a significant event has taken place.

ghost.... my future tat

nice Casio

They took a very looong break.

Only a 30 year break,lol

The Police are breaking up?, who's next?, The Beatles?!? 😄

And then, in 1995... THE LIVE ALBUM! 😀

Surprised that Klark Kent never came up.

Not gonna breakup and they breakup.

That is one happ'nin calculator watch

I like him. He's the only one I can.

3:20 god, he sounds like Reagan.

What happened to the hippies??? They grew up & became businessmen!!!!

❤ Stuart OnPoint David Letterman Clueless such a shame

How did sting and Andy make the songs, and stewart had to play the drums 🥁 in 25 mins given the song ,,nowonder they argued alot ,,stewart was right and sting just wanted to go solo 😊

They never actually broke up

Was this the true beginning of the “Defund the Police” conspiracy theory?🤔😵

"There's more of them". Yeah, they're multiplying too quickly for us to do anything about it!

Hey hey hey Dave and Stu doing a Freemason handshake. Am I surprised? Nah, I knew they are a part of "the Club" that George Carlin talked about.

He looks 50.

I mean, why did Stewart always have to antagonize and scrap with Sting about every miniscule thing? Seriously, Stewart will not compromise anything, he challenges Sting at every detail! It should stand as an example to the musicians out there: you have to compromise and give respect to make a band work.

How come STING isn't doing the TALKING ?

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