Stewart Copeland was asked in an interview, ‘how do you get that drum sound?’ He answered “ I hit them fucking hard”. Yep

How would you feel being as talented as Sting and Andy and yet everyone talking about the drummer. 😊

Copeland has the energy and passion of two drummers, a percussionist and a marathon runner all in one!

All 3 guys are great musicians, just brilliant.

No other guitarist sounds like Andy ! Unique player in every aspect !!!

I think Stewart Copeland moved more in 3 minutes than I have all year.

God bless Stewart Copeland

The technical excellence that these guys show is incredible. PLUS Sting's songwriting, stage presence, and vocals.....what a studly group.

Yeah Copeland is great but not enough love for Andy Summers, those flange/chorus driven arpeggiated riffs are legend and formed part of the identity of 80s pop/rock music.

So nice to watch/hear Andy rip into solos !!!

Stewart Copeland takes drumming to another level where he is in a class all by himself - Gods gift to drumming is Stewart Copeland - period.

I'm convinced stewart Copeland thinks his drums owe him money.

How good is Stewart Copeland on the drums - those hat patterns... just incredible.

I've been on a Police bender for the last few days and I swear that 75% of all the comments are about how badass Stewart Copeland is, lol.

My girlfriend told back in 1984 that the drummer for the Police played off beat and was really good. Smart chick.

Summers is a beast, he's the glue that holds the melody.

One of the greatest bands ever, the definition of musical chemistry, a perfect union.

Three POWERFUL musicians.......I will NEVER forget a 1981 New Years Eve party, we were all pretty depressed about Lennon's murder, when someone put Zenyatta Mondata on the turntable and KNEW I had to save up money for that album!!!!

holy crap that drumming. Copeland truly one of the all time greats.

As a drummer, Stewart Copeland style of playing is the hardest to follow. He is just amazing!

First things first: I absolutely adore Stewart Copeland's drumming. Have done so through all the decades that I've known The Police. But whenever I look at the comments section of basically every single Police video here on KZfaq I get the feeling that the majority of people are almost compulsively heaping praise on the man. And rightly so, that fella deserves the praise, don't get me wrong.. But so many people are very often ignoring Sting's and Summers' contribution to the band. I mean, think of Sting whatever you want but he wrote almost all of the songs they ever recorded (and I absolutely love Stewart's songs, especially on Reggatta), his bass lines are essential to the songs and his voice is, well, the voice of The Police. Without the amazing soundscapes Andy Summers created with his guitar, The Police wouldn't have been The Police. Not as we know and love them. Between the three of them they made this band, egos clashing and all. True, Copeland formed the band and had the good sense to get that bass playing and singing fella from Newcastle involved in it. So there's that. But once again: it was the three of them that created the inimitable energy and creative force that was The Police. Take one single guy out of the equation and you're left with nothing. At least not with The Police. Appreciate the contribution of each of them. Only together they were The Police. Only together they were one.

What a band, what a DRUMMER....Stewart Copeland = god with a drumkit

Stewart to the rest of the band "naw, you guys go ahead with the guru outfits, I'm good with what I have on" 35 years later it proved to be a good choice.

Stewart Copeland. On the ragged edge of control. Amazing and terrifying at the same time!

Copeland does NOT get the full recognition that he has earned. Incredibly underrated artist. Blessings! 🙏🏾

anyone who tries to say that Copeland isn't one of the greatest drummers ever to walk on this planet needs their head looking at

I'm 54, divorced 8 years ago and live by myself. Found myself sparking a nice J a few weeks back, blaring this from my rig, and dancing up a storm. Closed my eyes at times, and STG I was back then... My god what a great night it was, and what a great decade to be young.

Copeland in his prime was like TNT with drum sticks attached

I saw Copeland sitting behind a huge kit in Curved Air in 75 - just a fantastic drummer.

5:28, that special moment when you realize the whole stadium knows the words to your song. Sting could feel it there, he just let the crowd sing it, such an amazing moment.

Stewart proves that you don't need to be a soloist to be a monster. that you don't need to turn your sticks into batons to be a legend. He remains one of my greatest influences because of the melodic, powerful, insistent playing that were as much of the sound of the Police as Sting's voice or Andy's guitar. And P.S. I was at this show!! :)

No one has a better sounding snare than Copeland...no one

This trio is one life's beautiful gifts.

This is the best live performance of Message in a bottle I've ever heard. I remember watching it live on TV. Being a huge Police fan it was great seeing them perform live again after "breaking up".

One of the best bands ever. Steve Copeland is really a badass... Incredible the amount of good energy he taakes out from his drum playing.... Totally incredible. I love them. Sting is definitely one of my favorite singers ever.

It does not get any better than this.

The police: a great band, rough, raw, and ready! They're one of the best!

This band was a breath of fresh air when they came out, a new shot of energy. As a guitarist I was captivated by Andy's ethereal guitar sounds. I think he bought that Telecaster from one of his students for $350 when he was giving lessons in California. He was very poor at the time and could barely afford it.

RUSH and THE POLICE both ask the question to young musicians: WHERE’S THE BEAT?! My two favorite groups all time especially Neil Peart and Stewart Copeland!!!

I love their Giants stadium performance. I was there and 16 years old! I could watch this FOREVER…it is the BEST - my ultimate fan-out performance here though is Roxanne…the END with STING just rocks me to my core! GOOSE BUMPS!…and the jump at the end! Oh how I miss them together! ❤️

Too young to be at this concert, but did get to see their next concert at Giants Stadium...August 5, 2007. And they opened with....Message In A Bottle!! Awesome show.

Wow ! Stewart Copeland the best drummer. Amazing!

No cell phones. No selfies. No GPS. No Google. No Autotune. YET, MUSICALLY, THE BEST OF TIMES.

What an incredibly talented band !! Each guy brings something unique , no weak link .

A golden age of musical talent....when I look around for good new music in the 2020s there is absolutely none as great as this whatsoever.

That version of Roxanne actually gave me the chills. That song showcases Sting's wonderful vocal abilities as good or better than any other song he's ever done 💯💕

wow a singer that actually sings, no autotune, no singing to tape. i wish more artists today would try that

I love the police. recognisable, always. the drums, bass, voice, lyrics, melodies, rhythm...pure art.

My first concert was The Police Joe Louis Arena in Detroit. Stewart is my favorite drummer ever.

Love these guys . Takes me back to a simpler time

Stewart Copeland is like a machine, but a human machine

Nov 2021 - This is like opening an awesome time capsule. We're all thrilled *and relieved* to find the song writing and musicianship still holds up. 😊🙏

A perfect triangle! Summers Is painter...playing colors on his guitar

Can’t remember for sure how long it had been but seems like this was maybe a year or two after The Police had officially disbanded. It was a HUGE deal when they came back together for 3 or 4 of these Amnesty concerts. I couldn’t believe it. I was thrilled to see them a few nights prior(I think) to this in Atlanta. It was the first of their mini reunion performances and a massively great surprise to me. I was a fan but had never had the chance to see them when they were still together. I’m pretty sure I found out via the radio on the way to the concert that The Police would be there. What a great memory.

Come and watch the Steward Copeland drum-show :) The best musician there on stage.

Just 3 guys! That's all it takes to own a stadium.

Stewart Copeland is a drummer who plays as if his life and very survival depended on it. Fuck....

Amazing concert, energetic and powerfull, great drums, guitar and bassline that fill the stadium and the best point the Andy Summers guitar solo on «Driven to Tears» regards from Lima Perú 👊💥🎸👏

Wow! The opening song Copeland just explodes! Amazing energy! 👏🏻 Very Impressive. The whole reunion was great! 👏🏻😎🎸

You know your an iconic singer (Sting) when you invite another iconic singer (Bono) to share the spotlight with you in your moment, and not even care. That was the highlight of this show for me.

What Copeland does with his left hand is really awesome: those sick sidestick strokes and his powerful traditional grip technique. Simply amazing.

I was one of about 40 people who saw them perform in Toronto in the fall of 1978 at a very small venue. It didn’t even cost me $10. I still have the ticket stub and some very great memories.😃👍🏾

Steward was Fire and Earth, Sting Water and Ether and Andy the Air, very unique band indeed.

Heard this on the radio live! The best set EVER. When Sting hands it over to Bono …. Amazing!

Copeland is the police. . As well as being the best drummer in the world

Love this first song. Message in a bottle They make me recall my teenage. Good music that brought me happinnes. Just 3 guys playing with much energy 💕🤩🎀

I first heard the Police when driving to a soccer tournament in the back of my coach's 1986 Mitsubishi Van, we had an 8 hour drive and he had every police album on cassette tape, this moment changed my life and listening to these songs takes me right back there

This was a brief reunion for the Amnesty International concert, after The Police had broken up in 1984. There was hope of a sixth studio album, but Stewart Copeland broke his collarbone, so it was shelved. Instead the band would not do anything of significance for another 20 years until announcing their 2007-2008 Reunion World Tour. I thankfully got to see them play in sold out show in Atlantic City on November 4th, 2007. Having grown up listening to their music but never seeing them live. This was an awesome experience.

Wow! How I love these guys! I grew up listem to The Police, Sting and U2! They are amazing, wonderful, excelent songwriters, musicians, singers! I don't stop love them! The Police is my favorite rock band and U2 is the second! Sting and bono are handsome!

I was there!!!!

Magnificent! The sheer energy and the fantastic musicianship. They were brilliant.

Still one of the best bands ever - Sting Andy Stewart all equally talented in their own right

They were so tight. One beast of a band.

Why do we spend billions on particle accelerators when science should just study Stewart Copeland's drumsticks LOL

Sting is like a good wine, becomes only better with years

They were all fantastic musicians. I'm glad I got to see the Police at the height of the band's fame. Rochester, NY, Summer of 1983 at now long demolished Aquinas (Hollander) Stadium. I remember winning tickets to the Synchronicity tour after naming the song question from a local radio station of the Hollies, "He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother." Concert line-up - The Flock of Seagulls, The Fixx, and the Police. First song of the Police, "King Of Pain," Sting on Bass, a back-up musician on key boards behind him attempting to play the opening chords to King of Pain, but is doing the wrong chords.. Sting, quite irritated, walks back, bends over the keyboard and shows the player how to play the correct chords. Anyway, a fantastic outdoor, afternoon concert. But my one take away was that funny opening moment with "King Of Pain." 🙂

This performance was one of about 20 from various bands on 6/15/86 to honor Amnesty International’s 25th Anniversary. I’m surprised and disappointed that this isn’t mentioned in the description. It was an all day concert broadcast internationally.

Watching during lockdown 3🥰

Sting, a true gentleman !!!!! Thanks Sting for sharing a moment with me in 2007… Stewart same love ya man….

Wow, they're pumped on this night!

sting expression and emotion, lyrics, stage act, musical energy, composition, it is beautiful

Ahhh Stewart... the first who locked my eyes when I first saw the 78’s outlando sleeve while listening this new group, wondering who played that incredible drums part, making forgetting I was a guitarist... so I said to my friend who put this vinyl : they will be a gigantic brand new love, sorry , music affair cos their drummers.... Stu is one of the kind ❤️🤘🏿

Where does Copeland get his energy and maintain his constancy and dynamics ….. insane !!!! Truly !!!!

This made me forget about finding a psychic/tarot reading online today...momentarily. I love the Police n I love watching them. This has good audio. Thank u for uploading. 11-4-21

Stewart definitely was making his mark, explosive and absolutely enjoying himself. He always hoped for a reunion. I'm a drummer myself and Stewart Copeland was and is my main inspiration. I saw them play in Amsterdam, back in 1978, in Paradiso. Since then, I was hooked... Okay, Bono suddenly enters the stage, because 'Invisible Sun' deals with Ireland... People who are a bit up to date with the ins- and outs, know that Andy isn't such a fan of Bono and his mates. The expression on his face when the singing penguin enters the stage, tells it all.. Story goes, that after they finished their gig, they handed their instruments symbolically, over to U2, because then they were the greatest band. But just before Andy turned his guitar over to the U2 guitarist, he de-tuned his guitar in a proper way.... Always fun...

Great posting and police are on fire -brilliant band -all talented -special bond!

U2 were on the tour aswell. Surprised Larry Mullen didnt pack up and go home when he saw and heard Stewart Copeland in full flight..

At the peak, so world class.

Top performance from the greatest band .. THE POLICE ..

I contend to you that King of Pain, is one of the best well-written songs ever. What a performance. Just listening to the lyrics and the poetry and the emotion behind all of this his descriptions Of pain. What a great writer Sting is

Stewart Copeland plays like he's driving to save someone's life. Sting has the best ear in rock, imo. Andy the ultimate less is more genius.

I graduated from high school in 1981. Back then I had grown up with a lot of 1970's bands(The Eagles, Doobie Brothers, Boston, Zepplin, ect) and did not like the direction muisc was going in the early 80's. How could Gary Numan or Culture Club hold a candle to The Doobies? But most of the bands I liked in high school seemed to dissolve around the time I finished high school. Making matter worse was my younger brother becoming obsessed with The Police. He had all their albums and wouldnt shut up about them or stop playing them. Gradually, I started liking SOME of their songs and wound up loving Sting's Dream Of The Blue Turtles. Fast forward to this concert. My younger brother had to work when this was shown on MTV. I promised him I would record it for him. When he got home, I started raving about how good they performed. My brother blew up and shouted,"I'VE BEEN TELLING YOU THAT FOR YEARS ASSHOLE!" Did I become an avid Police fan? Not really. But I will say these guys are talented.

King of pain! I love this song!!!!

Damn, time flies and it's easy to forget just how great these guys were . thanks for the reminder! (and sharing) .

An advert came on half way through Message in a Bottle. Advertising during an upload is unforgivable... There is so much more to life than money....

Wait, they played a show in 86? In all my years I never knew that! 😯

Stewart Copeland é o melhor baterista de todos os tempos!

I saw a video on my FB feed which led me here. I had forgotten how talented the Police and Sting were and are. Seeing them live like this is testimony to their gifts.

Each member of The Police were vital to the band's success. Had *ANY* one of them left the band (not just Sting), then the band would have ended right there.

Stewart Copeland AKA...The atomic clock!!