The Police at MSG (08/01/07)

On Wednesday, August 6th The Police will film an episode of Spectacle: Elvis Costello with… at an undisclosed location in Manhattan (though previous shows were taped at NBC Studios at Rockefeller Center). To win tickets to the taping, follow the directions below.

To get your name into the ticket lottery to attend this taping you need to email spectaclecontest@thepolice.com no later than midnight (PT) on Thursday, July 31 and answer the following question:

The Police and Elvis Costello were both inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in the same year. Which year was that?

Please ensure your email also includes your name and address, and if you are a member of ThePolice.com, Sting.com or StewartCopeland.net please include your site username. Duplicate entries will not be accepted and will invalidate your entry. Also, as there will be a huge demand for these tickets please ensure that you are, or can be, in New York City on the afternoon of August 6th. We will advise winners on how and where they can collect their tickets after Friday, August 1st. [ThePolice.com]

As a reminder, The Police’s final concert performance (ever) will take place on August 7th at MSG (buy tickets).

All remaining Police tour dates after the jump.

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The Television Critics Association press tour is cuurently underway and today brought us some more news (including a premiere date) about Elvis Costello’s new TV variety show, “Spectacle: Elvis Costello with…”.

Sundance will be debuting Elvis Costello’s new show Spectacle: Elvis Costello with… on December 3rd at 9:00 p.m. ET / PT. Spectacle, a talk show that features artists talking about music and their influences, is produced by Elton John’s company Rocket Pictures. John is also one of Costello’s guests.

Costello attended TCA yesterday and explained the premise of the show. He wants the artists to talk about things they normally wouldn’t discuss in the classic five minute late night network interview.

From the video package, we saw that Bill Clinton is also one of Costello’s guests. On why the former president would be included on a talk show about music (other than his awesome sax playing), Costello said that he felt politicians need the same qualtiies musicians do for success: the ability to command an audience and a grasp of proper cadence. He added that Clinton was probably happy to be on a show just talking about music.

Costello explained that each show will open with a musical number either by the artist or in reference to the artist. “If they’ve just written a song and they want to sing it that’s fine,” he says of the artists promoting their work. But the host points out that the show gives artists an opportunity to showcase themselves in a different light. [TVSquad.com]

The (RED) organization, a nonprofit that raises money to fight the AIDS epidemic in Africa, has just announced the creation of a music service that will feature new songs by U2, Bob Dylan, Elvis Costello, Elton John, Emmylou Harris and Death Cab for Cutie. In addition to that exclusive content, subscribers to the (RED) music service will have access to almost all of the content from the forthcoming Sundance Channel series, “Spectacle: Elvis Costello With …“.

The still-unnamed service, which is scheduled to start in September, will deliver customers three new pieces of exclusive content a week for a monthly fee of $5. Half of that money will go through (RED) to the Global Fund, and the other half will go to the artists who contribute songs and to their record companies. As with (RED)’s branded products, like a special iPod and Motorola phone, companies will sacrifice part but not all of their profits, and consumers will know that some of the money they spend goes to the AIDS-in-Africa cause.

Each week (RED)’s service will deliver two songs in MP3 format, one from a superstar act like U2, whose frontman, Bono, was a co-founder of (RED), and one from a less established artist. The third piece of content will be a “crackerjack surprise,” a song, video or short story.
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(RED) will get some of its songs from “Spectacle: Elvis Costello With …,” a music-theme talk show that will make its debut on the Sundance Channel this fall. The organization will be able to use almost all the music performed by Mr. Costello and his guests, although it will not necessarily take all of it. “If you’re going to create something,” Mr. Costello said, “it’s good to know that there’s more to it than profit.” [NYTimes.com]

HI!
Just wanted to say thanks for attending.
If you did miss the shows they were amazing!!
Very intimate & great performances.
One of a kind setting & of course, Elvis!!

IF you did make it,
OUR producers LOVED the crowd.
GREAT ENERGY, very diverse & a good vibe.
It helped make the shoot look amazing & Elvis loved the audience as
well.

FOR THOSE THAT HAVE NOT RESERVED TICKETS ALREADY,
They wanted to extend the opportunity for tickets to
The LAST 2 SHOWS till SEPTEMBER.
LET US KNOW ASAP if you want seats.
You can pass on to friend family BUT we will be out of tickets by
this weekend so pass along or respond ASAP!!

You are invited to receive
4 COMPLIMENTARY TV TICKETS AT NBC STUDIO!!
TO Both or either of the following shows…
THESE ARE OUR FINAL SHOWS UNTIL SEPTEMBER
Feel free to forward!

Date: TUESDAY April 15th, 2008
ELVIS COSTELLO with TONY BENNETT

Date: WEDNESDAY April 16th, 2008
ELVIS COSTELLO with LOU REED

Audience Arrival: 5:45pm
Taping Time: 7:00-9:00pm
Location: Studio 8-H
49 West 49th Street, NYC, NY 10020

EMAIL MIKE@GOTHAMCASTING.COM
Include name, age, phone #, how many tickets you need & guest names

More “Spectacle” taping information after the jump.

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