Regatta de Blanc

Police tribute band

For 35 YEARS the most authentic The Police and Sting tribute band in the world!

VVK 20 Euro AK 23 Euro

Tickets are available from October at the local advance booking offices Touristinfo, theatre office and BBV Bocholt

and online at

www.tixforgigs.com/de-de/Event/51466

When Reggatta de Blanc formed THE POLICE tribute band in 1988 , nobody could have guessed that there was someone in this world whose voice not only resembled that of Police frontman Sting, but almost equalled it. "Pure but beautiful coincidence", thought Reggatta singer Michael Griese at his first rehearsal with his boys in April '88. For Griese, this is still a special, precious gift to this day.

In the meantime, several years have passed, over 1,500 concerts have been playedin all clubs and open airs in Germany and abroad and everything that Sting's pen has put down on paper over the last 40 years has been conjured up on stage.

It should not be forgotten that the former teacher from the north of England continued as a soloist after his time with The Police from 1985 and released countless hits. There are few artists in this world who have such a comparable success story and have given the world so many hits.

The Police's success story began in 1978 with the classic"Roxanne", followed by, to name but a few, "Solonely" and "Messagein a bottle" as well as "Don't stand so close to me" or "Everylittle thing she does is magic" and culminated in the trio's last album, Sting's most successful work "Everybreath you take". (Even today, Mr Sumner, as Sting is known in real life, still receives five-figure monthly payments into his account from the royalties of this one song alone for radio plays).

Reggatta de Blanc did everything right when they formed their The Police tribute band in the spring of 1988 at a very young age . And here the emphasis should be on TRIBUTEBAND , because for 17 years they honed and almost perfected the sound, performance and stage show of what was once the most successful rock trio of the 80s , until, partly due to the line-up change in the band, they daredto tackle the big hits from Sting's solo period (which continues to this day): "Setthem free", "Englishmanin New York","Fragile", "Fieldsof Gold", "DesertRose", "Can't stop thinking about you" and "Don't make me wait", are just a few that the multiple Grammy winner composed after his Police days and released over the course of 12 studio and 4 live albums.

The new line-up on guitar (Tom Quast) and drums (Jonas Wilms) gave Reggatta even more musical quality. The time had now come to venture into the solo repertoire of the great master. The band was therefore expanded even further - Markus Wentz (keybaords), Wim Wollner (saxophone) and Dimitry Tyelmanov (trumpet) have been strengthening the band for 15 years now when Sting shows are conjured up on stage. Together with experienced backing singers , there are sometimes up to 8 musicians on stage - depending on the setlist that Reggatta de Blanc bring with them for their show.

In December 2018 , Reggatta de Blanc completed their - believe it or not - 30th anniversary tour! More than 100 special concerts were conjured up on stage. The inexhaustible live repertoire of The Police and Sting guarantees that Reggatta's shows have never been repeated since the beginning. Every concert is different. The different

live versions that are interpreted result from the legendary Rockpalast concert from 1981 or from Sting's Symphonic tour in 2010 and the famous MTV Unplugged concert (1992). You won't hear studio versions of the songs from Reggatta, Reggatta play live and 1000% close to the original - just as you knowit from the concerts of The Police and Sting, mostly from the Internet. Now you can finally experience it LIVE!

+++ Every breath you take +++ So lonely +++ De do do do do de da da da da +++ Fields of gold +++ Englishman in New York +++ Message in a bottle

+++ Every little thing she does is magic +++ Walking on the moon +++ Set them free +++ Fragile +++ If I ever lose my faith in you +++ Shape

of my heart +++ Can't stand losing you +++ Bring on the night +++ Desert Rose +++ Driven to tears +++ Don't stand so close to me +++ King

of pain +++ Wrapped around your finger +++ So lonely +++ Can't stop thinking about you +++ Don't make me wait +++ Roxanne +++