April 3, 1993

Maimarkthalle - Mannheim, Germany

by Frank Steinle on April 5, 1993

Last Saturday at 8.00 pm in the Maimarkthalle in Mannheim I was at Sting's 2nd or so German gig. It was *MUCH* better than the concert I've seen during his SC tour. Opening act were the SOUL SISTERS a band with two single hits (here); one was "I keep on searching for a way to tour heart", the other title I don't remember. They played for about half an hour. After a break of about 10 minutes the real show started. The lineup was Sting (bass and vocals), Dominic Miller (guitar & background vocals), David Sancious (keyboard & background vocals) and the drummer, whose name I was not able to understand.

Sting only played the guitar in one song (Fragile), where he was accompanied by DM. They all did a very good job, lots of good music and lots of loud music (my ears still ring). The program for the (nearly) 2 hours was:

  1. If I Ever Lose My Faith In You
  2. Love Is Stronger Than Justice
  3. Seven Days
  4. ??? (neither Sting nor Police, maybe something by Lennon: "I can't believe the news today...")
  5. Synchronicity II
  6. Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic
  7. Roxanne
  8. It's Probably Me

Here I'm loosing track, but they played also:

  1. Shape Of My Heart
  2. St. Augustine In Hell
  3. An Englishman In New York
  4. Straight To Your Heart
  5. Bring On The Night (short) / When The World Is Running Down...
  6. Nothing 'Bout Me

Additionally:

  1. Penny Lane
  2. King Of Pain
  3. She's Too Good For Me
  4. Every Breath You Take

and finally:

  1. Fragile

So no titles from SC and nothing from DOTBT. The songs from Police were very welcomed by the audience, I think Englishman and Roxanne received the greatest applause. I really enjoyed the whole thing (although I was a bit sceptical at first), especially appreciating the Police things, which I never before had a chance to see; but I would have like some "Walking On The Moon".

My recommendation: GO AND WATCH IT!!!


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