Embarking on their first ever world tour,
The
Police
journeyed through six continents in 1979 and 1980. Capturing
behind–the-scenes footage and candid personal moments as the
band explores new terrain,
The Police: Around
The World Restored & Expanded
displays the beginning of their meteoric rise to
worldwide fame.
A poignant snapshot of this pivotal moment in
their career,
The Police: Around
The World Restored
& Expanded
blends footage of the band performing live with intimate
footage of
Sting, Andy
Summers,
and
Stewart Copeland
exploring Japan, Hong Kong, Australia, India, Egypt, Greece,
France, South America, and the US. The band was filmed on
and off stage as they visited local monuments, tasted
foreign cuisines, and organically grew a global fanbase.
On
May 20, 2022,
Mercury Studios
presents
The Police: Around
The World
Restored &
Expanded
on DVD+CD, Blu-ray+CD, and DVD+LP (pressed on silver
vinyl). Originally available on VHS and laserdisc, the film
is being presented on DVD and Blu-ray for the first time,
with restored picture and remastered audio, as well as
complete performances of four bonus songs featured in the
documentary.
Additionally,
The Police: Around The World Restored & Expanded
includes never-before-released live audio on CD and LP.
Boasting songs from their first two albums recorded in
Japan, Hong Kong, and England, it showcases
The Police
playing with a frenzy and passion that would soon make them
the biggest band in the world.
At the same time, the British band were
enjoying their first chart success in the UK with “Roxanne”
and “Message In A Bottle”. They were young, hungry, and
ready to break big. As
Andy Summers
enthuses in the liner notes, “Like Napoleon, we wanted the
world. Out of the messy and fervent atmosphere in London at
that time we conceived the idea to go all around the world
and film the whole adventure. As far as we knew no rock
band, at least, had ever done that. We had just about enough
popularity to get booked around the globe. Plans were made.”
And the rest is history…beautifully captured
in
The Police: Around The World Restored &
Expanded.
