The Police add second Hollywood Bowl show

The Police, with Elvis Costello and the Imposters, have added a second show at the Hollywood Bowl. With the bill's May 27 date sold out, the added show will go off on May 28. Tickets ($304.50, $154.50, $99.50 and $54.50) go on sale at 10 a.m. Sunday.

It'll make for a busy week for veteran rock acts at the Bowl -- the Police/Costello on Tuesday and Wednesday, R.E.M. (which does not appear on th Bowl's calendar but is listed on the band's tour itinerary) on Thursday, May 29, and the Cure on Saturday, May 31.

Comments

[wayne]

Instead of shelling out $55 to see the bloated Police through binoculars, wondering if they really care about being there, I recommend renting "The Police: Around the World," a thrilling and hilarious documentary of their first world tour, when they were hungry and out for blood -- especially each other's. Their revved-up performance of "Born in the Fifties" on a ramshackle stage in front of 300 riveted Indians is madcap and breathtaking, and Sting's spitting on an unruly audience member in Paris reminds you that these guys once lived on the outskirts of punk.

[joseph ruso]

Hollywood Bowl officially opened in 1922 on the site of a natural amphitheatre formerly known as the Daisy Dell, and has been the summer home of the Los Angeles Philharmonic since then. Shortly after the end of the 2003 summer season, the Board of Supervisors of Los Angeles County, which owns the Hollywood Bowl, replaced the 1929 shell with a new, somewhat larger, acoustically improved shell, which had its debut in the 2004 summer season. The Hollywood Bowl is a modern amphitheatre at 2301 North Highland Avenue in Hollywood, California, USA, that is used primarily for music performances. The Hollywood Bowl is home to a second resident ensemble, the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra. The Hollywood Bowl is well known for its band shell, a distinctive set of concentric arches that has graced the site since 1929.