2007 reunion

In early 2007, reports surfaced that the trio would reunite for a tour to mark their 30th anniversary, over 20 years since their 'final' split in summer 1986. The concerts would coincide with Universal Music (current owners of the A&M label) re-releasing some material from the band's back catalogue. The following statement was released on behalf of the band by a spokesperson at Interscope Geffen A&M Records and posted on Sting's official website: As the 30th anniversary of the first Police single approaches, discussions have been underway as to how this will be commemorated. While we can confirm that there will indeed be something special done to mark the occasion, the depth of the band's involvement still remains undetermined.

On January 22, 2007, the punk wave magazine Side-Line broke the story that The Police would reunite for the Grammys, adding that the song performed would be Roxanne. All this information appeared to be correct. Side-Line also announced in its news coverage that The Police were to embark on a massive tour bringing them to cities all over the world. Billboard magazine later confirmed the rumours, quoting Andy Summers who had discussed earlier in 2006 how the band could have continued post-Synchronicity: The more rational approach would have been, 'OK, Sting, go make a solo record, and let's get back together in two or three years. I'm certain we could have done that. Of course we could have. We were definitely not in a creative dry space. We could have easily carried on, and we could probably still be there. That wasn't to be our fate. It went in another way. I regret we never paid it off with a last tour.

The Police opened the 49th Annual Grammy Awards on 11 February 2007 in Los Angeles, California, announcing We're The Police. And we're back! before launching into Roxanne. A&M Records, the band's record company, is promoting the current 2007-2008 reunion tour as the 30th anniversary of the release of their first single and not indeed that of the band's creation. ABC reported, This year marks the 30th anniversary of the release of 'Roxanne,' the single that broke the Police in the United States. The single was released in April 1978.

The Police opened their Reunion Tour in Vancouver on May 28 in front of 22,000 delighted fans at one of two nearly sold-out concerts. However, Stewart Copeland gave a scathing review of the show on his own website, which the press picked up as a feud occurring two gigs into the tour. It was only meant to be tongue-in-cheek and the band took it as lighthearted as it was intended. In fact, Andy Summers commented about it to The Star Online eCentral: It was done in a hotel room on a day off in an idle moment as a piece of playfulness, possibly ill-advised.

Summers believes Copeland's tongue-in-cheek tone eluded most of the journalists who picked up the report. We're laughing about it, he says, (and) the media is trying to just turn it into a piece of dirt. In Summers' mind, the episode proves that there is one thing technology has not changed: We all know you can't make a joke to the press. In October 2007 the group play the biggest gig of the Reunion tour so far in Dublin Ireland,in front of 82,000 fans.