One of the most highly anticipated rock band reunions will take place at the Grammy Awards gala Sunday night as the three members of the Police officially take the stage together for the first time in more than 20 years.
Singer Sting and his bandmates, Stewart Copeland and Andy Summers, all went their separate ways after their Synchronicity tour in 1984.
The Police had a string of hits from the late 1970s to the early 1980s such as Roxanne, Don't Stand So Close to Me, Every Breath You Take and Every Little Thing She Does is Magic.
After their breakup the band did perform together on the occasion of their induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2003. The trio is expected to announce a summer tour on Monday.
Other performers slated to perform for the Grammys ceremony at the Staples Center in Los Angeles include Justin Timberlake, the Dixie Chicks, James Blunt, Shakira, John Legend, Beyoncé, Gnarls Barkley and Lionel Richie.
R B star Mary J. Blige leads the field with eight nominations, while the Red Hot Chili Peppers follow with six. A raft of other music acts have five nods each: James Blunt, the Dixie Chicks, John Mayer, Danger Mouse and Prince.
Blige's nominations include record of the year and song of the year for Be Without You and best R B album for The Breakthrough.
In the record of the year category, she faces tough competition from Blunt's You're Beautiful, Not Ready To Make Nice by the Dixie Chicks, Crazy by Gnarls Barkley and Put Your Records On by Corinne Bailey Rae.
With the exception of Gnarls Barkley, the same nominees are up for best song, along with American Idol winner Carrie Underwood for Jesus, Take The Wheel.
Gnarls Barkley, the Dixie Chicks, John Mayer, the Red Hot Chili Peppers and Justin Timberlake are competing for best album.
The Grammys are awarded in 108 categories from pop and jazz to gospel and polka.
Several Canadians have made the list of nominees, including:
Michael Bublé: Best traditional pop vocal album for Caught in the Act. Winnipeg's The Duhks: Best country performance by a duo or group with vocal for Heaven's My Home. Nelly Furtado: Best pop collaboration with vocal for Promiscuous with Timbaland. Diana Krall: Best jazz vocal album for From This Moment On. Lisa Lambert: Best musical show album for her work on the Broadway hit The Drowsy Chaperone. Sarah McLachlan: Best traditional pop vocal album for the holiday release Wintersong. Northern Cree and Friends from Alberta: Best native American music album for Long Winter Nights. Walter Ostanek: Best polka album for his album with Fred Ziwich, Good Friends, Good Music. Daniel Powter: Best pop male vocal for Bad Day. Neil Young: Best solo rock vocal performance for Lookin' For a Leader; best rock song for Lookin' For a Leader and best rock album for Living With War. Leonard Cohen, Philip Glass, Eric Idle and Atom Egoyan are among the internationally renowned artists set to take part in Toronto's upcoming arts festival Luminato, organizers announced Monday. As the Conservative government prepares to update copyright laws, Canada's entertainment industry is pushing hard for rules that would restrict opportunities to download music and video illegally. The Police reunion tour will begin May 28 in Vancouver and include at least two other Canadian dates, according to a report in Billboard magazine. Undaunted by twin bus bombings a day before, tens of thousands of Lebanese gathered Wednesday to mark the second anniversary of former prime minister Rafik Hariri's assassination. The European Parliament approved a report on Wednesday that accuses 14 European governments of allowing the U.S. to remove and transfer suspected extremists to CIA secret prisons.
Officials linked to Muqtada al-Sadr denied Wednesday that the radical Shia cleric had fled to Iran ahead of a security crackdown in Baghdad. Quebec cable company Vidéotron is prepared to resume payments to the Canadian Television Fund (CTF), Quebecor chief Pierre Karl Péladeau said in a statement Tuesday night. Beyoncé will grace the cover of this year's Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue, wearing a yellow and pink bikini designed by her own fashion label. Bon Cop, Bad Cop, last year's most successful Canadian film at the box office, took the top prize at the Genies, though the evening was dominated by wins for the Maurice Richard portrait. Mark Antony and Cleopatra — one of history's most famous romantic couples — were not the beauties immortalized in prose and portrayed in film, according to a 2,000-year-old coin bearing their likenesses. A powerful coalition of U.S. software, movie and music producers wants the Bush administration to put Canada on a blacklist of intellectual property villains. Google Inc.'s free e-mail service will shed the final remnants of its invitation-only restrictions Wednesday, extending the reach of an increasingly popular product that has emerged as a vital cog in the online search leader's expansion efforts. The federal government has introduced two programs to help consumers choose more fuel-efficient vehicles, including a plan to identify the most efficient cars and trucks in every class. Thousands of CIBC and Bank of Montreal customers have been issued new credit cards from their banks along with warnings their old cards may have been used fraudulently, CBC News has learned. The U.S. government is warning of a potentially life-threatening twisting of the intestines in infants vaccinated against a virus that is the leading cause of early childhood diarrhea.
Norwegian Aksel Lund Svindal won his second gold medal of the world alpine skiing championships Wednesday, capturing the men's giant slalom in Are, Sweden. The Montreal Canadiens look to end a four-game losing skid when they take on the Devils in New Jersey on Wednesday night. World champion Italy topped the monthly FIFA world rankings released Wednesday, ending Brazil's 55-month stay in first place.
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