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Sting's bright idea
By BANG
Feb 25, 2007, 8:00 GMT

Sting says a "light bulb" came on in his head when he decided to reform his former band The Police.

The ageing rocker - who once claimed he would have to be "certified insane" to play with his former band mates again - sent shockwaves through the music community and delighted fans when he announced their comeback tour this year. 

Sting insists the idea came to him like a musical epiphany.

He told Britain's Hello magazine: "If you'd asked me the day before I made this decision, I would have said, 'You're out of your mind. My head is somewhere else.'

"I woke up one morning three months ago and this light bulb went off in my head. I thought, 'I'm going to call Andy and Stewart and tell them we should tour.' "

The band - which formed in 1977 - have only played together twice since their split, at Sting's wedding to Trudie Styler in 1992, and at their induction into the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame a decade later.

Sting, Stewart Copeland and Andy Summers opened the 49th Grammy Awards last month.

Their tour is set to begin in Vancouver, Canada, in May.

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