Sting's painful reunion

Mar 11, 2007, 13:00 GMT

02/29/2004 - Sting - © Scott Alan / Photorazzi

Sting says reforming the Police will be "painful".

The singer-bassist says he is still haunted by the memories of performing in the successful British band and fears he could get hurt again.

Sting said: "The Police was a painful seven years. Everything you thought would make you happy was given to you, but it didn't. It's a horrible but also wonderful lesson to learn where real happiness comes from. It's not from success or money. It took me a while to figure out, but I know myself better now.

"But, we still fall into the same patterns. We were hugely successful on one hand but hugely dysfunctional on the other."

Sting - who previously said he would be "insane" to reform the Police - says he listened to his instinct not his logic when he agreed to the reunion.

He explained: "I escaped the band. I meant it when I said it would be a sign of insanity if I ever came back. But one day I woke up and thought, 'Lets do it.' My instinct said this what you should do. My instincts have nothing to do with logic."

Sting admits the rehearsals are not going as smoothly as he had hoped.

He laughed: "I had this idea we'd re-form and slip back in there. There is a lot of work to be done. I have developed these songs as a solo performer."

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