Ghost in the Machine Tour

The Ghost in the Machine Tour was a concert tour by the Police to promote their album Ghost in the Machine. To reflect the horns-based sound that permeated the album, the band decided to work with back-up musicians, hiring a horn section called The Chops (Darryl Dixon, David Watson and Marvin Daniels), who previously worked on the Sugarhill label.

Ghost in the Machine Tour

Tour by The Police
Associated album	Ghost in the Machine
Start date	1 October 1981
End date	6 September 1982
Legs	6
No. of shows	28 in Europe 68 in North America 4 in South America 100 total
The Police concert chronology

The opening act for the North America II portion was Bow Wow Wow or Oingo Boingo or the Go-Go's and Joan Jett and the Blackhearts for the North America III portion (Portland, Maine) opening act was Black Uhuru. The English Beat was the opening act for the North America IV portion of the tour. A Flock of Seagulls opened for the Police in Norfolk, Virginia. Jools Holland and his Millionaires opened for the Police during the UK dates of the tour.

The Toronto appearance on 13 August 1982 was the second annual "Police Picnic" festival, with the band headlining. Opening acts included Oingo Boingo, The Spoons, A Flock of Seagulls, the English Beat, Joan Jett and the Blackhearts, and Talking Heads. During the Police set, Ranking Roger of the English Beat joined them on "One World (Not Three)".^[1][2]

Setlist

This setlist was obtained from the 20 March 1982 concert; held at The Summit in Houston, Texas. It does not represent all concerts for the duration of the tour.

1. "Voices Inside My Head"
2. "Message in a Bottle"
3. "Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic"
4. "Spirits in the Material World"
5. "Hungry for You (J'aurais toujours faim de toi)"
6. "When the World Is Running Down, You Make the Best of What's Still Around"
7. "The Bed's Too Big Without You"
8. "De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da"
9. "Demolition Man"
10. "Shadows in the Rain"
11. "Walking on the Moon"
12. "Invisible Sun"
13. "Bring on the Night"
14. "One World (Not Three)"
15. "Roxanne"
16. "Don't Stand So Close to Me"
17. "Can't Stand Losing You" / "Reggatta De Blanc" / "Be My Girl—Sally"
18. "So Lonely"

Personnel

• Sting – bass, double bass, synthesiser, lead vocals
• Andy Summers – guitar, synthesiser, backing vocals
• Stewart Copeland – drums, percussion, backing vocals
• Darryl Dixon – baritone sax
• David Watson – alto sax
• Marvin Daniels – trumpet
• Bono – vocals on "Invisible Sun" (British leg of the tour)

Tour dates

List of tour dates, showing date, city, country, venue, attendance, gross

Date	City	Country	Venue	Attendance	Gross
Europe
1 October 1981	Böblingen	West Germany	Sporthalle	N/A
2 October 1981	Essen		Grugahalle
3 October 1981	Kassel		Eissporthalle Kassel
5 October 1981	Freiburg		Stadthalle Freiburg
6 October 1981	Rüsselsheim		Walter-Köbel-Halle
8 October 1981	Eppelheim		Rhein-Neckar-Halle
9 October 1981	Munich		Olympiahalle
12 December 1981	London	England	Marquee Club
14 December 1981			Wembley Arena
15 December 1981
16 December 1981
18 December 1981	Brighton		Brighton Centre
19 December 1981	Birmingham		Birmingham International Arena
21 December 1981	Queensferry	Wales	Deeside Leisure Centre
22 December 1981	Leeds	England	Queens Hall
23 December 1981	Stafford		Bingley Hall
31 December 1981	Edinburgh	Scotland	Royal Highland Exhibition Hall
3 January 1982	Stockholm	Sweden	Johanneshovs Isstadion
4 January 1982	Gothenburg		Scandinavium
5 January 1982	Copenhagen	Denmark	Brøndby Hall
7 January 1982	Hamburg	West Germany	Ernst-Merck-Halle
9 January 1982	Leiden	Netherlands	Groenoordhallen
10 January 1982	Paris	France	Parc des expositions de Paris-Le Bourget
11 January 1982
North America[3]
15 January 1982	Boston	United States	Boston Garden	15,500 / 15,500	$173,613
16 January 1982	Landover		Capital Centre	N/A
18 January 1982	Philadelphia		The Spectrum	18,661 / 18,661	$173,088
19 January 1982	Uniondale		Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum	16,784 / 16,784	$197,895
20 January 1982	Springfield		Springfield Civic Center	9,050 / 9,050	$95,207
22 January 1982	New York City		Madison Square Garden	N/A
23 January 1982	New Haven		New Haven Veterans Memorial Coliseum	10,563 / 10,563	$117,253
25 January 1982	Williamsburg		William & Mary Hall	N/A
26 January 1982	Greensboro		Greensboro Coliseum	13,730 / 13,730	$141,555
27 January 1982	Atlanta		Omni Coliseum	N/A
29 January 1982	Richfield Township		Richfield Coliseum
30 January 1982	Detroit		Cobo Arena	12,191 / 12,191	$134,507
1 February 1982	Rosemont		Rosemont Horizon	N/A
2 February 1982	Minneapolis		Metropolitan Sports Center
4 February 1982	Denver		McNichols Sports Arena
6 February 1982	Phoenix		Compton Terrace
8 February 1982	Inglewood		The Forum	47,889 / 47,889	$518,357
9 February 1982
10 February 1982
12 February 1982	Daly City		Cow Palace	29,000 / 29,000	$304,640
13 February 1982
South America
16 February 1982	Rio de Janeiro	Brazil	Ginásio do Maracanãzinho	N/A
17 February 1982
19 February 1982[a]	Viña del Mar	Chile	Anfiteatro de la Quinta Vergara
20 February 1982[a]
North America[4]
12 March 1982	Pembroke Pines	United States	Hollywood Sportatorium	15,000 / 15,000	$151,180
13 March 1982	Jacksonville		Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Coliseum	11,602 / 11,602	$116,930
14 March 1982	Lakeland		Lakeland Civic Center	N/A
16 March 1982	Birmingham		BJCC Coliseum	12,561 / 12,561	$117,960
17 March 1982	Memphis		Mid-South Coliseum	11,685 / 11,685	$117,668
19 March 1982	Baton Rouge		Riverside Centroplex Arena	N/A
20 March 1982	Houston		The Summit
22 March 1982	Austin		Frank Erwin Center	17,343 / 17,343	$184,202
23 March 1982	Dallas		Reunion Arena	18,017 / 19,000	$216,627
25 March 1982	Kansas City		Kemper Arena	15,289 / 15,289	$161,701
26 March 1982	Norman		Lloyd Noble Center	N/A
28 March 1982	Rosemont		Rosemont Horizon	18,090 / 18,090	$199,285
29 March 1982	Indianapolis		Market Square Arena	12,298 / 14,500	$126,640
31 March 1982	Champaign		Assembly Hall	N/A
1 April 1982	St. Louis		Checkerdome	19,715 / 19,715	$193,960
3 April 1982	Charlotte		Charlotte Coliseum	N/A
4 April 1982	Lexington		Rupp Arena	13,685 / 13,685	$141,481
6 April 1982	Cincinnati		Riverfront Coliseum	N/A
7 April 1982	Ann Arbor		Crisler Arena	13,575 / 13,575	$149,477
9 April 1982	Pittsburgh		Civic Arena	14,770 / 16,000	$173,547
10 April 1982	Hartford		Hartford Civic Center	16,066 / 16,066	$176,094
12 April 1982	Boston		Boston Garden	15,500 / 15,500	$173,754
13 April 1982	Providence		Providence Civic Center	13,300 / 13,300	$147,811
15 April 1982	Portland		Cumberland County Civic Center	9,384 / 9,384	$107,974
16 April 1982	Syracuse		Carrier Dome	32,396 / 32,396	$320,970
18 April 1982	East Rutherford		Brendan Byrne Arena	41,334 / 41,334	$525,492
19 April 1982
21 April 1982
22 April 1982	Uniondale		Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum	17,049 / 17,049	$218,958
Europe
2 July 1982	Bologna	Italy	Quartiere Fieristico di Bologna	N/A
4 July 1982	Segrate		Parco Laghetto di Redecesio
28 July 1982	Aylesbury	England	Friars Aylesbury
29 July 1982	Southampton		Gaumont Theatre
31 July 1982	Gateshead		Gateshead International Stadium
North America[5]
9 August 1982	Norfolk	United States	Scope Auditorium	13,000 / 13,000	$161,000
11 August 1982	Montreal	Canada	Percival Molson Memorial Stadium	23,686 / 25,000	$367,133
13 August 1982	Toronto		CNE Grandstand	38,824 / 50,000	$776,480
15 August 1982	Charlevoix	United States	Castle Farms Music Theatre	13,880 / 15,000	$187,761
17 August 1982	Nashville		Nashville Municipal Auditorium	7,577 / 9,900	$90,291
18 August 1982	Peoria		Peoria Civic Center	N/A
20 August 1982	East Troy		Alpine Valley Music Theatre
21 August 1982	Cedar Rapids		Five Seasons Center
23 August 1982	Morrison		Red Rocks Amphitheatre
24 August 1982	Omaha		Rosenblatt Stadium
26 August 1982	Salt Lake City		Salt Palace
28 August 1982	Sacramento		Cal Expo Amphitheatre	24,583 / 25,000	$372,144
29 August 1982	Portland		Portland Memorial Coliseum	10,180 / 11,000	$127,250
31 August 1982	Vancouver	Canada	Pacific Coliseum	15,332 / 16,811	$213,793
1 September 1982	Seattle	United States	Seattle Center Coliseum	N/A
3 September 1982	San Bernardino		Glen Helen Pavilion
5 September 1982	Tucson		TCC Arena	8,795 / 8,795	$101,142
6 September 1982	Las Cruces		Pan American Center	N/A

Notes

1. The performances on 19 and 20 February, 1982, were part of the Viña del Mar International Song Festival.