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The Police Live in Concert with Fergie The Police - one of the biggest rock acts of the past 30 years - kick off their Australasian tour at Wellington's Westpac Stadium this Thursday, January 17, with support from pop queen Fergie and Fiction Plane. Tickets are still available through Ticketek, except C Reserve General Admission Standing tickets which have sold out, so get yours now to make sure you don't miss out on the concert of the year. The Police tour is definitely the hottest ticket of the year. This is the reunion tour that everyone is talking about. Sting, Stewart Copeland and Andy Summers have reunited to once again entertain the world with their unmistakable sound filled with evocative melodies, infectious lyrics and rock & roll swagger. The Police will perform a two hour plus show that features all their top 10 hit singles from their five #1 albums which earned six Grammy Awards and countless fans around the globe in the early 1980's. This is your chance to see live again one of the worlds most famous bands. The band, which sold 40 million records, turned frontman Sting into a superstar and produced a string of hits in the late 70s and early 80s, including Every Breath You Take, re-formed in May for a world tour. Sting, 55, drummer Stewart Copeland, 55, and guitarist Andy Summers, 64, have been playing their best-known songs on the tour, including Roxanne, Don't Stand So Close to Me and Message in a Bottle. More than 1.7 million tickets have already sold, with the band playing in North America, Europe and Latin America this year. Fergie, a member of hip-hop group Black Eyed Peas who released her first solo album this year which includes the sexually suggestive hit London Bridge, will open for The Police on their two New Zealand tour dates. The Police will be the first music act to play at the Westpac Stadium since Elton John in December 2006. Music tour website Pollstar has predicted that The Police will make more money on their world tour than any other act this year - more than double that of other big tours, including Rod Stewart, Justin Timberlake and Celine Dion. Britain's Daily Telegraph estimated the band would make over NZ$257 million.