Sting and Paul Simon at the Boston Garden

I went to see Sting and Paul Simon last night at the Boston Garden. It was a mellow show of duets and collaborations. While there was jabber about having to "play the hits" at arena shows, Paul and Sting went both deep and wide.They played 31 songs, ending with a lively "Late in the Evening" and an acoustic cover of the Everly Brothers "When will I be loved".

I would have liked to hear more Police material, but thats not what this was all about. Sting played a smattering of his solo material, and sang a fair amount of Pauls songs.

We warmed up the evening at my favorite Irish pub, McGanns, on Portland St. A few Murphy's and some shephards pie, what could be better!

Coincidentally... semmingly randomly, last friday I was at the Bull Run restaurant in Shirley MA to see "Invisible Sun", a Police tribute band. They were excellent, and now having heard Sting sing many of those same songs just days later, I appreciate them even more. There were two singers, one playing keyboard and one playing the fretless bass. A drummer and a guitar player. They were tight, jumped around a lot, and totally nailed it.