A trio, a more reduced format than in previous visits to Catalonia; with The Police's repertoire well represented; overflowing with charisma, and with his voice challenging the tuning at times. That's how Sting carried out Tuesday's concert at the Jardins de Pedralbes, within the Les Nits d’Occident festival. The audience, who had paid up to 300 euros, was up to par from the start. With an ovation, they received the first notes of Message in a bottle, one of the many songs by The Police that he is playing on this tour, which he shares with guitarist Dominic Miller and drummer Chris Maas. The British singer and bassist, 74 years old and with a jovial appearance, quickly realized the spectators' good predisposition and let them sing the first verses of Englishman in New York. “Catalonia!”, exclaimed Sting at the end of a song that he performed with more rock clamor than jazzy flourishes.

The specter of internal disputes is once again looming over The Police. Forty years after the British trio's split, guitarist Andy Summers and drummer Stewart Copeland have filed a lawsuit against bassist Sting in the High Court of England and Wales for allegedly unpaid royalties, which they claim are worth millions, according to reports. The Sun and have collected other media such as People.