The 2007 Grammy Awards began with 10 simple words: "Ladies and gentlemen, we are the Police, and we're back." With that, the Police launched into a four-minute rendition of "Roxanne" as millions of people around the world looked on. Two days later they held a press conference in Los Angeles to announce their reunion tour. Over a period of 15 months, they played 152 shows and grossed over $300 million, and that's not even counting the money they pulled in from merchandising and sponsorship deals...

Sting's India: from Roxanne to Rajasthan - The Daily Telegraph's James Collard meets Sting, a rock star, environmental activist and long-time Indophile, in Jodhpur of north-west India, to support the Maharaja's head injuries charity...

Before any journalist decides to write a story about Stewart Copeland, just know that the chances of you surprising him with a double entendre about the Police are very slim. In the myriad articles written about the drummer over the last three decades, he's heard 'em all, no matter what new product he's selling...

The ex-Police drummer's latest work, 'The Tell-Tale Heart,' based on Poe's short story, has its U.S. debut at Long Beach Opera this week. Though it's been 27 years since the Police disbanded, Stewart Copeland, its American drummer, remains best known for his nine years with the seminal British rock band. But that doesn't mean he hasn't been busy beyond the Police's 2007 reunion tour. From the mid-1980s through the mid-2000s, Copeland was a prolific composer of movie and TV scores. More recently, he's been writing operas and ballets...

''On a Friday, I’ll have been at work since 8am, all brisk and businesslike. Composing is two very different jobs. The first is easy, creating something that sounds good coming out of my speakers. The hard part is turning that into precise instructions 90 players can follow. You have to specify exactly what you want, so the second violinists on one side of the room are playing what you want, as are the oboes, 40 or 50 yards away. There’s even a term for when you want them to slow down gradually – slargando..."