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Bands: The Police; The Fleshtones
Venue: Capitol Theatre, Passaic NJ
Date: November 29, 1980
Quality: Uncirculated program; Cover
art.
Comments: I was probably still thinking
about Moon Martin when I drew this message in a bottle, but the
show proved to be quite stimulating on more than one level.
As Tom Kaminski recalls, “My
favorite show was The Police, November 29, 1980. After the
opening act, the house lights went up and the promoter, John
Scher, was standing on the stage saying that a bomb threat had
been called into the theatre. He thought it was a threat and
nothing more. ‘Somebody wants to see all you people
running out of here into the street, and we're not going to
play his game!’ He pointed to the fire deprtment officals
who were now standing at every entrance to the theatre and
said, ‘I want all of you to look under your seats, and if
you find something there you didn't bring in with you, let one
of these guys know about it!’ Nothing was found, and the
show went off without a hitch, but with an extra buzz of
energy. (I know I jumped a little higher when the flashpots
went off as the Police started with Don't Stand So Close To
Me.) I recall reading somewhere that one of the Police pointed
to that particular gig as one of the best gigs they had ever
done during that time, and I couldn't agree more!"