Associated album Ghost in the Machine End date 6 September 1982 No. of shows 119 | Start date 29 July 1981 Legs 8 | |
The Ghost in the Machine Tour was a 1981–1982 concert tour by The Police to promote their album Ghost in the Machine. To reflect the horns-based sound that permeated the album, the band decided to work for back-up musicians, hiring a horn section called The Chops (Darryl Dixon, David Watson and Marvin Daniels), who previously worked on the Sugarhill label.
The opening act for the North America II portion was Bow Wow Wow or Oingo Boingo or the Go-Go's and Joan Jett and the Blackhearts for the North America III portion (Portland, Maine) opening act was Black Uhuru. The English Beat was the opening act for the North America IV portion of the tour. U2 opened for the Police during the UK dates of the tour, with Bono joining the band on stage during their performance of "Invisible Sun".
The Toronto appearance on August 13, 1982 was the second annual "Police Picnic" festival, with the band headlining. Opening acts were The Spoons, A Flock of Seagulls, the English Beat, Joan Jett and the Blackhearts, and Talking Heads. During the Police set, Ranking Roger of the English Beat joined them on "One World (Not Three)".
Regular setlist
This track list was taken from the performance at The Summit in Houston Texas on March 20, 1982: it not representative of the tour collectively. "Driven to Tears" was added to the European leg of the tour.
- "Voices Inside My Head (intro)"
- "Message in a Bottle"
- "Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic"
- "Spirits in the Material World"
- "Hungry for You (J'aurais toujours faim de toi)"
- "When the World Is Running Down, You Make the Best of What's Still Around"
- "The Bed's Too Big Without You"
- "De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da"
- "Demolition Man"
- "Shadows in the Rain"
- "Walking on the Moon"
- "Invisible Sun"
- "Bring on the Night"
- "One World (Not Three)"
- "Roxanne"
- "Don't Stand So Close to Me"
- "Can't Stand Losing You"/"Reggatta De Blanc"/"Be My Girl—Sally"
- "So Lonely"