The Police and New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg today (May 6) announced at a press conference in Times Square the band’s final concert ever, to be held in New York on a date still to be revealed in August.
This final concert — for which ticket and venue information have yet to be announced — will be a fundraiser with proceeds benefiting the production of arts programming for public television stations Thirteen/WNET and WLIW New York. Tickets will be available nationally online via the Thirteen/WNET and WLIW Web sites.
Additionally, Sting and the Police announced that they will contribute $1 million to Mayor Bloomberg’s MillionTreesNYC initiative — a gift the city will match — to plant trees all over New York City.
At the press conference, held in Times Square, Sting commented: "Some people may be surprised to know that the greatest single contribution to greenhouse gases is deforestation. We all want cleaner and cooler air, and planting trees is the best way to achieve that.
"We have a long history in New York," he added. "We came here first in 1978. We want to leave a gift that will last for decades."
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The contribution by the Police to the MillionTressNYC initiative — which aims to plant 1 million trees by 2017 — will fund the planting of 10,000 trees across all five of New York City’s boroughs.
Mayor Bloomberg commented: "We hope the donation by the Police will inspire many more people to get involved…. A lot of people make a lot of money, spend a little bit of it, and don’t give any of it away. So these guys are role models."
Source Billboard
