Sting Coliseum Arena Oakland,Ca March 24, 1988 source : nakamichi cm300 > sony tcd-5m transfer from master cassettes taper : markp disc 1: 01 intro/ The Lazarus Heart/ Too Much Information 02 We'll Be Together 03 Englishman In New York 04 Sister Moon 05 Rock Steady 06 Murder By Numbers 07 Straight To My Heart 08 One World 09 If You Love Somebody Set Them Free 10 Consider Me Gone (#1) 11 Consider Me Gone (#2) 12 Bring On The Night/ When The World Is Running Down disc 2: 01 They Dance Alone 02 King Of Pain 03 Be Still My Beating Heart 04 Fragile/ Little Wing/ From Me To You ** 05 Home On The Range/ Fortress Around Your Heart 06 Don't Stand So Close To Me ** 07 The Secret Marriage 08 Message In A Bottle 09 [ending] the sound on this is maybe a bit below average, nothing special at all great seats for the show not good seats for taping this is not the common circulating source recording, which i have been told is alot worse i doubt this has circulated at all as i don't recall ever making anyone a copy or trading a copy. there never was much interest ---- Additional infos: Remarks: Attendance: 14,500; sellout. Before the intermission Sting joked that during the break, "we're going to be reading poetry backstage. Longfellow and Whitman". During Consider Me Gone a strange noise came out of the sound system. Sting forced the band to stop playing: "Wait a minute, wait a minute. Who did that? Who played that wrong note? Was it you Branford? Kenny? Mino? It certainly wasn't Tracy. I think it was the drummer. You [??] little [??]. So, I apologize for the behaviour of whoever that was". Sting and band continued performing the song. A few seconds later another strange noise was heard. Again Sting stopped the band and said laughing: "Wait a minute. This is not arranged. I'm going to the bottom of this. Who has done this? It is the syntheziser". "Wath him. Everybody watch Branford". After another noise Sting pointed out to Branford: "It is you. You are fired. Alright, you can come back". A Chilean wooden pipes player joined the band during They Dance Alone and gave the music authenic flavor. This was the first of two shows at the Oakland Coliseum (second show performed on March 25, 1988).