No surprise here: the Police plan to release a live CD and DVD documenting the 2007-08 reunion tour.

Stewart Copeland confirmed the plan for Billboard.com, saying the sets will be drawn from shows recorded Dec. 1 and 2 in Buenos Aires, Argentina last year.

The DVD also will include a documentary about the reunion, "Better Than Therapy," directed by Copeland's son, Jordan.

"He totally gets right under our skins, the little bastard, and his analysis of the group is better than any I've seen," Copeland said. "It's unbelievable to see the early rehearsals compared to where we're at now. Some of them were so raw we had to take them out, some of the scenes. But he's still got the nitty gritty there, with us each grappling with the reality of life in the band again."

And despite the wishes of fans, the Police really do seem to be done this time. Copeland said that while there was a possible "who knows?" in the back of their minds, the tour was always planned "as a very finite thing." He said an attempt to record a new version of "Truth Hits Everybody" that reflected the newly slowed down (read: more boring) version played on tour failed. "We went into the studio, laid down a backing track and immediately disagreed about where to go with it."

Having seen the tour in Chicago last summer, I'll probably fork over money for these sets, more as a souvenir than with any hope of it being something I'll wear out from use. The band was at its peak when it recorded The Police Live! (and perhaps at its most dangerous on the earlier set from 1979 included in the set), and I don't reach for that more than once every few years. An older, grayer, slower version of the band (Police v. 2.old) might have tantalized live because it was my first and only chance to see it, but without that visceral rush, I fear the music will leave me cold.

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