On February 20, 2007, the band released Duet All Night Long , which is a split EP with power pop punk band Zolof the Rock & Roll Destroyer . It features six cover songs (three from each band), with the two vocalists performing with both bands. The song, “Say Say…
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The band opened the 49th Annual Grammy Awards on 11 February 2007 in Los Angeles, announcing, “Ladies and gentlemen, we are The Police, and we’re back!” before launching into “Roxanne”.
After taking a two-month-long break following the band’s Black Clouds and Underdogs tour in promotion of From Under the Cork Tree , Fall Out Boy returned to the studio to begin work on a follow-up effort. The band began writing songs for the new album while touring, and intended to…
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They released their final album on 5 February 2007, entitled Wind Up Toys on Fierce Panda Records .
In February 2007, Zach Blair had joined Rise Against . Shortly after, it was announced he was no longer in Only Crime and was replaced by Modern Life Is War guitarist Matt Hoffman.
January 30, 2007, marked the release of Remains an album of B-sides, rarities and live performances. An accompanying DVD contained performances from The Occult Roots Tour and all the band’s music videos to date. This marked the end of their association with Vagrant Records.
At midnight, on January 23, 2007, the record was made available for pre-order on iTunes .
On 22 January 2007, the punk wave magazine Side-Line broke the story the Police would reunite for the Grammys , and would perform “Roxanne”. Side-Line also stated the Police were to embark on a massive world tour.
On January 19, the band performed the song on Late Night with Conan O’Brien .
On January 16, 2007, ” Jesus Christ ” was announced as the next official single from the album.