The group performed 151 dates across five continents, concluding with a final show in August 2008 at Madison Square Garden , New York.
In March 2008, he premiered his orchestral composition “Celeste” at “An Evening with Stewart Copeland”, part of the Savannah Music Festival. The performance featured classical violinist Daniel Hope . His appearance at Savannah included a screening of Everyone Stares: The Police Inside Out and a question and answer session.
Also in 2008, he was commissioned by the Dallas Symphony Orchestra to create a percussion piece involving primarily Indonesian instruments.
In 2008, RIM commissioned Copeland to write a “soundtrack” for the BlackBerry Bold smart phone. He created a highly percussive theme of one minute’s length from which he evolved six ringtones and a softer ‘alarm tone’ that are preloaded on the device.
they would be embarking on what turned out to be a one-off reunion tour on May 28, 2007.
In 2007, the French government appointed Copeland (along with Police bandmates Summers and Sting) a Chevalier of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres .
The soundtracks were very well received, and one track would later appear on the 2007 compilation album The Stewart Copeland Anthology .
(a role he later reprised for a second series in January 2007).
At the 2007 Grammy Awards , Copeland, Andy Summers and Sting performed the song ” Roxanne ” together again as the Police.
One day later, the band announced that in celebration of the Police’s 30th anniversary,