Summer Reunion Tours

Summer Reunion Tours

How Can I Miss You When You Won't Go Away?: Never can say goodbye. Sorry may be the hardest word, but goodbye is too good a word, gal. You say goodbye, I say hello... Looking ahead to the summer concert season, here's an incomplete guide to the comings, the goings, the coming-backs and going-agains (maybe) in the pop scene this season and beyond.



THE POLICE
No one ever expected to see Sting back together with guitarist Andy Summers and drummer Stewart Copeland -- least of all the trio's front man, who at the Los Angeles news conference announcing this summer's reunion shows declared that taking part in the tour made him "certifiably insane."

GENESIS
Although Peter Gabriel hasn't ruled out rejoining the band, this summer's reunion by Genesis so far promises only the most commercially successful edition of the band -- drummer-vocalist Phil Collins, bassist-guitarist Mike Rutherford and keyboardist Tony Banks.

SMASHING PUMPKINS
The second or third most popular '90s alt-rock band is back with a new album and tour with just Billy Corgan and drummer Jimmy Chamberlin. Founding guitarist James Iha and bassist D'Arcy Wretzky are MIA.

VAN HALEN
Just last month, plans for Van Halen's much-anticipated reunion tour with original singer David Lee Roth evaporated, the fourth time the band and Roth have tried to get back together.

THE STOOGES
Iggy Pop and company (with bassist Mike Watt sitting in for the late Dave Alexander) is back with a tour and a new album, "The Weirdness," the group's first since 1973's "Raw Power."

RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE
So far, the Los Angeles rap-rock act is committed to doing only four dates, but its headline appearance at Coachella helped sell out the festival three months in advance.

JACKSON 5
Jermaine Jackson announced plans for a new Jackson 5 album and world tour, and Michael Jackson, who will appear on two tracks on the album, is said to be thinking about joining in.