Taking Nostalgia To A Whole New Level

’80s rock legends The Police are getting back together to perform at the Grammy Awards, and no one is more excited than the record companies that own their music. “The music industry is usually obsessed with looking for the next new thing, but this year it is throwing its weight behind the next old thing. In an increasingly fragmented market, executives are turning to the tried and trusted to bolster sales, with so many bands announcing reformations that the music scene in 2007 is starting to look a lot like it did 20 years ago.”