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• Andy Summers moves to Santa Monica in March

• in early April Sting finishes his US tour - there's a week off which he probably spends in Los Angeles.

There's a premiere for Stormy Monday that week, followed by next day's video shoot for They Dance Alone at the former Chaplin studios and a platinum record presentation for ...Nothing Like The Sun - the next day Sting will fly to Europe (Rome!) - this information is from Tele - May 2, 1988

(the last US gig was on 1988-04-02 - the first European gig was on 1988-04-16)

• Spanish mag from around May - 2 days before starting a European tour Sting recorded two new videos and did several interviews for TV ---- he was interviewed in Malibu for the magazine and they say he just came from a short family vacation in Aspen

• Stewart Copeland and Miles Copeland attended an Outlandos Trust charity event at the Houses of Parliament in London in May - "absolutely diabolical weather"

• Andy Summers will stay in the United States from July to December - to work on a personal project

• July 18-24, 1988 --- in that week a 5 day New Music Seminar at the Marriott Marquis on Times Square

East Coast Rocker from Oct. 5 mentions that Andy participated in two panels at the "recent New Music Seminar", the Washington Post from July 27 mentions "last week's five-day seminar" at that venue ( https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1988/07/27/new-music-biz-as-it-is/09e823e5-4805-448f-b13f-1bc94f07d1e2/ )

• August 6, 1988 in Billboard - upcoming photo exhibition "20 pictures on a wall" at Record World's Square Circle store in Brooklyn ( https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/80s/1988/BB-1988-08-06.pdf )
• October 5, 1988 in East Coast Rocker - that exhibition just ended (at the In Square Circle Gallery in Brooklyn)

• in late September or early October Stewart Copeland flew from New York to London (Outlandos newsletter from September / October 1988 mentions that Stewart arrived coming from New York - the newsletter itself also mentions Sting's birthday as an event from the past, that's why "last week" could be either the end of September or early October)

• Andy working on Michael Shrieve album - for about a week instrumental recordings (new interview clipping at home) - Music Technology Sept. 88: http://www.muzines.co.uk/articles/the-state-of-the-beat/2287 "Right now Shrieve is finalising plans for a jazz album with keyboard player Patrick O'Hearn, Andy Summers, guitarist David Torn and horn player Mark Isham, and preparing for a Santana 20-year anniversary reunion tour."

Stiletto album on discogs features credits and dates [1]

• Sting is interviewed in a hotel in Paris at the end of August (he was in the US on August 28 and in London on August 31) (French magazine clipping)

• Outlandos newsletter December 1988: "Stewart is in New York right now" (written after December 2)