The Police reunite after some two decades for a concert tour in Great Britain. Here, on September 4th, 2007, lead singer Sting, right plays with guitarist Andy Summers. They were not the only veteran musicians to come back to the stage (or to public attention) after years away...
Stevie Wonder also performed at a concert in San Diego on August 23rd, the launch of his first American tour since 1995.
Rap artist Eve performed in Bryant Park in New York on August 24th to mark her first album in five years, aptly entitled "Here I Am."
But some bands stay on stage literally for decades. Here Mick Jagger of the Rolling Stones performs during a concert at Valle Hovin Stadium in Oslo Wednesday night Aug 8 2007.
A few weeks before, Jagger is running behind Keith Richards during the Rolling Stones' "A Bigger Bang" European tour, on Tuesday July 17, 2007 in Bucharest, Romania.
Alice Cooper was also in Romania (on a concert on Sunday night, July 1, 2007), which somehow seems appropriate.
The Black Eyed Peas performed in Seoul, South Koreaon August 16th. From left to right, Will.i.am, Fergie, Apl.de.ap and Taboo perform on stage at Seoul's Olympic Park.
Avril Lavigne, left, was in China, on August 15, 2007 at the Shanghai Qi Zhong Tennis Center in Shanghai.
Meanwhile, a Chinese musician, pianist Lang Lang, gave an open-air concert on July 1st in Munich, Germany.
Among the musicians performing at the Crossroads Guitar Festival 2007, held on July 28, 2007 at Toyota Park in Bridgeview, Illinois, were Willie Nelson, left, and B.B. King, right.
Singer and actress Hillary Duff performed Wednesday, August 29, 2007 at the New York State Fair.
Singer and actress Mandy Moore performs on Thursday, Aug. 23, 2007 at the House of Blues in West Hollywood, California.
Chaka Khan peforms onstage during J&R's Downtown Musicfest 2007 in City Hall Park on August 23, 2007 in New York City.
Singer Bobby Brown performs on stage in concert at the Sydney leg of his "Greatest Hits" tour in support of his eponymous album released earlier this year, at the Enmore Theatre on July 20, 2007 in Sydney, Australia