The Police will come to an end with a final concert in New York that will benefit arts programming for the city's public TV stations.

Singer/bassist Sting, drummer Stewart Copeland and guitarist Andy Summers reunited for a world tour last May and, according to Billboard data up to September 30, grossed more than $US171 million from 53 shows seen by more than 1.5 million people.

The band will say farewell to Britain with a concert in London's Hyde Park on June 29.                              

The New York City concert will end the tour, though a date and venue have not been released.

When asked in London in February if this really was the end for the group, Sting said "Yeah, I think it's right. We've been saved from the nostalgia in a bad sense because I think the band sounds fairly contemporary." //Reuters