Are there any recordings of this show?
Quite a lineup that afternoon/evening: The Fixx, Simple Minds, A Flock Of Seagulls, Joan Jett, Ministry, and The Police.
It appears that it was also the very first show of The Police’s Synchronicity world tour, so several of their more famous hits would have made their live debut that evening.
I gather that Al and Sting didn’t share the same dressing room. 
I’d like to think recordings are out there, since some of the Police’s set made it to tv broadcast.
Ministry would have played a 30 minute set. The tracklist is over at setlist.fm but I’m not sure where that was sourced from.
IIRC, Simple Minds didn’t play that show and Ministry took their place on the bill.
Able to recall only a few vague memories. As we were a last minute replacement our dressing room accommodations were spartan. Just a small room in a trailer parked just outside old Comiskey Park just beyond the centerfield grandstand. It was a beautiful day so nobody spent any time in the dressing room. We played first…just after noon, no soundcheck. Couldn’t hear much of anything in the monitors. All I could hear was a dull noise reverberating through a cavernous stadium. The crowd seemed to enjoy it. Since it was a hometown gig there were a lot of friends/girlfriends/etc backstage. I think I grabbed a plate of food after the set and left shortly thereafter with my then girlfriend and current wife and an old friend who was driving. We went back to our apartment on the Northside without ever seeing The Police or any of the other bands. I think the rest of the band hung around but I have no idea how long they stayed.
I like all the bands on the bill, so I probably would have had a blast there, although I heard Joan Jett got booed of the stage.
Why the fuck would anyone boo Joan Jett? What a bunch of douche nozzles…
The Fixx were underrated…
She’s always rocked…its not stuff I sit around and listen to but she has always embodied the spirit of rock n roll…way back to The Runaways days…gotta be a real knob to boo her…
Totally agree. They still put on a great live show. Hoping to catch them in a few weeks.
I can’t recall exactly what happened…but I think I was probably in a, “I’d rather be in Lake View in our nice apartment than wandering around Comiskey Park in the midday sun after playing a short set that felt rushed and nearly inaudible” kinda mood. I didn’t mind the other bands at all. I’m not genre-centric. I love it all.
Saw her at a tiny club in NYC a few years ago for a record release party. Didn’t know anything but the big hits, but she sure put on a show. For a bunch of aging musicians with no shtick and no light show, they were riveting.
Had no idea they were still touring…do they put out new music?
There are a few photos from the '83 Comiskey Park performance in this video clip:
cool, thanks for sharing.