ENTERTAINMENT
May 7, 2013 | By David Mermelstein
Though it's been 27 years since the Police disbanded, Stewart Copeland, its American drummer, remains best known for his nine years with the seminal British rock band. But that doesn't mean he hasn't been busy beyond the Police's 2007 reunion tour. From the mid-1980s through the mid-2000s, Copeland was a prolific composer of movie and TV scores. More recently, he's been writing operas and ballets. On May 11, his fourth and latest opera, "The Tell-Tale Heart," based on Edgar Allan Poe's short story of the same name, receives its American premiere at Long Beach Opera, on a bill with another one-act opera.
ENTERTAINMENT
October 15, 2009 | Richard Fausset
The rock singer Sting may be a man of furtive cool, mystical tantric talents and exotic, globe-spanning tastes, but it was his affable drummer who could always boast the more intriguing back story. Sting, né Gordon Sumner, was the son of an English milkman and a hairdresser. Stewart Copeland -- supplier of the fussy yet propulsive rhythm that was a hallmark of the Police -- was born in Alexandria, Va., in 1952, the son of Miles Copeland Jr., a Middle Eastern operative for the CIA, and archaeologist Lorraine Adie, who worked for British intelligence during World War II. The drummer-to-be grew up in Cairo and Beirut.
NEWS
August 3, 2006
Stewart Copeland, former drummer for the Police, will be on hand at the Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood tonight to answer questions from the audience after the screening of a documentary he has made about the rock group. "Everyone Stares: The Police Inside Out" will be shown at 7:30 p.m. as part of the American Cinematheque's "Mods & Rockers" film festival.
CALIFORNIA | LOCAL
May 25, 2006 | Valerie J. Nelson, Times Staff Writer
Ian Copeland, a booking agent who helped the Police and other new wave and punk bands break into the U. S. music scene by stitching together a club circuit that the bands could play, has died. He was 57. Copeland died Tuesday of melanoma at his home in Los Angeles, his family announced. He created the club circuit by contacting owners of discos that were going out of business. Groups such as R.E.M., Nine Inch Nails and the B-52s benefited.
ENTERTAINMENT
June 4, 2003 | From a Times staff writer
Stewart Copeland, former drummer with the Police, has settled his suit against the Doors of the 21st Century. Terms were not disclosed. Copeland had been performing in the band with original Doors members Ray Manzarek and Robby Krieger but then hurt his elbow and was replaced. He went to court in March, charging them with breaching an oral contract to use him on a tour and an album.
ENTERTAINMENT
March 12, 2003 | Lee Margulies
Doors members file lawsuits What's up with Doors drummers? First, John Densmore, the rock group's original drummer, filed suit in February, seeking to block former bandmates Ray Manzarek and Robby Krieger from performing under the name Doors 21st Century. Now, Stewart Copeland, who initially was tapped to replace Densmore in the reconstituted group, has hit them with a $1-million suit, RollingStone.com reports, charging that they breached an oral contract to use him on a tour and album.