Ian Copeland, Former Booking Agent of The Police, R.I.P.

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Ian Copeland, 57; Booking Agent for New Wave, Punk Bands, Including the Police

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.

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Source: LA Times

I never met him, but I knew his sister and have been to his brother Miles' house and have met his father. His brother, who managed the police lives in Raymond Burr's mansion - he had it decorated in art deco throughout. Interesting legacy he created - he was the brains behind the Police breaking out.

His father, Miles, was not just an intelligence officer - he was high up in the OSS and a co-creator of the CIA. Now you know where they got all those acronyms for his bands and labels - The Police, IRS Records, etc

A friend was a regular at his bar in Beverly Hills and he swears it remains one of the best eateries in the city.

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