
Reunited after 23 years with his bandmates in the THE POLICE when they opened the Grammy Awards in February of 2007, Stewart Copeland counts himself fortunate to have been the founder of the most played and successful trio of the 1980s. THE POLICE's reunion tour, began in Vancouver in May 2007 went on to be the biggest of the year, grossing more than $247,000,000. It encompassed worldwide appearances including dates throughout Europe, Latin America, Asia and Australia, and now returning for a Victory Lap the tour will end definitively with a final performance in New York in August 2008.
Recipient of the Hollywood Film Festival's first Outstanding Music in Film Visionary Award, and a 2003 inductee to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame;
Stewart Copeland - the former drummer and founder of The Police - has been responsible for some of the film world's most innovative and groundbreaking scores. His career includes the sale of more than 40,000,000 records worldwide, and has won him five Grammy Awards. Meanwhile, his travels in search of exotic rhythms and musical celebration have taken him around the world, from mysterious Easter Island to Mozambique, and from the outback of Australia to the remotest regions of the Congolese jungles.
During his composing career Copeland has had successful collaborations with some of Hollywood's most acclaimed and eclectic directors, including Francis Ford Coppola, Oliver Stone, Kevin Reynolds, Bruce Beresford, Ken Loach, and John Hughes. His current and recent film and television assignments have included DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES; a two-year stint on the quirky, critically acclaimed Showtime series DEAD LIKE ME;...
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