While attending school in Beirut to earn his economics degree, Copeland promoted his first concert. After college, he moved to London, met two progressive rock musicians at a club, and helped them form Wishbone Ash.[1]
BTM and Illegal Records
In 1974, Copeland founded the management agency and record label BTM (British Talent Management) and signed a number of progressive rock acts such as Squeeze, Renaissance and Curved Air. In the summer of 1975, he organized a multi-band tour of European music festivals, named Startruckin' 75, which featured several BTM bands as well as Soft Machine, the Mahavishnu Orchestra and Lou Reed (replaced by Ike & Tina Turner).[2] However, Reed's failure to appear at any of the shows and other logistical issues resulted in significant losses for Startruckin 75', and ultimately to the failure of BTM.[3] Copeland filed for bankruptcy and BTM closed down in 1976.[2]
In 1978, Copeland became manager of his brother Stewart's band, The Police. Copeland shepherded the group to become one of the biggest bands of the 1980s, peaking with a concert for 70,000 people at Shea Stadium[7] and the number one single for 1983, "Every Breath You Take".[8] He continued to manage Sting through seven solo albums. Copeland was not, however, included in the reunion era of The Police, leading to a 2007 interview in which Copeland lamented that money was the issue.[9]
Copeland owns and operates CIA (Copeland International Arts), which includes the Bellydance Superstars, Celtic Crossroads, Otros Aires, Zohar, and Beats Antique. Much of the CIA catalog initially included Middle Eastern, world music, Irish, tango, flamenco, and Polynesian styles. The label later signed mainstream artists.[10]
Personal life
Another of Copeland's brothers, Ian Copeland, was a booking agent who described much of the New Wave adventures of Miles, Stewart and himself in his book Wild Thing (1995, Simon & Schuster, ISBN978-0684815084).[11] The three brothers were honored with the Humanitarian Award from AMC Cancer Research Center in 1985.[1]
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For his father see Miles Copeland Jr For the Home and Away character see Miles Copeland Home and Away Miles Axe Copeland III born May 2 1944 is an American music and entertainment executive and former manager of The Police Copeland later managed Sting s musical and acting career In 1979 Copeland founded the I R S Records label producing R E M The Bangles Berlin The Cramps Dead Kennedys The Alarm The Go Go s and others Contents 1 Early life family and education 2 Career 2 1 BTM and Illegal Records 2 2 The Police 2 3 I R S Records 2 4 Copeland International Arts 3 Personal life 4 See also 5 References 6 External linksEarly life family and education EditThis section needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed January 2021 Learn how and when to remove this template message Copeland was born in London England to Miles Axe Copeland Jr a US Central Intelligence Agency CIA officer from Birmingham Alabama US and Lorraine Adie a Scottish archaeologist who worked in British intelligence 1 They had three sons Ian Miles and Stewart and a daughter Leonora The family lived in the Washington DC area and throughout the Middle East in particular Syria Egypt and Lebanon At an early age Copeland and his brothers were fluent in Arabic Copeland attended Birmingham Southern College in Birmingham Alabama in 1962 He graduated with a degree in history and political science as well as a semester at American University in Washington DC 1 From 1966 to 1969 Copeland attended the American University of Beirut earning a degree in economics Career EditWhile attending school in Beirut to earn his economics degree Copeland promoted his first concert After college he moved to London met two progressive rock musicians at a club and helped them form Wishbone Ash 1 BTM and Illegal Records Edit In 1974 Copeland founded the management agency and record label BTM British Talent Management and signed a number of progressive rock acts such as Squeeze Renaissance and Curved Air In the summer of 1975 he organized a multi band tour of European music festivals named Startruckin 75 which featured several BTM bands as well as Soft Machine the Mahavishnu Orchestra and Lou Reed replaced by Ike amp Tina Turner 2 However Reed s failure to appear at any of the shows and other logistical issues resulted in significant losses for Startruckin 75 and ultimately to the failure of BTM 3 Copeland filed for bankruptcy and BTM closed down in 1976 2 BTM s end coincided with the beginning of the UK s Punk New Wave movement and led Copeland to co found Illegal Records Deptford Fun City Records New Bristol Records 4 and to sign the Cortinas Chelsea and the Models to Step Forward Records 5 in 1977 6 Copeland s office was the headquarters for Sniffin Glue and Other Rock N Roll Habits a monthly punk zine by Mark Perry 1 6 The Police Edit In 1978 Copeland became manager of his brother Stewart s band The Police Copeland shepherded the group to become one of the biggest bands of the 1980s peaking with a concert for 70 000 people at Shea Stadium 7 and the number one single for 1983 Every Breath You Take 8 He continued to manage Sting through seven solo albums Copeland was not however included in the reunion era of The Police leading to a 2007 interview in which Copeland lamented that money was the issue 9 I R S Records Edit The success of The Police and the novel methods used to popularize them enabled Copeland to found I R S Records through a deal with A amp M Records Copeland s I R S label had hits with the Buzzcocks R E M The Cramps Fine Young Cannibals The Bangles and many others including a number one album with his label s group The Go Go s Copeland International Arts Edit Copeland owns and operates CIA Copeland International Arts which includes the Bellydance Superstars Celtic Crossroads Otros Aires Zohar and Beats Antique Much of the CIA catalog initially included Middle Eastern world music Irish tango flamenco and Polynesian styles The label later signed mainstream artists 10 Personal life EditAnother of Copeland s brothers Ian Copeland was a booking agent who described much of the New Wave adventures of Miles Stewart and himself in his book Wild Thing 1995 Simon amp Schuster ISBN 978 0684815084 11 The three brothers were honored with the Humanitarian Award from AMC Cancer Research Center in 1985 1 See also EditBellydance Superstars Ark 21References Edit a b c d e UM Entertainment Management Miles Copeland business umt edu University of Montana Retrieved November 5 2016 a b West Aaron J October 1 2015 Sting and The Police Walking in Their Footsteps Rowman amp Littlefield p 59 ISBN 978 0 8108 8491 5 Sutcliffe Phil Fielder Hugh 1981 L Historia Bandido London and New York Proteus Books pp 15 16 ISBN 0 906071 66 6 The Pigs Early UK Punk Rock band Punk77 co uk Retrieved December 28 2015 Record Label Discographies for rare and collectable vinyl records Vinylnet co uk Archived from the original on February 19 2012 Retrieved December 28 2015 a b Punk in London 1977 IMDb IMDb Rock Police Perform for 70 000 at Shea Stadium The New York Times August 20 1983 Retrieved February 1 2017 Every Breath You Take by The Police Songfacts com Retrieved February 1 2017 Where s The Police Chief The Guardian September 2 2007 Retrieved February 1 2017 Stipkovich Aaron Recording Company Copeland International Arts Performingartsinternational com Retrieved December 28 2015 Copeland Ian October 20 1995 Wild Thing by Ian Copeland ISBN 0684815087 External links EditOfficial website Transcript of Miles Copeland III on Politically Incorrect with Bill Maher Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Miles Copeland III amp oldid 1095878405, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
