Hes a bona fide rock star, the sort of head-turning,
headline-generating, household name who was inducted into the Rock and
Roll Hall of Fame before todays music stars had even been born.
Stewart Copeland became an all-time great after recruiting Sting and
Andy Summers into his band, The Police, in 1977. They enjoyed four
consecutive number one studio albums, winning Grammy and BRIT Awards,
and selling a cool 75 million records. Enjoying number-one hits with
Message In A Bottle, Walking On The Moon, Dont Stand So Close To Me,
Everything Little Thing She Does Is Magic, and the peerless,
multi-platinum Every Breath You Take, The Police became one of the
most influential bands that Britain has ever produced. For a while,
they were the biggest in the world, before disbanding at the height of
their fame in 1986 and periodically returning for one-offs and a
reunion tour in 2007, which was the highest-grossing tour in the world
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