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Billboard) Trailblazing booking agent, Ian Copeland died today at age 57 after a battle with melanoma. Copeland, who grew up the son of CIA agent, is best known as founder of Frontier Booking International (FBI) where he worked with such seminal hitmakers as R.E.M., The Go-Go's, Black Sabbath, The Police, and Oingo Boingo. Many credit Copeland with helping to carve out a real touring circuit for rock acts. In 1995, after leaving the booking business Simon & Schuster published his memoirs, “Wild Thing: The Backstage, On the Road, In the Studio, Off the Charts Memoirs of Ian Copeland.”
Copeland who was, of course, an avid music lover when on to become the proprietor of Backstage Cafe', a Beverly Hills venue which was a favorite among many top musicians.
Copeland is survived by his two daughters Chandra and Barbara, his mother Lorraine, his brothers Miles III (founder of IRS Records) and Stewart (drummer for The Police) and his sister Lennie.
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