Bama Theater

Oct. 14, 1979

The Police infamously played the Bama to fewer than 200 people, just as "Roxanne" was beginning to garner airplay, even though tickets sold for just $5. Ironically, there were a few significant Alabama connections to the band. Drummer Stewart Copeland’s older brother Miles, a 1966 graduate of Birmingham Southern University, was the fledgling pop punk band’s manager. The Copeland brothers’ father, Miles Copeland Jr., was a Birmingham native, an ardent jazz musician, CIA agent, and author.