Police drummer settles court case against The Doors

LOS ANGELES (Doors Fans Website) - The former drummer in The Police has reached a settlement with members of The Doors 21st Century in a breach-of-contract case.

Stewart Copeland claimed keyboardist Ray Manzarek and guitarist Robby Krieger, original members of the 1960s rock band The Doors, reneged on a promise to use him during an upcoming tour and album.
The million dollar lawsuit was filed on March 7 in the Los Angeles Superior Court. Details of the settlement will not be released, band publicist Todd Brodginski says. "We're glad we were able to resolve this matter, and we wish Stewart all the success in the future," Manzarek said in a statement from the band's publicist.
Copeland was replaced in February.
"I for one am a fan of The Doors. The world is a better place with Ray and Robby out there playing those songs," Copeland said in the same statement.

In a separate case drummer John Densmore, the third remaining member of the original Doors, sued Manzarek and Krieger in February for going on tour without him.

Densmore's case claimed after lead singer Jim Morrison died in 1971, the members agreed any future profits from The Doors music would be split between them and that the band's name would not be used unless all of them were involved.

On May 13, a judge denied a preliminary injunction barring Manzarek and Krieger from using the band's name on their concert tour, but withheld a final ruling in the case.