CLEARWATER — An Evening of Conversation with the Hall of Fame rock star Stewart Copeland will be presented on Friday, June 5, 8 p.m., at the Bilheimer Capitol Theatre, 405 Cleveland St., Clearwater.
Tickets start at $30. Visit www.rutheckerdhall.com or call 727-791-7400.
Copeland, a world-famous drummer, is founder of the most successful rock band of the 1980s, The Police. He also is a composer of film scores, video games and operas, as well as a multi-Grammy winner and Rock and Roll Hall of Famer, writer and film maker. He is heading out on his first American spoken-word tour, to talk about it all in his usual funny, intelligent, sharp and unique way.
Copeland became an all-time great after recruiting Sting and Andy Summers into his band, The Police, in 1977. They enjoyed four consecutive No. 1 studio albums, winning Grammy and BRIT Awards, and selling a cool 75 million records. Enjoying No. 1 hits with “Message in a Bottle,” “Walking on the Moon,” “Don’t 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.
Copeland was far from done. After The Police first disbanded, he began composing soundtracks for cult and blockbuster movies, starting with Grammy winning Francis Ford Coppola’s “Rumblefish.” He’s spent the subsequent four decades at the forefront of contemporary music, as a rock star and acclaimed film composer, and across the worlds of opera, ballet, chamber, and world music.
More recently, he published two autobiographical books and unveiled “Police Deranged For Orchestra,” a remarkable, orchestral reimagining of The Police’s best works.
He continues to play around the world, most notably in Italy, the UK, and the United States, while composing soundtracks, making films, and winning even more Grammy Awards. There were two books which dealt with his remarkable life, and this summer he will undertake his first spoken word tour “Has He Said Too Much?” here in the U.S. In a fascinating “evening with” format, he will talk about his incredible life as a performer, musician, entertainer, and writer.