#spoken-word

#spoken-word

Stewart Copeland, founding drummer of The Police, has announced a 2026 summer spoken word tour spanning 34 cities across the United States. Titled "Have I Said Too Much - The Police, Hollywood, and Other Adventures," the trek begins on June 3rd in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, stopping in major cities including Atlanta, Dallas, San Francisco, Boston, and Nashville. See the full schedule below. Get Stewart Copeland Tickets Here Fans can get early access through an artist pre-sale (use code 2026HISTM) beginning on Thursday, February 12th at 10:00 a.m. local time via Ticketmaster and Copeland's website. The general on-sale is set for Friday, February 13th at the same time.

That's right, Hetfield has unveiled a spoken word version of "A Visit From St. Nicholas," aka "Twas The Night Before Christmas" for all you Christmas plebeians. This much-needed dose of Yuletide joy debuted on the band's own Maximum Metallica SiriusXM channel, with the legendary rockers asking listeners everywhere to "grab your cocoa and settle in by the fire" as Hetfield does his thing.

The Germans have a word for it: gesamkunstwerk. Literally, it describes everything under one umbrella, all the types of art that one does collectively being one big piece of work.