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Jun 05, 2013
Sting: Writing The Last Ship...

The inspiration for it really stemmed from my album The Soul Cages that I wrote in 1990, which depicted the landscape of my hometown, Wallsend, in the Northeast of England. My early memories are of the Swan Hunters shipyard at the end of the street, where some of the largest ships ever built were constructed; the imposing presence of ships, towering over the roofs of the terraced houses we lived in, represented a very potent symbolism for me. I watched thousands of men walk down our street every day on their way to work on these mighty ships. My great-great-grandfather was a master mariner, one of my grandfathers was a North Sea pilot, another was a shipwright, and my father served his time as an engineer. So my family over the generations has always been connected to the sea and ships...

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Jun 05, 2013
STING'S THE LAST SHIP - New Album From the 16-Time Grammy® Award Winner...

Cherrytree/Interscope/A&M Records is pleased to announce a new album of original material from Sting, entitled The Last Ship, scheduled for release on September 24, 2013 (internationally on September 23, 2013). The album is inspired by Sting's forthcoming play of the same name and explores the central themes of homecoming and self-discovery, drawing upon his memories of growing up in the shadow of the Swan Hunters Shipyard in Wallsend. His personal reminiscences illuminate universal truths - the complexity of relationships, the passage of time and the importance of family and community - to form an affecting, complex parable for our modern times...

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Jun 03, 2013
Sting To Release New Album In September...

Sting will release an album of new songs next fall, his first full-length LP of original material since 2003's "Sacred Love," his publicist said. The album, "The Last Ship," grew out of the songwriting Sting has been doing for a musical of the same name, which the producers hope will run on Broadway in 2014. That play is set in a shipyard in Wallsend, England, near where Sting, born Gordon Sumner, spent his youth. "The Last Ship" will contain several songs used in the musical, as well as a few others Sting wrote for the play but decided not to include. It will be released on Sept. 24 by a consortium of three labels - Cherrytree, Interscope and A & M Records...

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Feb 07, 2012
Sting's The Last Ship has long way to travel...

It is possible Sting's musical The Last Ship will never leave the harbour, yet alone dock in a major theatre. It will certainly never again be seen as I saw it on Friday night at Live Theatre when the actors had the script in their hands. Even the following night's second try-out performance on Saturday was different, by all accounts. This, then, cannot be a review of a finished product. A work of progress it was at the weekend and a work of progress it will remain for quite some time. Having said that, The Last Ship has more going for it than most embryonic musicals...

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Feb 06, 2012
Sting musical given first outing at Live Theatre, Newcastle...

Sting's embryonic first stage musical was given two try out performances on Tyneside at the weekend - and afterwards the Wallsend-born star spoke exclusively to The Journal about his new venture. "It's kind of nerve-wracking and a huge risk to come to Newcastle and present something very unfinished and raw, and hope people will understand the process and feel they can invest in it emotionally," he told the Newcastle Journal...

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