AC/DC's
Brian Johnson To Feature In STING's New Musical
According to RTÉ Ten,
POLICE singer
STING says he wants to emulate the success of
Billy Elliot with a new musical based on his childhood growing up near the shipbuilding yards in Newcastle.
AC/DC frontman
Brian Johnson is among the singers on board.
The Last Ship is 61-year-old Sting's musical theatre debut and will tell the story of the decline of the Swan Hunter shipyard during the 80s in his native Newcastle, where he used to watch as huge vessels were built and launched on the north bank of the River Tyne.
The musical follows a group of workers facing unemployment who decide to build their own ship as the Thatcherite revolution sweeps the north.
Songs from the musical will be released as an album next month and reportedly incorporate traditional Northumbrian pipes, shanties and reels into a score influenced by Gershwin and Sondheim.
Read more at RTÉ Ten.
Mer 28 Aoû - 16:36
