Sting When the Last Ship Sails 20131222 2350

Sting and his band perform songs from his new album, The Last Ship, at The Public Theatre, New York. The songs, inspired by the shipbuilding community of Wallsend where Sting was born and raised, will form part of his forthcoming Broadway play.He and the band are joined onstage by the actor and singer Jimmy Nail. Of course Jo Lawry is singing along! :-)

1:00 The Last Ship
6:40 Shipyard
15:26 Coming home's not easy
16:36 And yet
20:22 August winds
24:02 What have we got?
29:38 Practical Arrangement
35:22 What say you Meg?
39:55 Dead man's boots
43:56 Big steamers
47:24 Sky hooks and tartan paint
52:06 Jock the singing welder
56:31 So to speak
1:00:27 Show some respect
1:05:28 Underground river
1:13:07 The last ship (Reprise