ON THIS DAY...

2015: Sting appeared as Jackie White in The Last Ship at the Neil Simon Theatre in New York.
1994: Sting appeared on Jools Holland's 'Hootenany' TV show.
SUMMONER'S TALES...
"My early experience as a musician was in folk clubs and I have a great affection for it. On The Last Ship, I wanted the music to reflect the area. Northumbrian music traditions are very strong and there was massive Scottish immigration in the 19th Century. Then came the Irish and I was brought up in an Irish community."