Sting takes us back to his childhood in new musical

The Radio National Hour · Apr 23, 2026 · 54m

Sting, the rock legend who fronted The Police, is now in Brisbane performing a musical he wrote based on his childhood experiences in a 1950s English, shipbuilding town. The Last Ship takes Sting back to the yard where his father and grandfather worked right up until it's last days. One of Australia’s leading experts on Motor Neurone Disease, Dr Dominic Rowe, discusses his new research revealing that if you live in Tasmania or South Australia, you have a higher chance of dying from this devastating disease which kills two Australians every day The high stakes, multi-million dollar Kyle and…