The concept album, The Requiem For Titanic is co-composed with Gibb's son Robin-John (RJ) and is the legendary singersongwriter's first body of new material in seven years.

Recorded with The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, it is set to complete next month at Air Studios in North London. Through the medium of music, the record tells the story of the illfated passenger liner from its launch to its sinking with the loss of 1,517 lives in 1912.

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