The Specials

jackhammer · 04-13-2008, 06:23 PM

The Specials are one of the very best bands of the 80's scene and they were as lyrically astute as they were musically. A perennial fave of mine.

DrpkckDr · 12-02-2008, 12:54 PM

Searched but couldn't find anything on it...

Quote:

ISSUED TODAY BY THE SPECIALS MANAGEMENT TEAM

THE SPECIALS

"...We are proud to announce that 2009 will see the live return of Coventry’s finest, The Specials.
One of the most important bands in the history of popular music and recognised as one of the greatest live bands the world has ever seen have been the subject of continuous rumours and demands for their reformation since their split in 1981.

It would be impossible to overstate the importance of The Specials to the UK music scene. Despite a brief career, the Coventry band lit up the late 70’s like a comet, their melding of punk and ska creating the 2-tone sound that is still today is held up as an influence by bands across the world. Now, thirty years since the release of their debut single, ‘Gangsters’, The Specials will take to the road for a UK tour starting in April.

Over two studio albums, The Specials scored eight top ten singles, including two number ones for the ‘Too Much Too Young’ live EP and the era defining ‘Ghost Town’, two Top 5 albums and spawned a retrospective list of compilation and live albums from official releases to much sought after bootlegs. The band were rightly regarded as the starting point of the ska scene that swept the UK through 1978 and, in many ways, were emblematic of their times, their songs dealing with the confusion of a country in industrial decline whilst struggling to come to terms with multi-culturalism and a new creed which became known as Thatcherism. Their re-emergence into a Britain teetering on the edge of recession and still plagued by the same divisions and problems that they so memorably highlighted in ‘Ghost Town’ could not seem more apt, the songs from ‘The Specials’ and ‘More Specials’ seeming as relevant today as they did 30 years ago.

“nothing ever change” Do Nothing – The Specials

Live in 2009

22 April NEWCASTLE, Academy 0844 477 2000 *
23 April SHEFFIELD, Academy 0844 477 2000 *
25 April BIRMINGHAM, Academy 0844 477 2000 **
26 April BIRMINGHAM, Academy 0844 477 2000
28 April GLASGOW, Academy 08444 999 990
3 May MANCHESTER, Apollo 08444 777 677
6 May LONDON, Brixton Academy 0844 477 2000
7 May LONDON, Brixton Academy 0844 477 2000

Tickets go on sale 9am Thursday 11th December priced £32.50 in advance except London £35.
_________________

jackhammer · 12-02-2008, 12:56 PM

I just got a PM on it but how frigging much? Jeez.

Urban Hat€monger ? · 12-02-2008, 01:00 PM

Quote:

Their re-emergence into a Britain teetering on the edge of recession and still plagued by the same divisions and problems that they so memorably highlighted in ‘Ghost Town’ could not seem more apt

Quote:

£32.50

Quote:

London £35

jackhammer · 12-02-2008, 01:18 PM

I love The Specials but no way am I going to pay that sort of money for a bunch of 50 year olds.

Bulldog · 12-02-2008, 01:43 PM

I love the Specials but, again, a bit much innit? That said I'll probably end up buying one for the Manchester gig when I see m'next lump of cash

strappy · 12-02-2008, 05:29 PM

Who's all in the lineup?

jackhammer · 12-02-2008, 05:33 PM

The original band.

strappy · 12-02-2008, 05:59 PM

That's a tough call. I've seen them before, minus a few members. I think it'd be worth it. Especially if you're single.

Akira · 12-02-2008, 06:00 PM

I'll prob go just because it's The Specials....even if they do need special access to the stage these days.

04-13-2008, 06:23 PM	#61 (permalink)
jackhammer Ba and Be. Join Date: May 2007 Location: This Is England Posts: 17,331	The Specials are one of the very best bands of the 80's scene and they were as lyrically astute as they were musically. A perennial fave of mine. __________________ It be my music and film collection. “A cynic by experience, a romantic by inclination and now a hero by necessity.”

12-02-2008, 12:56 PM	#63 (permalink)
jackhammer Ba and Be. Join Date: May 2007 Location: This Is England Posts: 17,331	I just got a PM on it but how frigging much? Jeez. __________________ It be my music and film collection. “A cynic by experience, a romantic by inclination and now a hero by necessity.”

12-02-2008, 01:18 PM	#65 (permalink)
jackhammer Ba and Be. Join Date: May 2007 Location: This Is England Posts: 17,331	I love The Specials but no way am I going to pay that sort of money for a bunch of 50 year olds. __________________ It be my music and film collection. “A cynic by experience, a romantic by inclination and now a hero by necessity.”

12-02-2008, 05:33 PM	#68 (permalink)
jackhammer Ba and Be. Join Date: May 2007 Location: This Is England Posts: 17,331	The original band. __________________ It be my music and film collection. “A cynic by experience, a romantic by inclination and now a hero by necessity.”

12-02-2008, 01:43 PM	#66 (permalink)
Bulldog why bother? Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: UK Posts: 4,840	I love the Specials but, again, a bit much innit? That said I'll probably end up buying one for the Manchester gig when I see m'next lump of cash

12-02-2008, 05:29 PM	#67 (permalink)
strappy Groupie Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 20	Who's all in the lineup?

12-02-2008, 05:59 PM	#69 (permalink)
strappy Groupie Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 20	That's a tough call. I've seen them before, minus a few members. I think it'd be worth it. Especially if you're single.