Bedford Park Concerts have annouced that The Specials will play Bedford Park on Friday, June 3.
The pioneers of UK Ska are one of the most influential and seminal acts in British history; a band embedded in our country's DNA.
It is impossible to envisage the musical landscape without them, from the startling, angular Gangsters in 1979 to their swan song, the epoch-making Ghost Town in 1981.
They infused ska with punk, homegrown political anxiety with wider issues, and it struck a chord with the nation's music lovers.
Founded in 1977 the Specials were at the forefront of the 2 Tone movement, changing the face of UK music in the 1980s with seven successive top 10 singles between 1979 and 1981 including number one hits like ‘Too Much Too Young’ & ‘Ghost Town’.
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The band reformed in 1993 and have wowed fans across the world on the live circuit ever since.
In 2019, they released Encore, their first studio album in 18 years to widespread critical acclaim, giving the band their first ever number one album.
Last year the band released their new album ‘Protest Songs- 1924 – 2012’, it charted at no 2 and featured twelve singular takes on specially chosen protest songs across an almost 100-year span. It also demonstrated that The Specials still care and they are still protesting!
The genius of the Specials is that they are observers, not commentators and they know what pop music is.
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