The Specials Announce Dreamland Show

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Two-Tone pioneers, The Specials, have announced a special show at Dreamland Margate on the 28th of August to kick off their UK tour starting on the 31st August in Swindon. The band have announced that they are working on a new album back in September 2020 which is set to be the successor of their 2019 album ‘Encore’ which gave the band their first UK number 1 album since their formation back in 1977.

When their 2021 UK tour was announced, spokeswoman Kelly Bennaton said: “Following the release of their eighth studio album Encore last year to critical acclaim, the band comprised of Terry Hall, Lynval Golding and Horace Panter, hit the road again. Influential, important and exhilarating live, they are a band embedded in this 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 Formed in Coventry in 1977, the trend-starting ska revival band hit the British music scene hard. In the UK their debut single Gangsters shot to number six and every subsequent single was a top 10 hit, including two number one hits – Too Much Too Young and the much-loved Ghost Town, which won ‘Single of the Year 1981’ in NME, Melody Maker and Sounds. Encore was the band’s first new studio album in more than 38 years and was revered by critics and fans alike, cementing their legendary status in the music scene and continuing to inspire the next generation of politically motivated acts.”

Tickets go on sale this Thursday (1st April) at 9 AM and will be available here (Affiliate Link)!

Check out all the dates below

The Specials UK tour:
31 August – Bristol O2 Academy
02 September – Plymouth Pavilions
03 September – Bournemouth Windsor Hall
04 September – Brighton Centre
06 September – Glasgow Barrowland
07 September – Edinburgh Usher Hall
09 September – Manchester O2 Victoria Warehouse
10 September – Cardiff Motorpoint Arena
11 September – Coventry Ricoh Arena
13 September – Hull Bonus Arena
14 September – Blackpool Empress Ballroom
16 September – Birmingham O2 Academy
17 September – Nottingham Motorpoint Arena
18 September – Doncaster The Dome
20 September – Newcastle Upon Tyne O2 City Hall
21 September – Reading Rivermead
23 September – London Roundhouse
24 September – London Roundhouse