Tag: the Specials
40 years of 2 Tone – a personal recollection
A personal look back at the halcyon years of 2 Tone Records as it marks its 40th anniversary with three of its key bands...
Victorious Festival – live review
Victorious Festival Southsea Common 23rd-25th August Take the most densely-populated area of the UK. Find the least-densely populated part of it, add some stages, plenty of talented...
Splendour Festival 2019 – Nottingham – live review
Splendour Nottingham 2019 - Festival review. Manic Street Preachers, The Specials and All Saints headline the popular midlands music festival
The Specials/The Pop Group: The Amphitheatre, Bristol – live review
The Specials/The Pop Group
The Amphitheatre, Bristol
19 July 2019 The original Two-Toners skank it up in Bristol supported by the hometown's post-punk mavericks. Elfyn Griffith gets...
The Specials: Academy, Manchester – live review
Wayne AF Carey is transported back to the 80's for an experience to never forget.
LIVE
A Bowie Celebration: O2 Ritz, Manchester – live review
A Bowie Celebration - The Diamond Dogs + more Tour
O2 Ritz, Manchester
23rd January 2020 The...
INTERVIEWS
Listen to This! We’re All Aliens Release Optimistic and Riff Heavy New Single Get A Life
North West four piece We're All Aiens return with new single Get A Life. Coming almost a year...
NEWS
folk legend Shirley Collins announces special live show with Brian Catling and Matthew Shaw
Lodestar in 2018 was a reawakening of one of folk music’s most important voices. Now the journey continues as Shirley Collins makes a pilgrimage to the heart of the landscape that fuels her work.
MEDIA
An Unconscious Coupling: Rocketman and Joker – The Double Life of Film
What can box-office hits tell us about the human condition? In the light of their success, Lee Ashworth...
FESTIVALS
Damnation Festival 2019: University of Leeds Students Union – live review
Damnation Festival
University of Leeds Students Union, Leeds
2nd November 2019 The Damnation Festival 2019 celebrated the diverse and extreme...
