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The legendary band's new record is their first of new material in 37 yearsThe Specials' Lynval Golding and Terry HallThe Specials have reacted to the news that their new album ‘Encore’ has reached the top of the Official UK Albums Chart. ‘Encore’ is the legendary ska band’s first record of new material in 37 years. It also features a new version of ‘Blam Blam Fever’ and a cover of The Equals’ ‘Black Skinned Blue-Eyed […]The post The Specials react to scoring new number one album: “It couldn’t have been better timing” appeared first on NME.
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The Specials shrugged off illness to play the first London show of their reunion tour last night (May 7) .
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The Specials' founding member and songwriter Jerry Dammers has said that he has not given up hope of rejoining the band - despite not being part of their reformation line-up.
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The Specials: announce Leeds gig
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The Specials have added a further live show to their reunion tour.
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Manic Street Preachers: Franz Ferdinand, Manic Street Preachers, Lily Allen for T In The Park
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Franz Ferdinand, Lily Allen, Manic Street Preachers, The Specials, Bloc Party and The Ting Tings are among a slew of names that have been added to the T In The Park festival line-up for this year.
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Lily Allen, Keane, The Specials, Paolo Nutini, Digitalism and The Mars Volta have been added to the line-up of this year's Oxegen festival.
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