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Larkin, Colin (2011). "Specials". The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th conciseed.). Omnibus Press. ISBN 0-85712-595-8. In 2007, Hall teamed up with Golding for the first time in 24 years, to play Specials songs at two music festivals. At Glastonbury Festival, they appeared on the Pyramid Stage with Lily Allen to perform "Gangsters". In May 2009, Golding claimed that Allen's reuniting him with Hall played a "massive part" in the group's later reformation. [20] Later the same day, they played on the Park Stage, with Damon Albarn of Blur on piano and beatboxer Shlomo providing rhythm, to perform "A Message to You, Rudy". At GuilFest, Golding joined the Dub Pistols to again perform "Gangsters". In 2007, Golding regularly performed concerts and recorded with Pama International, a collective of musicians who were members of Special Beat. This article does not cite any sources. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.

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a b c d e "Terry Hall of The Specials dies aged 63". BBC News. 19 December 2022 . Retrieved 20 December 2022. The Specials reveal updated UK tour dates including homecoming Coventry gig". Coventry Telegraph. 3 March 2021 . Retrieved 13 May 2021. The seminal British two-tone band have inspired generations of artists. Here are the ten songs that defined their career Grosse Pointe Blank (1997) – songs – " Pressure Drop", "A Message to You, Rudy" and "You're Wondering Now" Find sources: "Best of the Specials"– news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR ( June 2019) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message)

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In 1990, Bradbury, Golding, Panter and Staple teamed up with members of the Beat to form Special Beat, [10] performing the music of the two bands and other ska and Two Tone classics. The group, undergoing many line-up changes, toured and released several live recordings through the 1990s. The Specials reunion all down to Lily Allen". Coventry Telegraph. 15 May 2009. Archived from the original on 3 July 2009 . Retrieved 29 April 2010. Sheridan, Emily. "The Special frontman's Terry Hall's difficult life: child abuse, suicide, and addiction" . Retrieved 12 January 2023. Chambers, Pete (2008) 2-Tone-2: Dispatches from the Two Tone City, 30 Years on, Tencton Planet Publications. ISBN 978-0-9544125-6-2The Specials reveal new tour dates for 2019 and unveil new album 'Encore' ". NME. 30 October 2018 . Retrieved 30 October 2018. a b Roach, Martin; Nolan, David (2015). Damon Albarn. Bonnier Zaffre. p.193. ISBN 978-1-78418-761-3. On 29 October 2018, the Specials announced a UK tour in 2019 to coincide with the release of a new album, Encore. [43] The Specials completed a North American tour in 2013, performing to sold-out crowds in Chicago, Los Angeles, San Diego, San Francisco, Seattle, Portland and Vancouver. Hall collaborated with Mushtaq of Fun-Da-Mental on the 2003 studio album The Hour of Two Lights which contains contributions from Blur's Damon Albarn, a twelve-year-old Lebanese girl singer, a blind Algerian rapper, a Syrian flautist, Hebrew vocalists, and a group of Polish gypsies. [13] Later years

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On 19 December 2022, the Specials announced on social media that Hall had died at age 63 after a brief illness which was later revealed to be pancreatic cancer. They had planned to record a new album in the United States before Hall's health deteriorated. [50] Members [ edit ] Current members [ edit ] Despite the live success, the band fizzled out after a 1998 Japan tour (which Panter missed due to illness [19]), although limited touring with a different line-up continued into 2000. The release of the earlier Trojan sessions, Skinhead Girl in 2000 and Conquering Ruler in 2001, would be the last heard from the band for some time. a b Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrateded.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p.286. ISBN 0-646-11917-6. a b Sweeting, Adam (20 December 2022). "Terry Hall obituary". The Guardian . Retrieved 20 December 2022.Moving into production and management, Staple "discovered" and produced bhangra pop fusion artist Johnny Zee. Throughout the 1980s and 1990s, Staple would stay active producing and guesting with a variety of artists, including International Beat, Special Beat, Unwritten Law, Desorden Publico, the Planet Smashers and others, as well as leading his own bands and starting the Rude Wear clothing line. He sang with the 1990s Specials line-up, and again from 2009 to 2012. Jones, Chris (10 October 2008). "The Specials The Specials Review". BBC Music . Retrieved 1 May 2012. Hall followed up his debut studio album with Laugh in 1997. It remains his most successful solo album, reaching No.50 on the UK Albums Chart. [11] The album contains the top 50 UK single, "Ballad of a Landlord". [1] Both albums featured long-time collaborator Craig Gannon. [12] Hall and Mushtaq

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Top Selling Albums of 1980 — The Official New Zealand Music Chart". Recorded Music New Zealand . Retrieved 29 January 2022. Hall was quoted as saying, "The door remains open to him". [23] However, Dammers described the new reunion as a "takeover" and claimed he had been forced out of the band. [24] Around that same time, longtime Specials fan Amy Winehouse joined Dammers onstage at Hyde Park, singing the song he wrote for the Specials, "Free Nelson Mandela", for Mandela's 90th birthday concert, dubbed 46664 after Mandela's prison number, and also the name of his AIDS charity, which received money raised by the birthday bash. [25] [26] 30th Anniversary Tour and beyond [ edit ] The Specials confirm more 2009 UK dates". Thespecials.com. 8 June 2009. Archived from the original on 28 July 2011 . Retrieved 29 April 2010.

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Original Rude Boy: From Borstal to the Specials by Neville Staple with Tony McMahon; Chapter 4: The Specials – The Rude Boys Arrive In 2017, the band invited 20-year-old Birmingham native Saffiyah Khan to a show after a photo of her confronting an " English Defence League goon" in a Specials t-shirt at a counter-demonstration went viral. Less than two years later, Khan had performed on stage for the first time, recorded a song and toured North America with the band. [41] [42] Hall was featured on the studio album True Love by Toots and the Maytals. The album won the 2004 Grammy Award for Best Reggae Album and showcased many notable musicians. [16]