Ska legends The Specials coming to North Lincolnshire

The Specials are coming to The Baths Hall in Scunthorpe on Sunday, October 23, and tickets go on sale this Friday.
The Specials.The Specials.
The Specials.

Hailing from the industrial city of Coventry, this multi-racial seven-piece combined the angry, disaffected voice of punk with the wind-your-waist sensibility of ska and reggae to re-define pop music and make Britain dance again.

A mercurial two and a half years later and it was all over, leaving behind seven top 10 singles (two of which went to No.1) and two top five genre-defining albums.

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Their first single, ‘Gangsters’, released on their own 2tone label in 1979, was their calling card and ‘Ghost Town’, their swan song, encapsulated the political mood in Britain. In between was a larger-than-life reputation for killer sweat-drenched live shows and an attitude that walked like it talked.

Since they reformed 30 years later, The Specials have performed at over 200 shows worldwide including (deep breath): Coachella (US), Summersonic / Fiji Rocks (Japan), Benecassim (Spain), Lalapalooza Festival, (Chile), Montreal Jazz Festival (Canada), Bluesfest Byron Bay (Australia) as well as countless other worldwide event. In the UK they closed the Olympic Games festival in Hyde Park, played Glastonbury, Isle of Wight Festival amongst others and had several sold out tours.

Standing and seated tickets will be available for the visit of The Specials.

Tickets, priced £40 each (booking fee may apply), go on sale at 9am on Friday, February 26. Contact the box office Click here or call 0844 8542776.