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related friars history
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The Specials
Wednesday June 28th 1978 (as
The Coventry
Automatics)
Thursday June 12th 1980
Roddy Radiation and The
Tearjerkers
Friday November 5th 1982 |
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setlist
- the specials |
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concrete jungle; do
the dog; dawning of a new era; gangsters; it's up to you; monkey
man; blank expression; rat race; rich girl; why pt; doesn't make it
alright; pearls cafe; i can't stand it; international jet set;
friday night saturday morning; stereotype; man at c&a; do nothing;
ghost town; message to you; nite klub; little bitch; too much too
young; maggie's farm; enjoy yourself; you're wondering now |
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setlist
- essential motion |
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silly games; red red
wine; one love; three little birds; i can see clearly now; stir it
up; good thing going |
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band line up |
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The
Specials |
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TERRY HALL LYNVAL GOLDING RODDY
BYERS JOHN BRADBURY HORACE PANTER JON READ ADAM BIRCH TIM SMART DREW
STANSALL NIK TORP |
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essential motion |
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dayle shaw (drums) felix
ruiz (keys) simon bridgeman (bass) ross o'riely (guitar) samantha
pullen (vocs) |
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gig poster and flyer (click to
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ticket |
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memories |
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press
cuttings |
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what
happened next |
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The Specials
had petered out by 1981. Dammers led a revived Special AKA most notably having a huge hit with Free
Nelson Mandela. Hall, Golding and Staples formed the successful Fun Boy
Three. Hall also had some success with Colourfield.
The Specials reformed
in 2008 and played hugely successful tours in 2009. The
reformed line-up did not include Jerry Dammers who now tours as The
Spatial AKA Orchestra
This reformed line up returned to
Friars Aylesbury in May 2013 without Dammers and Neville Staple. They also broke
every Friars record going for ticket sales.
John Bradbury died in
December 2015 |
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odds and trivia |
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official web presence |
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The Specials official site
Essential
Motion official site |
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sound and vision |
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