The Specials

THE SPECIALS
30TH ANNIVERSARY Tour
coming to NZ

The Frontier Touring Company is proud to announce, touring New Zealand for the very first time, the original lineup of The Specials.

Terry Hall (vocals/co-writer), Lynval Golding (rhythm guitar/vocals), Neville Staple (toasting, percussion, backing vocals), Sir Horace Gentlemen (bass guitar), Roddy Radiation (lead guitar) and John Bradbury (drums) announced in 2008 that they would celebrate the 30th Anniversary of The Specials by going out on tour.

The Specials are one of the UK’s most legendary and highly acclaimed bands of the late seventies. Back in 1977 a group of young men living in the city of Coventry in the UK formed a band that was like no other at the time. A band wearing mod/rude boy/skinhead-style two-tone tonic suits, along with other elements of late 1960s teen fashions. A band of mixed race, with a common love of music and in particular: Ska.

With a few adjustments to personnel and a founding member establishing the infamous 2Tone recording label, the band recorded and released their single debut, a reworking of Prince Buster’s hit ‘Al Capone’. It was retitled ‘Gangsters’ and was a top ten hit in 1979.

The Specials went on to have an internationally successful recording career with seven top ten singles in the UK charts including ‘Gangsters’, ‘A Message To You Rudy’ and finally ‘Ghost Town’ – released in 1981 and their final top ten single.

Tickets for The Specials UK tour sold out in a day. Don’t miss out on this very special opportunity to see them live in New Zealand for the very first time.

Tickets on sale 9am Tuesday 9th June