The Specials

This Town cast and crew on how unrest and disruption forges creative genius: ‘Music is the heart’
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This Town cast and crew on how unrest and disruption forges creative genius: ‘Music is the heart’

Big Issue speaks to the people behind BBC One’s ambitious new series about a band coming together against a backdrop of social unrest in early 80s West Midlands

‘It’s always a good time for music somewhere’: Kae Tempest talks 80s unrest and new drama This Town
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‘It’s always a good time for music somewhere’: Kae Tempest talks 80s unrest and new drama This Town

Kae Tempest and Dan Carey have written the songs for Steven Knight’s new drama, showing a band forming against the backdrop of unrest in 1980s Birmingham and Coventry

How The Specials and 2 Tone empowered a generation to believe in a multicultural future
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How The Specials and 2 Tone empowered a generation to believe in a multicultural future

Against a backdrop of division and despair, disaffected youth united through The Specials and 2 Tone to challenge the Thatcherite status quo

Terry Hall: ‘The Specials have always been about protest’
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Terry Hall: ‘The Specials have always been about protest’

Lynval Golding: “I’ve fought all my life to say my life matters”
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Lynval Golding: “I’ve fought all my life to say my life matters”

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Los Angeles declares Wednesday May 29th ‘The Specials Day’
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Los Angeles declares Wednesday May 29th ‘The Specials Day’

Amid austerity and poverty, The Specials are back when we need them the most
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Amid austerity and poverty, The Specials are back when we need them the most

More Specials! Buy this week’s mag for exclusive AR video of The Specials
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More Specials! Buy this week’s mag for exclusive AR video of The Specials

Terry Hall: success of Ghost Town made me quit The Specials
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Terry Hall: success of Ghost Town made me quit The Specials

‘Injustice is timeless’: The Specials talk enduring politics in music
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‘Injustice is timeless’: The Specials talk enduring politics in music

Revisiting Ghost Town: Watch our behind the scenes video with The Specials
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Revisiting Ghost Town: Watch our behind the scenes video with The Specials