Done too much? Some of us couldn't get enough

The Specials, O2 Academy, Newcastle upon TyneThe Specials' reunion finds their songs as fresh - and as relevant - as everThe moment was ... well, yes, special. Twenty-nine minutes past nine on Wednesday night, the sticky floor of the Academy was sweating like nitroglycerine, heaving with hope and beer. There were many who hadn't been born when this lot last toured: many other fans, old friends, who took a few seconds to recognise one another, what with their hair having grown back in all those l...

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