ContactMusic — Ska icon JERRY DAMMERS fears the new SPECIALS reunion won't last long - because key members won't be able to resolve their differences during a summer (09) tour of ... more info

Guardian Music — With the Specials and Madness, the Coventry label launched a musical movement that soundtracked a summer of riots with reggae and ska-influenced popThink we've got it bad now? Thirty years ago, Jim Callaghan's useless Labour government was trounced b... more info

ContactMusic — THE SPECIALS' comeback tour is becoming overshadowed by a feud between frontman TERRY HALL and songwriter JERRY DAMMERS. The pair has been bickering since the reunion ... more info

NME — The Specials' founding member and songwriter Jerry Dammers has said that he has not given up hope of rejoining the band - despite not being part of their reformation line-up. more info

Guardian Music — I wanted to be a part of the reunion tour, but my former bandmates cut me out, says Jerry DammersAlexis Petridis interviewed my former bandmates John Bradbury, Lynval Golding and Terry Hall, who are intending to take part in what they claim to be "Th... more info

Guardian Music — There is something slightly disconcerting about seeing Terry Hall laugh - at least the first time it happens. This is, after all, a man whose permanently gloomy expression was once the stuff of urban myth: at the height of the Specials' fame, a playg... more info

All About Jazz — A very special concert at London's Barbican on Tuesday March 10th at 7:30pm Jerry Dammers Spatial A.K.A. Orchestra present Cosmic Engineering a Tribute to Sun Ra and other musical mavericks The spirit of intergalactic jazz traveller {{Sun Ra = 1... more info

Clickmusic — The founder member refutes claims that he was invited to join the band for next year's reunion tour. more info

NME — Founding Specials member Jerry Dammers has hit out at his bandmates' reunion next year. more info

NME — Founding Specials member Jerry Dammers has hit out at his bandmates' reunion next year. more info