Guardian Music — Pupils from Moel Llys Short Stay School - a school for children with emotional and behavioural difficulties - have recorded a version of The Specials' hit A Message to you Rudy with band members Lynval Golding, Roddy Byers and Neville Staple more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Leia Jospe "No openers. Show was crazy. Time flew and you don't want them to stop playing. The Specials are legends". - uncleltrain The Specials closed their two-show run at Terminal 5 on Wednesday, April 21st. They started... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — The Whitest Boy Alive @ Coachella 2010 (more by Rachell Carr) tonight in NYC * The Luyas secret show * The Specials @ Terminal 5 * Kings Go Forth, Rafter @ Mercury Lounge * Micachu & the Shapes, Mon Khmer... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Chris La Putt "The Specials had Terminal 5 dancing" - Joe Saturday Boy, oh boy, did the Specials get their skank on at Coachella Friday afternoon. The reunited English band, one of the pioneers of "2 Tone" ska-punk... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — The Specials @ Coachella 2010 (more by Rachell Carr) The Thermals @ the Bell House in 2009 (more by Kyle Dean Reinford) tonight in NYC * Neil Innes @ BB King's * The Specials @ Terminal 5 * Snoop Dogg... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — The Specials @ Coachella (more by Rachel Carr) The SPECIALS first concert in Toronto in over 29 years originally scheduled for tomorrow (monday) has been POSTPONED until August 2010 due to an emergency medical ailment The NYC shows are still... more info

NME — Them Crooked Vultures, LCD Soundsystem and Tom Morello also play sets at the US bash more info

The Red Radio — The scooters were in full effect outside Club Nokia last night as fans descended upon the venue to catch The Specials pre-Coachella show. The crowd resulted in a sea of Fred Perry. A couple "rude girls' took the stage for... more info

Rolling Stone — • The Specials Return At Precise L.A. Gig • Type O Negative’s Steele Dies at 48 • Glee Ratings Nearly Double • Lambert Performs, Idol Nixes Two • Wilco, MGMT, Hole’s Record Store Exclusives • 40 Reasons to Be Excited About Music • P... more info

Rolling Stone — It’s fitting that the Specials chose Los Angeles as the location for their first reunion shows in the United States in nearly three decades. Southern California has long proven to be the American ska scene’s ground zero, spawning the li... more info