Uncut — Starring The Specials, Bon Iver, Bob Weir, Leonard Cohen, Shirley Collins Starring The Specials, Bon Iver, Bob Weir, Leonard Cohen, Shirley Collins The post Introducing the new issue of Uncut… appeared first on Uncut. more info

Uncut — The Specials, Bob Weir, Peter Hook and Leonard Cohen all feature The Specials, Bob Weir, Peter Hook and Leonard Cohen all feature in the new issue of Uncut, dated November 2016 …Continue reading » The post This month in Uncut appeared first ... more info

Impose Magazine — On September 9th, The Specials took over the stage at Terminal 5. Photographer Silvia Saponaro was there to score some candids for us. The post The Specials at Terminal 5 appeared first on Impose Magazine. more info

Time — The prominent British ska groups of the 1980s — acts like Madness and The Specials — have been said to owe a musical debt to Buster more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — The Specials, Iron & Wine, Sylvan Esso, Squeeze, De La Soul and Warpaint will anchor the first-ever Music Tastes Good festival, a three-day event set for late September in downtown Long Beach. Tickets will go on sale May 13 for the independent-foc... more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — The Specials, Iron & Wine, Sylvan Esso, Squeeze, De La Soul and Warpaint will anchor the first-ever Music Tastes Good festival, a three-day event set for late September in downtown Long Beach. Tickets will go on sale May 13 for the independent-foc... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photo: John Bradbury w/ The Specials @ Pier 26 in 2013 (more by Chris La Putt) More sad music news. John Bradbury, drummer for The Specials and The Special AKA, has died. He was 62. The Specials released an official... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Sad News: Emmanuel "Rico" Rodriguez who played with the original lineup of The Specials and The Special AKA, died on Friday (9/4) at age 80. Born of a Cuban father and Jamaican mother in Kingston, Jamaica, Rodriguez played on... more info

Nialler9 — Valentia Isle Festival is back at an earlier summer time of 10th to 12th of July on the island on the Atlantic on the Kerry coast, right near Skellig Michael (upcoming location for Star Wars don’t ya know). First? The lineup so far looks like this... more info

The Telegraph — The Specials latest reunion shows recreate the lost communal thrills of watching live music, says Bernadette McNulty more info