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Blur - Blur To Headline Olympics Closing Ceremony Concert

4641 days ago
ContactMusicBlur will headline an Olympics Closing Celebration concert in August The Britpop band have joined a line up including The Specials and New Order for the BT London Live concert in Hyde Park which will follow the sporting event in the city this summe..... more info

Blur Confirmed For Hyde Park Olympics Show - Tickets

4642 days ago
GigwiseAlong with The Specials, New Order... more info

Horace Panter Planning Debut Art Show

4730 days ago
ContactMusicBritish rocker Horace Panter is to display his artwork for the first time at a London exhibition The Specials bass player has spent years indulging his love of painting and now he is preparing to show the fruits of his labours at a gallery next month... more info

The Specials go back on their plans to split up

4750 days ago
NMEBand say they'll continue playing together and have no plans to part ways more info

The Specials - tour + unique live recordings

4803 days ago
AltsoundsHaving recently performed at the Belsonic Festival in Dublin, THE SPECIALS head out this month on a European and UK tour, which takes them up to the start of November 2011. For the first time, on all the dates they will be recording every show and m... more info

Jerry Dammers' Spatial AKA Orchestra - London date at The Barbican on Friday 18th Nov

4833 days ago
AltsoundsFollowing their highly acclaimed national tour and appearances at Glastonbury and on 'Later with Jools Holland', *Jerry Dammers' Spatial AKA Orchestra* return to play a London date at The Barbican on Friday 18th Nov 2011. The Specials' and 2 Tone f... more info

Amy Winehouse – a losing game

4853 days ago
Guardian MusicAmy Winehouse had talent to burn and she sang because she had to. Alexis Petridis remembers an artist whose enormous impact rested on a handful of unforgettable songsPerhaps the most startling thing about Amy Winehouse's death was how startled people... more info

Rumer wins Mojo breakthrough award

4856 days ago
Guardian MusicMojo editor hails 'remarkable' year for Rumer, while Arctic Monkeys, John Grant and Primal Scream also win awardsAfter chasing a record deal for more than a decade, Sarah Joyce – otherwise known as the singer-songwriter Rumer – has taken home the... more info

Readers recommend: songs about eavesdropping – results

4863 days ago
Guardian MusicFrom Pulp's peeping Tom to Gil Scott-Heron's Watergate rap, here are the songs you've been phone-tapping your feet toEavesdropping: the act of secretly listening in to others' conversations, whether accidentally or deliberately.Dr Feelgood, on their ... more info

Ska takes over Jamaica

4892 days ago
Guardian MusicAugust 1962: Number 21 in our series of the 50 key events in the history of world and folk musicThe origin of ska is much contested. Did Jamaica's revolutionary, back-to-front beat originate from listening to rhythm'n'blues carried on AM radio signal... more info

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