ContactMusic — Blur 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

Gigwise — Along with The Specials, New Order... more info

ContactMusic — British 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

NME — Band say they'll continue playing together and have no plans to part ways more info

Altsounds — Having 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

Altsounds — Following 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

Guardian Music — Amy 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

Guardian Music — Mojo 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

Guardian Music — From 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

Guardian Music — August 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