THE SPECIALS REFORM FOR AUTUMN SHOWS

Last updated: Wednesday, May 21, 2008

THE SPECIALS REFORM FOR AUTUMN SHOWS

British ska icons THE SPECIALS are to reform for dates this autumn (08).

The shows will mark the Ghost Town hitmakers' first concerts in 25 years.

The reunion comes after five years of negotiations between the once-feuding bandmates.

Frontman Terry Hall tells Billboard.com, "We've solved those problems and hopefully got over them (because) seven 50-year-old men together in a room is not very pleasant, no matter who you are.

"We're getting on great and that's all you can hope for, really.

"We're doing a block of rehearsals in June and then once we've done that, we'll see when we're ready."

The group enjoyed a string of hits at the height of the twotone movement before splitting in 1981, when original members Hall, Neville Staples and Lynval Golding formed Fun Boy Three.

Source: WENN

| Wednesday, May 21, 2008

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