The Specials are set to release new album 'Encore' on February 1st.
The 2-Tone legends remain a righteous live act, and have decided to go into the studio to work on their first album of new material in three decades.
Terry Hall, Lynval Golding and Horace Panter will unite on the new album, joined by drummer Kenrick Rowe and Ocean Colour Scene guitarist Steve Cradock.
Out on February 1st, it won't feature The Specials' founder Jerry Dammers. Amongst the originals on display 'Encore' will also feature a version of The Equals’ ‘Black Skinned Blue-Eyed Boys’ and a cover of ‘Blam Blam Fever’.
Finally, The Specials have confirmed an enormous UK tour:
April
15 Bournemouth O2 Academy Bournemouth
16 Portsmouth Guildhall
17 Brighton Dome
19 Plymouth Pavilions
20 Exeter University Great Hall
21 Cardiff University Great Hall
23 Blackburn King Georges Hall
24 Leicester De Montfort Hall
26 Birmingham O2 Academy Birmingham
27 Liverpool Eventim Olympia
28 Manchester Academy
30 Leeds O2 Academy Leeds
May
1 Carlisle Sands Centre
2 Glasgow Barrowland
4 Newcastle Upon Tyne O2 Academy Newcastle
5 Middlesborough Town Hall
6 Scarborough Spa
8 Scunthorpe Baths Hall
9 York Barbican
10 Sheffield O2 Academy Sheffield
12 Cambridge Corn Exchange
13 Southend Cliffs Pavilion
14 Margate Winter Gardens
16 London O2 Academy Brixton
For tickets to the latest shows by The Specials click HERE.
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