THE SPECIALS ~ La Cigale. Paris.

 

***  Living legends of ska and 2 Tone since 1979...  LAST DATE IN PARIS: NOVEMBER 30, 2014 ***

 *** ENCORE 40th ANNIVERSARY ***

 *** 🎫 UP FOR SALE : 2/11/2018 - 10h ***

 

🕖 Set Times:
7:00 pm — Doors Open
7:50 pm — DJ Saffiyah Khan (UK)

8:45 pm — The Specials (UK)

Support Act: DJ SAFFIYAN KHAN

 

~ ENCORE TOUR 2019 ~

 

(The Specials have announced full details for their 31 date UK and European Encore tour.) 

 

 Encore is the eighth studio album by the English (from Coventry)ska revival band The Specials. Released on February 1, 2019. Producer Terry Hall - Lynval Golding - Horace Panter - Torp Larsen. It is their first studio album of original songs since 1998's Guilty 'til Proved Innocent!, and their first new material with vocalist Terry Hall since 1981's "Ghost Town" single. Encore entered at number 1 on the UK Albums Chart after its first week of release.
 

 THE SPECIALS (Band)

 

Terence "Terry" Edward Hall  — lead vocals (1977–1981, 2008–2022; died on December 18, 2022)
Lynval Golding — rhythm and lead guitar, backing vocals (1977–1981, 1993, 1994–1998, 2008–2022)
Horace Panter — bass guitar (1977–1981, 1982, 1993, 1994–1998, 2000–2001, 2008–2022)

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Tim Smart — trombone (2008–2022)
Nikolaj Torp Larsen — keyboards, backing vocals (2008–2022)
Steve Cradock — lead guitar, backing vocals (2014–2022)
Pablo Mendelssohn — trumpet (2014–2022)
Kenrick Rowe — drums, percussions (2019–2022)
 

The Setlist

THE SPECIALS

Intro Audio Tape

 Man at C&A (More Specials - 1980)
Rat Race (Specials DE - 1979) (The Singles collection - 1991)
Do Nothing (More Specials - 1980)
Vote for Me (Encore - 2019)
Friday Night, Saturday Morning (Single B Side - Ghost Town - 1981) (The Singles collection - 1991)
Embarrassed by You (Encore - 2019)
Blank Expression (Specials - 1979)
Doesn't Make It Alright (Specials - 1979)
The Lunatics (Encore - 2019)
Blam Blam Fever (The Valentines cover - Plebs: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack - 2014) (Encore - 2019)
A Message to You, Rudy (Dandy Livingstone cover - Single - 1967) (Specials - 1979)
Stereotypes (More Specials - 1980)
10 Commandments (Encore - 2019)
Nite Klub (Specials - 1979)
Do the Dog (Rufus Thomas cover - Single - 1963) (Specials - 1979)
Concrete Jungle (Specials – 1979)
Monkey Man (Toots & The Maytals cover - Sweet and Dandy - 1968) (Specials - 1979)
Gangsters (Single - 1979) (The Singles collection - 1991) 

Too Much Too Young (Specials - 1979)

Encore

Eastern Standard Time (The Skatalites cover - Ball Of Fire - 1997) (The Singles collection - 1991)
Breaking Point (Encore - 2019)
You're Wondering Now (Andy and Joey cover - Single - 1964) (Specials - 1979)

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 Time Set: 1h23