Blur aside, The Specials reunion has us more excited than any of the umpteen other band reincarnations this year. And by the looks of this — their first — performance on Later with Jools Holland, they’ve barely missed a beat. They also played “Gangsters”, but here is the reunited Specials performing their hit “A Message To You Rudy”.
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It has become a catty game of “he said, he said” between Jerry Dammers and Terry Hall of The Specials lately. The two musicians have been openly disputing the reunion of the legendary ska band, and in a new statement released by Dammers — the founding member and songwriter — he has said he has not given up hope on the idea of rejoining the band for their reunion, despite his offenses with Hall.
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