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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