The Specials
| Use attributes for filter ! | |
| Web site | www.thespecials.com |
|---|---|
| Members | Terry Hall |
| Jerry Dammers | |
| Neville Staple | |
| Lynval Golding | |
| Awards | NME Award Teenage Cancer Trust Outstanding Contribution to Music |
| NME Award for Best Single | |
| NME Award for Best New Artist | |
| Official site | thespecials.com |
| Genres | Punk Rock |
| New Wave | |
| Origin | Coventry |
| England | |
| Labels | 2 Tone |
| Chrysalis | |
| Virgin | |
| Cleopatra | |
| Albums | The Specials |
| Encore | |
| Specials | |
| In the Studio | |
| The Specials, Encore, More Specials, In the Studio | |
| Songs | 1979 |
| List | A Message to You, RudyThe Specials · 1979 |
| Ghost TownGhost Town · 1981 | |
| Nelson MandelaIn the Studio · 1984 | |
| 1979 | |
| 1981 | |
| 1984 | |
| Upcoming events | Rochester Castle |
| Date of Reg. | |
| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 570949 |
About The Specials
The Specials, also known as The Special AKA, are an English 2 tone and ska revival band formed in 1977 in Coventry.
Catherine Tate: Doctor Who was the best job ever
... Tennant, who played the Doctor from 2005 to 2010, has also returned for The Specials...
Terry Hall: Coventry scooter ride-out pays tribute to singer
... Hall, singer with The Specials, of pancreatic cancer...
Terry Hall was diagnosed with cancer before his death, his bandmate reveals
...By Mark SavageBBC Music CorrespondentThe Specials frontman Terry Hall had been diagnosed with cancer shortly before his death this week at the age of 63, his bandmate has confirmed...
Ghost Town: 'The song Margaret Thatcher wishes was never released'
... And backstage at Top of The Pops, The Specials are falling apart...
Terry Hall: Tributes to The Specials singer who was 'one of the greats'
...By Ian YoungsEntertainment & arts reporterThe music world has been paying tribute to singer Terry Hall, remembering The Specials frontman as " truly one of the greats" who had " a heart of gold"...
Terry Hall of The Specials dies aged 63
...By Mark SavageBBC Music CorrespondentTerry Hall, the frontman of socially conscious ska band The Specials, has died at the age of 63...
Self-scan supermarket tills and the rows over their use
... " The store visit is just for the extras, The Specials and the fruit and veg, " he says...
Facebook removes The Specials - singer on the page about the skinhead on the left
...Neville Staple is a singer for the ska band The Specials Facebook to far wrong with a page about The Specials in what the band members think that was a wrong link to racism...
Catherine Tate: Doctor Who was the best job ever
By Ruth ComerfordBBC News
Catherine Tate says starring in Doctor Who is the " best job" she has ever had as she reprises her role to celebrate The Show 's 60th anniversary.
The First of three specials aired on Saturday to positive reviews, with Tate starring alongside David Tennant .
The Actress and comedian played Donna Noble , The Doctor 's mouthy companion in the popular sci-fi franchise.
She told Laura Kuenssberg on Sunday she had not been mega fan, or " whovian" before stepping into The Role .
" I didn't used to watch it, I do remember Tom Baker [the Fourth Doctor ] with his long Scarf - But I didn't used to watch it, " She Said .
" I have to say it's amazing to me that I'm part of this massive conglomerate, and amazing collection of experiences and that the character I play staked her claim in this story, " Tate said.
Referring to the programme's showrunner and writer Russell T Davies, She Said : " Still to This Day I don't know why Russell thought it was good idea to put me in it, But I'm delighted.
" David [Tennant] and I have said it's 100% The Best job I've ever had, and to get another bite of the Cherry - extraordinary".
Tennant, who played The Doctor from 2005 to 2010, has also returned for The Specials .
The First special, The Star Beast, reunites Tennant and Tate before Ncuti Gatwa , of Sex Education fame, claims The Keys to the Tardis in December.
In their last episode together, which aired in 2008, Donna saved The World by absorbing The Doctor 's knowledge and wisdom, and would have died if The Doctor had not erased all the memories she had of him and their adventures.
Since then Donna has lived an ordinary life, is married and has a trans daughter Rose, Played By Yasmin Finney , But is plagued by The Sense that something is missing.
She and The Doctor are reunited in a chance encounter as a space Ship - carrying an alien voiced by Miriam Margolyes - crashes in London.
The episode has been met with positive reviews, receiving Four Stars from The Independent , The Guardian , the i and The Daily Telegraph.
The Guardian 's Jack Seale describing the " comic chemistry" between Tennant and Tate as " absolutely faultless" and The Times ' Ben Dowell calling it " fabulously realised" and " defiantly progressive".
The Second anniversary special, Wild Blue Yonder airs at 18:30 on Saturday 2 December on Bbc One and Bbc Iplayer , with the third special, The Giggle- which will introduce Gatwa as The Doctor - airing on 9 December.
Related TopicsSource of news: bbc.com
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