The English Beat

Also read tribute to The Specials’ Terry Hall from Massive Attack, The English Beat’s Dave Wakeling, Boy George, Squeeze’s Chris Difford, Rage Against the Machine, catbite, Frank Turner, and more.

Sunday’s NYC-area shows include The Smile, Jockstrap, The Early November, Fennesz, Genocide Pact, The English Beat, and more.

Dates include Los Angeles, NYC, Detroit, Boston, Austin, Atlanta, Orlando, and more.

Everett Morton’s unique syncopated style put the beat in The (English) Beat.

With ska gaining mainstream traction in the U.S. once again, we put together a list of 64 essential ska albums from 1964 to present, with albums released during each of the past seven decades by artists from all over the world.

The Fixx are joining up with fellow early-’80s vets The English Beat for a 25-date fall tour…

The CA festival was originally scheduled for 2020, then rescheduled to 2022 with much of the same lineup, including Morrissey, Bauhaus, Blondie, Devo, Echo & the Bunnymen, The Psychedelic Furs, Violent Femmes, The Church, The English Beat, and more

Originally set for 2020, the L.A. fest with an ’80s alternative / goth vibe will now happen in 2022 with Echo & the Bunnymen, The Psychedelic Furs, The Damned, Violent Femmes, The English Beat, PiL, Cold Cave, Black Marble and more also playing.

The narrative that ska comes and goes in ways in damaging to the genre, and not even all that accurate. Marc Wasserman’s new oral history ‘Ska Boom!’ looks at the American ska scene of the 1980s, and the bands that bridged the gap between 2 Tone and the third wave…

Circle Jerks, DEVO and more are also also on the lineup of the festival, which happens in September in Downtown Las Vegas.