Pulp to receive Outstanding Contribution to Music award stv.tv British band Pulp are set to be honoured with a special accolade at the upcoming NME Awards on February 29. Pulp will be presented with the Teenage Cancer Trust Outstanding Contribution to Music prize at the NME Awards. The 'Common People' band - who ...
The Beat in Dubai TimeOutDubai.com The Beat were one of a handful of bands, alongside The Specials, Madness, Bad Manners and The Selecter, that grew from the UK's Midlands in the late '70s to define a new musical style. The genre, known as 'two tone' after the 2 Tone label to which many ...
American R&B musical group Earth, Wind & Fire to perform in Singapore (Photo ... Yahoo! Singapore News (blog) Come March 30-31, the annual live music festival in Singapore will again be bringing together a host of world-class musicians, headlined by funk-soul superband Earth, Wind & Fire, English 80s punk/ska band The Specials and legendary blues guitarist ...
The true confessions of an Adrian Mole addict The Guardian The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13¾ was the only book I can remember becoming a phenomenon, in the same way that a film or a TV show or a band would become a phenomenon. It swept through my school like a craze, like the Rubik's Cube with knob ...
Soundbites Tucson Weekly New York City's The Toasters remain one of the most important and influential American ska bands ever. In the early 1980s, while British second-wave-of-ska acts like the English Beat, Madness and The Specials were attempting to make inroads in America ...
Take a walk down Boston's memory lane with our weekly nostalgia column Boston Standard The band's first British gig in almost half a year saw them perform songs such as Cadillac, Hot Love and Get It On. “This is the first time we've played for a month, so it should be pretty funky,” Marc Bolan told The Standard's Bob Neish.
The Selecter feat Pauline Black - Announce March UK 'Made In Britain' tour Altsounds.com Seminal 2-tone band The Selecter have announced an extensive UK tour to celebrate the release of their critically acclaimed 2011 album, Made In Britain. Touring throughout March 2012, this most vital and visceral of British bands will bring their ...
Ska faces are back Surrey Comet Lead singer Pauline Black said the veteran ska band's gig at Kingsmeadow will feature material from two albums released more than 30 years apart – their 1979 debut Too Much Pressure and last year's Made in Britain. The act made their name during the ...
