Terry Hall, Lynval Golding and Horace Panter will share new music next year

The remaining members of The Specials have announced a brand new album for next year, titled ‘Encore’.

Terry Hall, Lynval Golding and Horace Panter will release the new LP on February 1, 2019. Drummer Kenrick Rowe and Ocean Colour Scene guitarist Steve Cradock, who has toured with the band a few times, will also feature on the record.

As well as new material, it’ll also include covers of The Equals’ ‘Black Skinned Blue-Eyed Boys’ and a cover of ‘Blam Blam Fever’. The album will also include a second disc featuring ‘The Best of The Specials Live’. You can see the tracklist for ‘Encore’ below.

Encore:

Black Skinned Blue-Eyed Boys
B.L.M.
Vote For Me
The Lunatics
Breaking Point
Blam Blam Fever
10 Commandments
Embarrassed By You
The Life And Times (Of A Man Called Depression)
We Sell Hope

In addition to the new album, the band will have also announced a string of tour dates for next spring.

The tour will take place next spring and culminates with a massive show at London’s O2 Academy Brixton. Check out the dates in full below and buy tickets here from 9AM on November 2.

Mon April 15 2019 – BOURNEMOUTH O2 Academy Bournemouth
Tue April 16 2019 – PORTSMOUTH Guildhall
Wed April 17 2019 – BRIGHTON Dome
Fri April 19 2019 – PLYMOUTH Pavilions
Sat April 20 2019 – EXETER University Great Hall
Sun April 21 2019 – CARDIFF University Great Hall
Tue April 23 2019 – BLACKBURN King Georges Hall
Wed April 24 2019 – LEICESTER De Montfort Hall
Fri April 26 2019 – BIRMINGHAM O2 Academy Birmingham
Sat April 27 2019 – LIVERPOOL Eventim Olympia
Sun April 28 2019 – MANCHESTER Academy
Tue April 30 2019 – LEEDS O2 Academy Leeds
Wed May 01 2019 – CARLISLE Sands Centre
Thu May 02 2019 – GLASGOW Barrowland
Sat May 04 2019 – NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE O2 Academy Newcastle
Sun May 05 2019 – MIDDLESBROUGH Town Hall
Mon May 06 2019 – SCARBOROUGH Spa
Wed May 08 2019 – SCUNTHORPE Baths Hall
Thu May 09 2019 – YORK Barbican
Fri May 10 2019 – SHEFFIELD O2 Academy Sheffield
Sun May 12 2019 – CAMBRIDGE Corn Exchange
Mon May 13 2019 – SOUTHEND Cliffs Pavilion
Tue May 14 2019 – MARGATE Winter Gardens
Thu May 16 2019 – LONDON O2 Academy Brixton

Last month, a man was arrested on suspicion of murdering the grandson of The Specials’ former singer Neville Staple.

Fidel Glasgow, 21, was fatally stabbed during an altercation in the early hours of September 1, near Coventry’s Club M nightclub. He died in hospital 12 hours later.

West Midlands Police have confirmed a 23-year-old man was arrested on Monday and is being questioned in relation to Glasgow’s death. “We have not let up our search for Fidel’s killer and this is significant progress in our investigation,” Detective Inspector Harry Harrison said.

“However, this does not mean that we no longer need witnesses to come forward,” he added. “I am still appealing for anyone with information to get in touch. It may be the crucial bit of the jigsaw that we need.

“Fidel’s family have been fully updated with the latest development and continue to be supported by specialist officers.”

Staple spoke at a press conference last week where he and his family appealed to members of the public to come forward for information on Glasgow’s murder. “There’s a lot of people who tried to help and step in, so those are the kind of people we need to come forward and say what they saw, and what they did to help,” he reportedly said.