The Specials - 2009 tour UK

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The Specials have today confirmed they will be touring in 2009 and have announced the following UK dates:-

22 April NEWCASTLE, Academy 0844 477 2000 *
23 April SHEFFIELD, Academy 0844 477 2000 *
25 April BIRMINGHAM, Academy 0844 477 2000 **
26 April BIRMINGHAM, Academy 0844 477 2000
28 April GLASGOW, Academy 08444 999 990
3 May MANCHESTER, Apollo 08444 777 677
6 May LONDON, Brixton Academy 0844 477 2000
7 May LONDON, Brixton Academy 0844 477 2000


Tickets go on sale 9am Thursday 11th December priced £32.50 in advance except London £35.
24 hr CC Hotline: 0871 2200 260 / online: www.gigsandtours.com
Doors 7pm except * tbc and ** 6pm.

Manc here we come. :D
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OMG its my wifes favourite band :eek:

Will get tickets tomorrow when soberer :lol:
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silentNate wrote: Will get tickets tomorrow when soberer :lol:
You will have a problem..... there not on sale till the 11th. :lol:
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Sh*te!! I think £35 is a hell of a lot of money also :eek:
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Is this the original line up?, I heard that Terry Hall et al, were getting back together a couple of years ago, then nothing happened. I saw Neville Staples' The Specials at Phoenix one year, they were good but not the same with out Terry and the rest.
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...and why the hell aren't they playing Coventry? A disgrace. :evil: :lol:
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Just found this:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/hi/music ... 760636.stm

Woo Hoo!
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Thought it a bit odd that Jery Dammers was stage side at the recent festival show and didnt join in. Seems he is not joining in for this either.
And not playing Coventry is sinfull!
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DOZMEISTER wrote:Thought it a bit odd that Jery Dammers was stage side at the recent festival show and didnt join in. Seems he is not joining in for this either.
And not playing Coventry is sinfull!
Details of a special hometown show in Coventry are yet to be announced according to their website.
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Got to hang out with them on the Seaside tour with The Go-Go's and The Bodysnatchers.
They stayed-and were subsequntly banned-from the White Hart Hotel in Boston because they were playing at The Sands club in Skegness.
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http://www.ticketweb.co.uk/INFO/THESPECIALS/


Pre-sale link. Got mine for manchester. Woo Hoo :D :D ;D
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weebleswobble wrote:pistols at dawn!
:eek:

Oh well, as long as the wonderfully named Roddy Radiation is in the line up I'll be happy. :)
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weebleswobble wrote:pistols at dawn!
That really puts me off getting tickets :(
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Tickets for the last night sorted.
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the-happening wrote:Tickets for the last night sorted.
Is that the 11th of May? I went to buy them this morning and those were the only dates left. I told a friend I was planning on the 6th of May :(
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silentNate wrote:
the-happening wrote:Tickets for the last night sorted.
Is that the 11th of May? I went to buy them this morning and those were the only dates left. I told a friend I was planning on the 6th of May :(
Nope my tickets are for the Thursday which was the last night (last night!) but it looks like 11th is currently the last night unless they add more (unlikely for London)
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I was wrong there is now a show on the 12th.
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