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Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival 2010 - Day 1

John Bradbury, Drummer for the Specials, Dead at 62

John Bradbury, drummer for U.K. ska-punk pioneers the Specials and the Specials AKA, has died, Brooklyn Vegan reports. He was 62. An official statement…
Harley Brown / December 29, 2015
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The Specials Return in Grand Style at Coachella

Boy, oh boy, did the Specials get their skank on at Coachella Friday afternoon.
SPIN Staff / April 17, 2010
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The Oral History of 2 Tone

There's a scene in Alex Cox's 1986 film Sid & Nancy that foreshadows the end for the star-crossed punk lovers: One of their cohorts shows…
Marc Spitz / September 28, 2009

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Mr. Fingers Can Still Make the Dancefloor Quake
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