Its almost a done deal. After several years of speculation, special appearances by certain members, tours by combinations of them, and some ink, it looks like the Specials are on their way back.
According to the Mojo website: The Specials are on the road to reforming after a hiatus of some 27 years.
Vocalist Neville Staple has revealed that the band has been rehearsing and there was a possibility of a tour on the horizon. He said: “A couple of months ago we started talking. We had to talk first to see if we could get on, but we got past the talking stage. Then we said, ‘okay, let’s see what we’re like in a room together rehearsing with instruments.’
Speaking to Music Week, Staple said: “We’re just seeing how it goes. If it gels, it gels. If it doesn’t, you don’t wanna go out there as some old geriatrics – not me. What we’ve got to do is make sure the music at least is right. So if it works, we’ll do it. If not, well, I’m sorry lads and girls but we’re trying.”
Last week, according to Gigwise, singer Terry Hall had this to say: "Hall said that the ska band, who created such hits as ‘Ghost Town’ and ‘Rat Race’, had been inspired by the long-list of veteran band’s that have reformed over recent years.
"Because I saw Patti Smith do Horses, and I saw The Pixies reforming... you do it with dignity or don't do it at all,” he told the BBC.
The frontman said that the group hoped to be on the road this Autumn.
“We need to spend the summer rehearsing, I think it's taken me 30 years to realise we could do it really well,” he said.
Hall and the band’s guitarist Lynval Golding appeared at the Glastonbury Festival last year alongside Lily Allen and Damon Albarn."
Let's hope plans include a visit Stateside or I may have to get myself over to London later this year (which wouldn't be so bad).
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