...on his not appearing with the Specials on their recently announced reunion gigs:
"Jerry Dammers has hit out at the Specials reunion, claiming he's been driven out of the band. The founding member of the 1970s ska group, who will not be part of their 30th anniversary shows, released a statement claiming the band are trying to "rewrite history".
According to the statement issued on his behalf: "Many people are under the impression it is the original Specials [re-forming for the reunion dates]. As was common knowledge at the time of their success, Jerry Dammers was the founder, main songwriter and driving force of the Specials. He recruited every member individually, and the musical and style direction was guided by him. He designed the 2 Tone logo and formed the 2 Tone record label. Jerry has a duty to inform anybody who may be interested, of the true situation, which is that he was not invited to take part in this proposed tour, or even told about it." Continued here.
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read about this - awkward situation. regardless, i hope they come to ny.
Me too. It would be nice to see him with them but I would go see them regardless as well.
Do you see these responses?
now that I think about it, it's kinda like Yes going out w/out jon anderson...
Sort of a stretch but I know what you mean.
i was kidding!
(although they did...)
You have to replace that information in your brain with something else!
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