The Specials Concert History

The Specials is an English “2 Tone” ska revival band formed in 1977 in Coventry, Warwickshire. Their music combines a danceable ska beat with punk’s energy, underpinned by an informed political and social stance.

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The Specials Tours & Concerts (Updated for 2026) (Page 18)

Date Concert Venue Location
Sep 08, 2011 –
Sep 11, 2011
En Vivo Getafe 2011
The Offspring / The Specials / The Toy Dolls / Las Pelotas / IAM / Bad Manners / Foreign Beggars / Angelus Apatrida / La Pegatina / Mägo de Oz / SFDK / Nach / The Rebels / La Fuga / The Locos / Boikot / Vendetta / Muchachito Bombo Infierno / Rosendo / Sôber / Tote King / Duo Kie / La Pulquería / Swan Fyahbwoy / Kiko Veneno / Rapsusklei / Tonino Carotone / Celtas Cortos / ZPU / Los Suaves / Los Delinqüentes / Oh Murray / Trashtucada / La Hostia / Dr Sapo / Más Graves (varios MCs) / P.P.M. (Tributo Ramones) / A Pelo y Tú (Tributo Platero y tú) / Guerrilla (Tributo Rage Against The Machine) / Censurados / Amparo Sánchez / O'Funk'Illo / Koma / Benito Kamelas / Mojinos Escozíos / Pachamama Crew / DJ Vadim presents The Electric / Chivo Chivato / Txarrena / Dikers / Alamedadosoulna / Matador Rockers / Darmo / Falsalarma / De Acero (Tributo Extremoduro) / Rock Star (Tributo bandas internacionales) / Sho Hai (Tributo Violadores del Verso) / Powerages (Tributo AC/DC) / Barrena (Tributo Barricada) Show all bands
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Getafe Open Air Getafe, Madrid, Spain
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Aug 27, 2011
The Specials / Hanni El Khatib / Pocket Billiards

Belsonic Festival

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Custom House Square Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
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Aug 16, 2011 –
Aug 27, 2011
Belsonic 2011
Tiësto / Thirty Seconds to Mars / Tinie Tempah / The Vaccines / Example / Plan B / Dizzee Rascal / Elbow / You Me At Six / Primal Scream / Katy B / The Specials / Wretch 32 / Beady Eye / Yasmin / Andrew Weatherall / Fight Like Apes / RAMS' pocket radio / Caspa & Mc Rod Azlan Show all bands
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Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
Feb 05, 2011
Madness / The Specials Hull Ice Arena
Sep 14, 2010
The Specials

Ibiza Rocks

Ibiza Rocks Hotel Sant Antoni de Portmany, Spain
Sep 02, 2010
The Specials House of Blues - Atlantic City Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States
Aug 28, 2010
The Specials
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REBEL Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Aug 27, 2010
The Specials
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The Sound Academy Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Aug 20, 2010
The Specials

Lowlands Festival

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Evenemententerrein Walibi Holland Biddinghuizen, Flevoland, Netherlands
Aug 20, 2010 –
Aug 22, 2010
Lowlands Festival 2010
3OH!3 / The Walls / Zer00's Heroes / Monica Da Silva Trio / Boom Boom Du Terre / Jan Jaap Van Der Wal / Hef & Önder / Serj Tankian / Band of Horses / Delphic / Mumford & Sons / Plastikman / Queens of the Stone Age / Dave Clarke / Groove Armada / Shantel & Bucovina Club Orkestar / Nosaj Thing / Jaga Jazzist / Tame Impala / Balthazar / Fat Freddy's Drop / dan le sac Vs Scroobius Pip / Roska / Shantel / Cymbals Eat Guitars / Jesca Hoop / Dio / Noisia / Wallis Bird / Aeroplane / Marcel Dettmann / Shameboy / Dominique Young Unique / Ed Rush / Peggy Sue / Ginger Ninja / Selah Sue / Airship / Kele Okereke / Two Door Cinema Club / Miike Snow / Admiral Freebee / Deadmau5 / A-Trak / Tinie Tempah / Local Natives / Typhoon / Mount Kimbie / Richie Hawtin / Netsky / Sub Focus / Jónsi / My Favorite Scar / Highbloo / Chase & Status / Magnetic Man / Rosa Ensemble / Daily Bread / Baskerville Beach House / The Lowlands / Sven & Tettero / Burning Spear / Sandeman / Baskerville / Villagers / Kamagurka / Steffi / New Cool Collective / Boemklatsch / PIPS:lab / Jack Parow / Martyn / Diablo Swing Orchestra / Schlachthofbronx / Darko Esser / Marten De Paepe / Gentleman / Caspa & Mc Rod Azlan / Von Rosenthal De La Vegaz / Fresku / Nymfo / Minus the Bear / Thomas Martojo / Hot Chip / Placebo / Holy Fuck / Broken Bells / Black Sun Empire / The Q4 / Alamo Race Track / Darkstar / Caribou / Actress / dj DAB / Makebelieve / Len Faki / FM Belfast / Metropole Orkest / Partyharders / Andra Generationen / Gonjasufi / NOFX / Kees Van Hondt / Martijn Koning / Flying Lotus / Figli di Madre Ignota / Breakage / The Hundred In the Hands / Asfaltfeeën / Triggerfinger / Peter Pannekoek / The Opposites / Lebbis / Imelda May / Dr. Lektroluv / Gomes / Caspa / Eli 'Paperboy' Reed / Foals / Staff Benda Bilili / Fool's Gold / Die Antwoord / The Bloody Beetroots / The Specials / Alain Johannes / Frightened Rabbit / Mark Lanegan / Marina and the Diamonds / The xx / Beach House / The Ting Tings / Blood Red Shoes / The Gaslight Anthem / Thirty Seconds to Mars / The Kooks / Anouk / Snow Patrol / OK Go / blink-182 / The Drums / Shed / Sleepy Sun / Pendulum / Yeasayer / All Time Low / The National / Surfer Blood / Against Me! / LCD Soundsystem / Casper Tielrooij / Delta Funktionen / Dans le Rock / Nuno Dos Santos / Olene Kadar / Joker / Sound of Stereo / Flinke Namen / And So I Watch You from Afar / Typhoon & New Cool Collective / Go Back to the Zoo / Moss / Band of Skulls / Hudson Mohawke / Txt / I Am Kloot / Scapino Ballet Rotterdam / Katzenjammer / The Soft Pack / Dorian Concept / Kalio Gayo / The Dj Producer / The Upsessions / Blaudzun / Major Lazer / Floating Points / King Midas Sound / Finntroll / La Pegatina / Air / Ben Klock / You Me At Six / I Blame Coco / Skindred / Laura Marling / Massive Attack / The Low Anthem / Tim Knol Show all bands
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Unknown venue Biddinghuizen, Flevoland, Netherlands
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Aug 19, 2010
The Specials

FM4 Frequency Festival

Green Park St. Pölten, Lower Austria, Austria
Aug 19, 2010 –
Aug 21, 2010
FM4 Frequency Festival 2010
Muse / Mumford & Sons / Major Lazer / Diplo / Deadmau5 / Thirty Seconds to Mars / Portugal. The Man / Massive Attack / Marina / La Roux / Hot Chip / NERO / LCD Soundsystem / The Drums / Yeasayer / Black Rebel Motorcycle Club / Bad Religion / White Lies / NOFX / Billy Talent / The Specials / Klaxons / Blue October / The Gaslight Anthem / Paul Kalkbrenner / We Are Scientists / Peaches / Gogol Bordello / Serj Tankian / Skunk Anansie / The Cribs / The Asteroids Galaxy Tour / Shout Out Louds / Twin Atlantic / Au Revoir Simone / Archive / Camo & Krooked / Delphic / Die Toten Hosen / Fettes Brot / Jan Delay / Johnossi / Wir sind Helden / John Digweed / Fool's Gold / FM Belfast / Zoot Woman / Tocotronic / Madsen / Oliver Huntemann / Pulled Apart By Horses / Get Well Soon / Miss Platnum / Element of Crime / Tiefschwarz / Martina Topley Bird / General Fiasco / Mustard Pimp / Wallis Bird / Melissa Auf der Maur / Ed Rush / Schlachthofbronx / Turntablerocker / Joyce Muniz / Daisy Dares You / Body and Soul / Goldhawks / Bang Bang Eche / Disaszt / Norbert Schneider / Philipp Straub / Suki / Crazy Sonic / Stompin' Souls / Etepetete / Electro Ferris / Wred / Hot X / Beats4education / Pola Riot Show all bands
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FM4 Frequency Festival 2010 St. Pölten, Lower Austria, Austria
Aug 13, 2010
Oya Festival
"Oya Festival" / La Roux / Marina / Field Music / Girls / John Olav Nilsen & Gjengen / Major Lazer / Purified In Blood / Robyn / The Specials / Susanne Sundfør / Trash Talk / Tune-Yards / The Flaming Lips
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Middelalderparken Oslo, Oslo, Norway
Aug 12, 2010
Sziget Festival 2010
Faithless / The Specials / Public Image Ltd / The young Punkx / K.I.Z / Foreign Beggars / The Black Box Revelation / Gorillaz Sound System
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Óbudai-sziget (Óbuda Island) Budapest, Budapest, Hungary
Aug 10, 2010 –
Aug 14, 2010
Øyafestivalen 2010
The xx / M.I.A. / Miike Snow / The Flaming Lips / La Roux / Local Natives / Marina / Robyn / Air / Broken Bells / LCD Soundsystem / Yeasayer / Die Antwoord / Big Boi / The Specials / Pavement / The Gaslight Anthem / Panda Bear / Paul Weller / Tune-Yards / Surfer Blood / Against Me! / The Black Angels / Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti / Iggy & the Stooges / Baroness / Susanne Sundfør / Girls / Converge / Fucked Up / Field Music / Cymbals Eat Guitars / Tony Allen / Fool's Gold / Casiokids / Trash Talk / Team Me / Lars Vaular / Motorpsycho / Lindstrøm & Christabelle / 1349 / King Midas Sound / Rubik / Serena-Maneesh / Nachtmystium / Honningbarna / The Shining / Blood Command / Imperial State Electric / John Olav Nilsen & Gjengen / LidoLido / Ingrid Olava / Kråkesølv / Oslo Ess / Thom Hell / Lillebjørn Nilsen / Navigators / Djerv / Youth Pictures of Florence Henderson / Wolves Like Us / The Cumshots / Invasion / Obliteration / Purified In Blood / Therese Aune / CCTV / Ingeborg Selnes / Hypertext / Altaar / I See Horses / Camp Sounds / Goonfight / Friends of the Dude Show all bands
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Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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Aug 09, 2010 –
Aug 16, 2010
Sziget Festival 2010
Calvin Harris / Muse / Major Lazer / Deadmau5 / Thirty Seconds to Mars / Papa Roach / Iron Maiden / Kasabian / Mika / UB40 / Yeasayer / The Hives / DJ Shadow / Die Antwoord / Faithless / Bad Religion / Madness / Billy Talent / The Specials / Buena Vista Social Club / Sander van Doorn / Boys Noize / Peaches / Simian Mobile Disco / Toots & The Maytals / Enter Shikari / Infected Mushroom / The Cribs / Children Of Bodom / Gotan Project / The Wailers / Foreign Beggars / Public Image Ltd / Fear Factory / Monster Magnet / Gentleman / Skindred / Aeroplane / Ill Niño / Ska-P / Charlie Winston / Danko Jones / Paradise Lost / Kamelot / The Skatalites / GWAR / K.I.Z / Shantel / Tony Allen / Andy Moor / Adam Beyer / Subsonica / Erol Alkan / The Aggrolites / The 69 Eyes / Skip the Use / Alan Fitzpatrick / Nina Hagen / Breakestra / Toy Dolls / Black Box Revelation / Vive La Fête / Bayonne / Oi Va Voi / Wildbirds & Peacedrums / george duke / Chapelier Fou / Hjaltalín / Rupa & The April Fishes / The Young Punx / Ez3kiel / Dennis Chambers / Mahala Rai Banda / Ляпис Трубецкой / Los de Abajo / Cloudchord / Baskerville / Joel Mull / zZz / The Picturebooks / C-Mon & Kypski / Tankcsapda / Zagar / Besh O Drom / Amparo Sanchez / Make Believe / The Duel / The Inspector Cluzo / Péterfy Bori & Love Band / Parno Graszt / Gary Willis / Madensuyu / Heaven Street Seven / Anna & the Barbies / Hrdvsion / Flat Earth Society / Dean Brown / 08001 / Gorillaz Sound System / Renata Rosa / Volkova Sisters / Daniel Kahn & The Painted Bird / Серебряная Свадьба / Jaune Toujours / Rada / Flore / Fat Cat / Daniel Kahn / The Toobes / Superbutt / Loop Doctors / Klezmofobia / Napra / Fanfare Vagabontu / Ladánybene 27 / Skarbone 14 / Jazzékiel / Eslam / Dubians / Cankisou / Ambientium / JIP / Angie Taylor / Lord Bishop Rocks / Synus0006 / Painted Bird / Rogerio Jardim / Bea Palya / János Másik / Surbahar / Рада & Терновник / Dalkloid Sound / Kees Van Hondt / Tommy Campbell / The Kistehén Melanko / Budapest Jazz Orchestra / András Lovasi / Kaido Kirikmäe / Hudaki / Turbo Band / Etnofon Zenei Társulás És Palya Bea / Gyongyi Salla / Robotrock Dj's / Cry of Shits / Thirty Seconds to Mars Show all bands
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Budapest, Budapest, Hungary
Jul 31, 2010
Paredes De Coura
The Prodigy / The Dandy Warhols / The Specials / Jamie T / Mao Morta / Dum Dum Girls / Triangulo de Amor Bizarro / Barbez
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Praia Fluvial do Tabuão Porto, Porto, Portugal
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Jul 28, 2010 –
Jul 31, 2010
Paredes de Coura 2010
The Prodigy / Best Coast / The Dandy Warhols / The Tallest Man On Earth / Klaxons / White Lies / The Specials / Jamie T / Enter Shikari / Los Campesinos! / Memory Tapes / Gallows / Vivian Girls / Cosmo Jarvis / Peter Hook / Dum Dum Girls / Caribou
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Praia Fluvial do Tabuão Paredes de Coura, Viana do Castelo, Portugal
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Jul 17, 2010
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Benicàssim

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Recinto de festivales de Benicàssim Benicassim, Valencia, Spain
Jul 15, 2010
The Specials

Traffic Festival

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Giardini della Reggia di Venaria Reale Venaria Reale, Italy
Jul 15, 2010 –
Jul 18, 2010
Festival Internacional de Benicàssim - FIB 2010
Calvin Harris / Ellie Goulding / Gorillaz / Mumford & Sons / Two Door Cinema Club / Vampire Weekend / Lily Allen / Foals / The Temper Trap / Kasabian / The Prodigy / Hot Chip / Dizzee Rascal / Broken Bells / Echo & The Bunnymen / DJ Shadow / Four Tet / Goldfrapp / Cut Copy / The Specials / Klaxons / Julian Casablancas / Dirty Projectors / Ash / Courteeners / Boys Noize / Leftfield / The Cribs / Charlotte Gainsbourg / Ian Brown / Skream / YACHT / Public Image Ltd / Joris Voorn / Yuksek / Efterklang / The Clientele / Love of Lesbian / Daedelus / Fionn Regan / Lindstrøm / JJ / Benga / Midnight Juggernauts / Jack Beats / Brendan Benson / Ilegales / Timo Maas / I Blame Coco / The Japanese Popstars / Funkagenda / Ray Davies / Prins Thomas / Triángulo de Amor Bizarro / The Pinker Tones / Lindstrøm & Christabelle / bigott / Sunday Drivers / Delorentos / Standstill / Sr. Chinarro / Peter Hook / Phil Kieran / Scratch Perverts / Motor / Alondra Bentley / Alex Under / Justin Robertson / Jack Lukeman (aka Jack L) / Cola Jet Set / Cuchillo / El Hijo / The Paris Riots / Cohete / Jonston / The Ruskins / Los Illegales / Marcus Doo & the Secret Family / Gentle Music Men / Southern Arts Society / Chinyi / Greame Park / Parade (from Spain) Show all bands
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Festival Internacional de Benicàssim - FIB 2010 Benicassim, Valencia, Spain
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Jul 14, 2010 –
Jul 17, 2010
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Traffic Festival 2010 Rome, Latium, Italy
Jul 13, 2010
The Specials

European Tour

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Middelalderparken Oslo, Oslo, Norway

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 Lawrence, Kansas, United States
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 Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
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 London, England, United Kingdom
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 London, England, United Kingdom
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 Kinross, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Concerts Per Year:

2026 2 concerts
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2023 1 concert
2022 18 concerts
2021 27 concerts
2020 3 concerts
2019 88 concerts
2018 5 concerts
2017 30 concerts
2016 37 concerts
2015 7 concerts
2014 25 concerts
2013 45 concerts
2012 21 concerts
2011 33 concerts
2010 33 concerts
2009 57 concerts
2008 6 concerts
2007 4 concerts
2006 1 concert
2003 1 concert
2002 1 concert
2001 6 concerts
2000 4 concerts
1999 4 concerts
1998 95 concerts
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1996 35 concerts
1995 4 concerts
1994 28 concerts
1993 2 concerts
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1979 66 concerts
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