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 19)

Date Concert Venue Location
Jul 10, 2010
Ruisrock Festival
"Ruisrock Festival" / Amon Amarth / The Sounds / Prince of Assyria / The Specials / The Baseballs / Disco Ensemble / Irina / Michael Monroe (Finland) / Don Huonot / Ismo Alanko Teholla / Kotiteollisuus / PMMP / Scandinavian Music Group / Stam1na / Turisas / Viikate Show all bands
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Festival Grounds Turku, Southwest Finland, Finland
Jul 09, 2010 –
Jul 11, 2010
Ruisrock 2010
Florence and the Machine / Rise Against / Ozzy Osbourne / Regina Spektor / Belle and Sebastian / Slash / Flogging Molly / NOFX / Billy Talent / The Specials / Frank Turner / Canned Heat / Amon Amarth / Porcupine Tree / Arch Enemy / Midlake / The Sounds / Anti-Flag / Baroness / Sonata Arctica / The Sonics / The Baseballs / Amorphis / Poets of the Fall / Turisas / The Ark / Finntroll / Ginger Ninja / Michael Monroe / Reckless Love / Disco Ensemble / Jenni Vartiainen / Chisu / PMMP / Negative / Villa Nah / Tarot / Stam1na / Kotiteollisuus / Scandinavian Music Group / The Day / Mokoma / Vesa-matti Loiri / Irina / Popeda / Maija Vilkkumaa / Lapko / Viikate / Manna / Samuli Putro / Don Huonot / Prince of Assyria / Lauri Tähkä & Elonkerjuu / Jaakko & Jay / Joensuu 1685 / Jätkäjätkät / Pyhät Tepot / Kaikukasti / Herra Ylppö Ja Ihmiset / Darya and Månskernorkstern / Ismo Alanko & Teho-osasto Show all bands
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Turku, Southwest Finland, Finland
Jul 03, 2010
Les Eurockeennes de Belfort
"Les Eurockeennes de Belfort" / The Hives / Afrodizz / Airbourne / The Bewitched Hands On The Top Of Our Heads / Broken Social Scene / Colt Silvers / Elektrisk Gonner / General Elektriks / Ghinzu / Memory Tapes / OY / Le Prince Miiaou / Radio Radio / Sawah / Hindi Zahra / Selah Sue / Serena Maneesh / Sexy Sushi / Emilie Simon / The Specials / Vitalic / We Are Enfant Terrible / The xx Show all bands
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Eurockeennes Festival Grounds Belfort, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France
Jul 02, 2010
Rock Werchter Festival
Green Day / Editors / Thirty Seconds to Mars / Paramore / Rise Against / Jack Johnson / Coheed and Cambria / LCD Soundsystem / The Specials / Corinne Bailey Rae / The Gaslight Anthem / POP ETC
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Festivalpark Werchter Werchter, Flanders, Belgium
Jul 02, 2010 –
Jul 04, 2010
Ask That God Tour
The Black Keys / The xx / Two Door Cinema Club / Jay-Z / Massive Attack / Empire of the Sun / Foals / Kasabian / Missy Elliott / Mika / Janelle Monáe / LCD Soundsystem / The Drums / Broken Social Scene / The Hives / The Dead Weather / The Specials / Julian Casablancas / Selah Sue / Charlotte Gainsbourg / Vitalic / Airbourne / HEALTH / Baroness / Converge / Memory Tapes / Gallows / Émilie Simon / Sophie Hunger / BB Brunes / Ghinzu / Piers Faccini / Rox / Bridget Kelly / The Bewitched Hands / Bloody Beetroots Death Crew 77 / We Are Enfant Terrible / Le Prince Miiaou / Kid Bombardos / Gable / Afrodizz / Filiamotsa / Les Eurockennes De Belfort / Eurockéennes Show all bands
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Belfort, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France
Jul 01, 2010
The Specials

Rock Werchter

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Festivalpark Werchter Werchter, Flanders, Belgium
Jul 01, 2010 –
Jul 04, 2010
Ask That God Tour
P!nk / The Morning Benders / Absynthe Minded / Sweet Coffee / Das Pop / Kyteman's Hiphop Orchestra / Midlake / The Van Jets / The Customs / Crookers / Dirty Projectors / POP ETC / Booka Shade / Double G / Delphic / Channel Zero / The Bloody Beetroots / Green Day / La Roux / Pearl Jam / The xx / Thirty Seconds to Mars / Coheed and Cambria / The Black Keys / P!nk / Muse / Paramore / Arcade Fire / Jack Johnson / Vampire Weekend / Phoenix / Florence + The Machine / The Temper Trap / Empire of the Sun / Rise Against / Alice In Chains / The Ting Tings / Stereophonics / Rammstein / Editors / Corinne Bailey Rae / Yeasayer / Gossip / LCD Soundsystem / Faithless / The Gaslight Anthem / The Specials / Them Crooked Vultures / Gomez / Skunk Anansie / Porcupine Tree / Vitalic / Balthazar / De Jeugd Van Tegenwoordig / The Black Box Revelation / Shameboy / Taylor Hawkins & The Coattail Riders Show all bands
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Unknown venue Werchter, Flanders, Belgium
Show Duplicates for Jul 01, 2010
Jun 19, 2010
The Specials

Southside Festival

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take-off GewerbePark Neuhausen ob Eck, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Jun 18, 2010
Hurricane Festival
Beatsteaks / Stone Temple Pilots / The Strokes / The Specials / Paramore / Mando Diao / Jack Johnson / Vampire Weekend / Danko Jones / Tegan and Sara / Dropkick Murphys / Mr. Oizo / FM Belfast / Madsen / Shout Out Louds / K's Choice / Kap Bambino / Hot Water Music / The Get Up Kids / Enter Shikari / Jennifer Rostock / Frank Turner / Kashmir (FIN) / Biffy Clyro / Band of Skulls / Moneybrother / The Temper Trap / Alberta Cross Show all bands
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Eichenring Scheeßel, Lower Saxony, Germany
Jun 18, 2010 –
Jun 20, 2010
Southside Festival 2010
The Strokes / Beatsteaks / Billy Talent / Jack Johnson / Mando Diao / The Prodigy / Massive Attack / Stone Temple Pilots / Dropkick Murphys / Faithless / Deichkind / Vampire Weekend / Porcupine Tree / Element of Crime / Madsen / LCD Soundsystem / Paramore / The Gaslight Anthem / Skunk Anansie / Archive / Danko Jones / Phoenix / White Lies / The xx / The Specials / Shout Out Louds / Revolverheld / Tegan and Sara / La Roux / Biffy Clyro / Deftones / Dendemann / Jennifer Rostock / Coheed and Cambria / K's Choice / Hot Water Music / Florence + The Machine / The Temper Trap / Ignite / Donots / Enter Shikari / Charlie Winston / Bonaparte / Katzenjammer / We Are Scientists / Moneybrother / Zebrahead / Kashmir / Horse the Band / Marina and the Diamonds / Does It Offend You, Yeah? / LaBrassBanda / Two Door Cinema Club / Frank Turner / Turbostaat / Band of Skulls / Alberta Cross / Local Natives / The Get Up Kids / The Hold Steady / Big Elf / Skindred / The Blackout / Cymbals Eat Guitars / Cosmo Jarvis / Timid Tiger / Martina Topley-Bird / Boys Noize / Mr. Oizo / The Bloody Beetroots Death Crew 77 / Erol Alkan / Bratze / Frittenbude / FM Belfast / Kap Bambino Show all bands
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take-off GewerbePark Neuhausen ob Eck, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Show Duplicates for Jun 18, 2010
Jun 17, 2010
The Specials

West Coast Riot

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Frihamnspiren Gothenburg, Västra Götaland, Sweden
Jun 11, 2010
The Specials

European Tour

Unknown Venue Athens, Attica, Greece
May 01, 2010
The Specials Love Music Hate Racism 2010 Barnsley, England, United Kingdom
Apr 21, 2010
The Specials
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Terminal 5 New York, New York, United States
Apr 20, 2010
The Specials
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Terminal 5 New York, New York, United States
Apr 19, 2010
Rescheduled
The Specials
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The Sound Academy Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Apr 16, 2010
Coachella Music Festival
Alana Grace / Wale / Iglu & Hartly / Hockey / Passion Pit / Gil Scott-Heron / She and Him / Deer Tick / Kate Miller-Heidke / Jay-Z / The Whitest Boy Alive / Fever Ray / Vampire Weekend / Little Dragon / Imogen Heap / La Roux / The Specials / Ra Ra Riot / Yeasayer / The Avett Brothers / Jets Overhead / Grizzly Bear Show all bands
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Empire Polo Club Indio, California, United States
Apr 16, 2010 –
Apr 18, 2010
Coachella 2010
BASSNECTAR / Baroness / Sleigh Bells / Mary Anne Hobbs / Hockey / Daedelus / The Cribs / Die Antwoord / Infected Mushroom / Grace Jones / Tokyo Police Club / Yann Tiersen / Gil Scott-Heron / Thom Yorke / The Glitch Mob / Nocando / DJ Lance Rock / Steel Train / Club 75 / Shooter Jennings / Rusko / The Big Pink / She & Him / Portugal. The Man / Jake's / Z-Trip / Aeroplane / White Rabbits / The Dillinger Escape Plan / One eskimO / Proxy / P.O.S. / Erol Alkan / Flying Lotus / Hadouken! / Pretty Lights / Bad Lieutenant / The Soft Pack / Matt and Kim / Major Lazer / David Guetta / The Temper Trap / Kaskade / B.o.B / Muse / Wale / Benny Benassi / Free the Robots / Frank Turner / The Almighty Defenders / Pablo Hassan / Plastikman / DJ Craze / Vampire Weekend / As Tall As Lions / Florence + The Machine / Hobo's Hope / Ras G / Little Dragon / Paparazzi / Frightened Rabbit / Wolfgang Gartner / Klever / Iglu & Hartly / Echo & The Bunnymen / Babasónicos / Kate Miller-Heidke / Corinne Bailey Rae / Nobody / Alana Grace / Céu / Lucent Dossier Experience / Talvin Singh / Nosaj Thing / The Professionals / Craze and Klever / Dirty South / Rick Ghraphixxx / Lucero / DLK / Paulla / The Gaslamp Killer / Samiyam / Deer Tick / Take / Mew / Delphic / Sam Xl / Gary Numan / John Waters / Hypnotic Brass Ensemble / Porcupine Tree / Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros / Sly and the Family Stone / MGMT / The xx / Gorillaz / Jay-Z / Phoenix / Deadmau5 / Passion Pit / Sia / Tiësto / La Roux / Miike Snow / Grizzly Bear / Hot Chip / Spoon / Beach House / Imogen Heap / Local Natives / The Avett Brothers / Yeasayer / Gossip / Faith No More / Band of Skulls / Deerhunter / Coheed and Cambria / De La Soul / The Dead Weather / Ra Ra Riot / Yo La Tengo / Old Crow Medicine Show / The Specials / Devo / The Whitest Boy Alive / Julian Casablancas / Them Crooked Vultures / Pavement / Dirty Projectors / Little Boots / Fever Ray / Camera Obscura / The Raveonettes / Jónsi / Orbital / Girls / Calle 13 / Charlotte Gainsbourg / Atoms For Peace / ZOÉ / Public Image Ltd / LCD Soundsystem / Owen Pallett / Mayer Hawthorne and The County / Sunny Day Real Estate / Aterciopelados / RX Bandits / Kevin Devine / Les Claypool / King Khan & The Shrines / The Middle East / Jets Overhead / Street Sweeper Social Club / Sly Stone / Florence / 2manydjs / MuteMath Show all bands
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Empire Polo Club Indio, California, United States
Show Duplicates for Apr 16, 2010
Apr 15, 2010
The Specials / Fitz and the Tantrums

The Specials – 30th Anniversary Tour

Club Nokia Los Angeles, California, United States
Show Duplicate for Apr 15, 2010
Apr 11, 2010 –
Apr 12, 2010
Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival 2010
Jay-Z / LCD Soundsystem / Them Crooked Vultures / Street Sweeper Social Club / Yeasayer / The Specials / Muse / Tiësto / Faith No More / Coheed and Cambria / Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros / The Temper Trap / Porcupine Tree / RX Bandits
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Empire Polo Club Indio, California, United States
Mar 29, 2010
"Teenage Cancer Trust Benefit" / The Specials

Teenage Cancer Trust Benefit

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Royal Albert Hall London, England, United Kingdom
Show Duplicate for Mar 29, 2010
Feb 24, 2010
The Specials

NME Awards

O2 Academy Brixton London, England, United Kingdom
Nov 27, 2009
The Specials
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Hammersmith Odeon London, England, United Kingdom
Show Duplicate for Nov 27, 2009
Nov 25, 2009
The Specials
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Eventim Apollo London, England, United Kingdom

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Jul 19, 1998
 Lawrence, Kansas, United States
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Sep 7, 2021
 Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Jun 17, 2017
 Saratoga, California, United States
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May 11, 2009
 London, England, United Kingdom
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May 11, 2009
 London, England, United Kingdom
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Jul 10 - 12, 2009
 Kinross, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Jul 10 - 12, 2009
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Jul 10 - 12, 2009
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Genres:

Punk
New Wave
Reggae
Britpop
Ska
Ska Punk
Rocksteady
Ska Revival
Mod Revival
2 Tone
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Latest Setlist (07/09/2022):

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  1. Freedom Highway
  2. Friday Night, Saturday Morning
  3. Stereotype
  4. The Lunatics (Have Taken Over the Asylum)
  5. A Message to You Rudy
  6. Do the Dog
  7. Too Much Too Young
  8. Gangsters
  9. Listening Wind
  10. Ghost Town

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Concerts Per Year:

2026 2 concerts
2025 2 concerts
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
1997 17 concerts
1996 35 concerts
1995 4 concerts
1994 28 concerts
1993 2 concerts
1981 16 concerts
1980 70 concerts
1979 66 concerts
1978 14 concerts
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