The Specials Concert History

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

The Specials Tours & Concerts (Page 7)

Date Concert Venue Location
Mar 30, 2019
DJ Uphill Sound / The Specials
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Ancienne Belgique Brussels, Brussels Capital, Belgium
Jun 24, 2018
The Specials
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House of Blues San Diego San Diego, California, United States
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Jun 23, 2018 –
Jun 24, 2018
Arroyo Seco Weekend 2018
Kings of Leon / Neil Young / Alanis Morissette / Jack White / Capital Cities / Belle and Sebastian / Third Eye Blind / Violent Femmes / Pretenders / Bangles / Gary Clark Jr. / Robert Plant / The Specials / The Revolution (MN) / Gomez / Los Lobos / Shakey Graves / Seu Jorge / Trampled by Turtles / Aaron Neville / Kamasi Washington / Allen Stone / The Milk Carton Kids / Typhoon / Irma Thomas / North Mississippi Allstars / Hurray for the Riff Raff / Dorothy / Pharoah Sanders / Margaret Glaspy / Margo Price / Fantastic Negrito / Robert Plant & the Sensational Space Shifters / Dwight Twilley / Neil Young + The Promise Of Real / Jeff Goldblum / Maxim Ludwig / Tracksuit Wedding Show all bands
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Brookside at the Rose Bowl Pasadena, California, United States
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Jun 22, 2018
The Specials
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Fox Theater Pomona Pomona, California, United States
Jun 21, 2018
The Specials / Lori Vee
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Fox Theater Oakland, California, United States
Jun 02, 2018
The Rolling Stones / The Specials

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Ricoh Arena Coventry, England, United Kingdom
Aug 14, 2017
Rototom Sunsplash
"Rototom Sunsplash" / The Specials / Don Carlos / Inna de Yard / Turbulence / Sinsemilia / Bay-C / Dubkasm / Solo Banton / Moa Anbessa / New Kingston / Naoko The Rock
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Rototom Sunsplash Festival Grounds Benicassim, Valencia, Spain
Aug 10, 2017 –
Aug 13, 2017
BoomTown Fair !!! 2017
M.I.A. / Cypress Hill / Slightly Stoopid / Rusko / The Specials / Ziggy Marley / Frank Turner / Boys Noize / Toots & The Maytals / The Sugarhill Gang / Loyle Carner / Arrested Development / The Freestylers / AJ Tracey / Booka Shade / Sublime With Rome / Redlight / Dusky / Crazy P / Stick Figure / Skindred / Donae'o / Protoje / Caspa / Utah Saints / GoGo Penguin / Dub FX / Alabama 3 / Carl Craig / The Prototypes / Friction / Astrix / Black Sun Empire / Ocean Wisdom / The Comet Is Coming / Solardo / My Nu Leng / Gilles Peterson / Swindle / Lutan Fyah / Deekline / Alix Perez / Gentleman's Dub Club / Sons of Kemet / Champion / Ed Solo / Icicle / Beans on Toast / Reverend Peyton's Big Damn Band / Mike Love / Dave Clarke / Technimatic / Ace Ventura / DBridge / Phace / Holy Goof / Mefjus / The Planet Smashers / Furious 5 / The Dreadnoughts / Legendary Shack Shakers / Darkzy / Mbongwana Star / Deadbeat / pitch black / Boddika / Smokey Joe & The Kid / Ray Keith / Schlachthofbronx / Ben UFO / Skeptical / MysDiggi / Vandal / Soweto Kinch / Dread MC / Heartless Crew / Broken Note / Benjamin Zephaniah / King Prawn / SP:MC / Baby Queens / Chris Wood / SK Shlomo / Nattali Rize / Mad Dog Mcrea / Dizraeli / Mikey B / The Hempolics / Kumbia Queers / The Sickest Squad / Binker & Moses / Limewax / New Town Kings / Monki / Gypsy Hill / Dr Cryptic / Hadean / Petrol Girls / Jungle Brown / The Filaments / Bushbaby / Jim Jones and the Righteous Mind / Billain / WITTYBOY / King Kong Company / Inner Terrestrials / Kingfisha / The Eskies / Thrasher / Sheelanagig / Furrow Collective / Bud / Elijah & Skilliam / Brinsley Forde / Lakuta / Phatworld / Maid of Ace / Fleck / Kansas Smitty's / Faintest Idea / Ska'n'Ska / Back To The Planet / Pelikann / Blend Mishkin / Gancher & Ruin / Captain Hotknives / Blaggers ITA / Eliza Carthy & The Wayward Band / Thorpey / Amy Becker / Murder He Wrote / Jon1st / China Shop Bull / Crinkle Cuts / Vital Techniques / Chavo / The Original Blues Brothers Band / C3B / Mr Tea and the Minions / D-DOTs / Crash Nomada / Jeremy Tuplin / Sea Bass Kid / Junior Bill / forest of fools / DJ Kobayashi / The Skarsoles / River Roots / Dr Oscillator / The Discount Orchestra / One Eyed God / Autorotation / Steamchicken / Lead Shot Hazard / Atterkop / Metz Jnr / Cherry Bandora / The Barefoot Bandit UK / Fracture (UK) / K-ORSE AND BASSHOUND / Imprints (Bristol, UK) / First World Pros / Tony Tribe (UK) / CaraMeansFriend / Dub Akom Band / Alice Francis Show all bands
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Matterley Estate Ovington, UK
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Jun 24, 2017
Montebello Rockfest
"Montebello Rockfest" / Queens of the Stone Age / Alexisonfire / Megadeth / Good Charlotte / Eagles of Death Metal / The Specials / August Burns Red / Anti-Flag / Iggy Pop / At the Drive-In / 311 / Meshuggah / Dee Snider / Entombed A.D. / P.O.D. / Ensiferum / TesseracT / Mononc Serge / Grimskunk / eXterio / Blessed By A Broken Heart / Blinded By Faith / Protest the Hero / Discharge / Dayglo Abortions / Converge / Good Riddance / Sworn Enemy / Reverend Horton Heat / Belvedere / Death Before Dishonor / A Wilhelm Scream / Conflict / The Unseen / Agent Orange / Adhesive / The Birthday Massacre / Frenzal Rhomb / PUP / Teenage Bottlerocket / The Dreadnoughts Show all bands
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Montebello Marina Montebello, Quebec, Canada
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Jun 23, 2017 –
Jun 24, 2017
Montebello Rock Fest 2017
The Offspring / Queens of the Stone Age / Wu-Tang Clan / Good Charlotte / Rammstein / Bullet for My Valentine / Iggy Pop / 311 / AFI / Killswitch Engage / Bad Religion / P.O.D. / The Specials / All That Remains / Parkway Drive / August Burns Red / Eagles of Death Metal / Reel Big Fish / Pennywise / Goldfinger / Less Than Jake / Alexisonfire / Anti-Flag / Meshuggah / At the Drive-In / Soulfly / Thursday / Born of Osiris / The Living End / Basement / Lucero / PUP / Reverend Horton Heat / Face To Face / Protest the Hero / Norma Jean / TesseracT / Volumes / Agent Orange / Ensiferum / The Birthday Massacre / Sham 69 / Teenage Bottlerocket / Good Riddance / Kataklysm / Discharge / Frenzal Rhomb / Breakdown of Sanity / A Wilhelm Scream / Dee Snider / The Unseen / The Dreadnoughts / Masked Intruder / Down By Law / Conflict / Death Before Dishonor / Blind Witness / Mute / Belvedere / Blessed By A Broken Heart / Dayglo Abortions / Entombed A.D. / Megadeth / Get the Shot / Craig's Brother / Grimskunk / Caravane / Gutter Demons / Pepe et Sa Guitare / Les Sheriff / Adhesive / Deadly Apples / eXterio / Dance Laury Dance / Obliterate / Mononc'serge Et Anonymus / Dolores de huevos / Blinded By Faith / Jeremy Gabriel / Les Ordures Ioniques / Floating Widget / Jello Biafra & the GSM / 2 Stone 2 Skank / Mudie / Alien's Cab / The Bob Marley Experience / Minor Threat (Tribute) / Sex Pistols (Tribute) / Twisted Sister (Tribute) / Fugazi (Tribute) / Spinal Tap Covers Band / Fat Wreck Chords (Tribute) / Epitaph Records (Tribute) Show all bands
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Montebello, QC, Canada
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Jun 22, 2017 –
Jun 24, 2017
Amnesia Rockfest 2017
Rammstein / Queens of the Stone Age / Iggy Pop / Alexisonfire / The Offspring / Megadeth / Wu-Tang Clan / Bullet for My Valentine / At the Drive-In / AFI / 311 / Bad Religion / Pennywise / Good Charlotte / The Specials / Eagles of Death Metal / Parkway Drive / Meshuggah / Killswitch Engage / Dee Snider / Face To Face / Goldfinger / Reel Big Fish / Less Than Jake / Anti-Flag / Good Riddance / Belvedere / August Burns Red / All That Remains / Soulfly / Protest the Hero / P.O.D. / Born of Osiris / Jello Biafra and the Guantanamo School of Medicine / Sham 69 / Discharge / Conflict / Les Sheriff / Reverend Horton Heat / Agent Orange / Craig’s Brother / Entombed A.D. / Ensiferum / TesseracT / Mononc' Serge & Anonymus / Grimskunk / Deadly Apples / Kataklysm / eXterio / Mudie / Terror / Converge / American Nightmare / Ignite / No Warning / Sworn Enemy / Backtrack / Lucero / PUP / Basement / A Wilhelm Scream / The Unseen / Teenage Bottlerocket / Masked Intruder / Adhesive / Frenzal Rhomb / The Living End / Down By Law / The Dreadnoughts / Dayglo Abortions / Breakdown of Sanity / Norma Jean / Volumes / Blind Witness / Pepe et Sa Guitare / The Birthday Massacre / Les Cowboys Fringants / Robert Charlebois / Les Trois Accords / Loco Locass / Groovy Aardvark / Bernard Adamus / The Planet Smashers / Koriass / Dead Obies Show all bands
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Montebello Marina Montebello, Quebec, Canada
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Jun 18, 2017
Ziggy Marley / Hollywood Bowl Orchestra / Thomas Wilkins (Conductor) / The Specials / U-Roy
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Hollywood Bowl Los Angeles, California, United States
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Jun 17, 2017
The Specials
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The Mountain Winery Saratoga, California, United States
Jun 16, 2017
The Specials House of Blues San Diego, California, United States
Jun 13, 2017
The Specials
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The Showbox at the Market Seattle, Washington, United States
Jun 12, 2017
The Specials
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McMenamins Crystal Ballroom Portland, Oregon, United States
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Jun 10, 2017 –
Jun 11, 2017
Punk Rock Bowling 2017
Ravagers / Lifetime / Leftöver Crack / Darkbuster / Hot Blood / Charles Bradley and His Extraordinaries / The Vansaders / Buzzcocks / Bigwig / The Specials / NOFX / The Templars / The Pietasters / The Explosion / Dillinger Four / Posers / Crazy and the Brains / PUP Show all bands
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The Stone Pony Summer Stage Asbury Park, New Jersey, United States
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Jun 09, 2017
The Specials / the Far East
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Brooklyn Steel New York, New York, United States
Jun 07, 2017
The Specials
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The Danforth Music Hall Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Jun 06, 2017
The Specials
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The Danforth Music Hall Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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The Specials / The Tuts
May 13, 2019
 Southend-On-Sea, United Kingdom
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The Specials / Little Hurricane / The Scofflaws
Jul 18, 2013
 Huntington, New York, United States
  Added by Greg Fasolino

The Specials / Little Hurricane / The Scofflaws
Jul 18, 2013
 Huntington, New York, United States
  Added by Greg Fasolino

Lowlands Festival 2010
Aug 20 - 22, 2010
 Biddinghuizen, Flevoland, Netherlands
  Added by Concert Archives

Coachella 2010
Apr 16 - 18, 2010
 Indio, California, United States
  Added by Concert Archives

The Specials
Oct 7, 2021
 Kingston upon Thames, England, United Kingdom
  Added by Andrew J

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T In The Park 2009 on Jul 10, 2009 [309-small]

T In The Park 2009
Jul 10 - 12, 2009
 Kinross, Scotland, United Kingdom
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The Specials on Aug 3, 2019 [235-small]

The Specials
Aug 3, 2019
 Glastonbury, England, United Kingdom
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The Van's Warped Tour '98 on Jul 12, 1998 [380-small]

The Van's Warped Tour '98
Jul 12, 1998
 Boulder, Colorado, United States
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Genres:

Punk
New Wave
Reggae
Britpop
Ska
Rocksteady
Ska Revival
Mod Revival
2 Tone
Two-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:

2023 1 concert
2022 11 concerts
2021 25 concerts
2020 3 concerts
2019 79 concerts
2018 5 concerts
2017 29 concerts
2016 37 concerts
2015 7 concerts
2014 22 concerts
2013 43 concerts
2012 18 concerts
2011 32 concerts
2010 27 concerts
2009 51 concerts
2008 3 concerts
2007 1 concert
2006 1 concert
2001 1 concert
2000 1 concert
1998 41 concerts
1997 8 concerts
1996 12 concerts
1994 7 concerts
1981 6 concerts
1980 22 concerts
1979 31 concerts
1978 9 concerts

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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

How many concerts has The Specials had?

The Specials has had 533 concerts.

What genre is The Specials?

The Specials is most often considered to be Punk, New Wave, Reggae, Britpop, Ska, Rocksteady, Ska Revival, Mod Revival, 2 Tone, and Two-Tone.

When was the last The Specials concert?

The last The Specials concert was on January 16, 2023 at The Moonlight Club in London, England, United Kingdom.

What setlist does The Specials play live?

The songs that The Specials performs live vary, but here's the latest setlist that we have from the July 09, 2022 concert at Rochester Castle in Rochester, Kent, UK:

  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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