The Specials's 2010 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 had 33 concerts in 2010

Date Concert Venue Location
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
Show Duplicate for Jul 31, 2010
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
Show Duplicate for Jul 28, 2010
Jul 17, 2010
The Specials

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
Show Duplicate for Jul 15, 2010
Jul 14, 2010 –
Jul 17, 2010
The Specials
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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
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

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Lowlands Festival 2010
Aug 20 - 22, 2010
 Biddinghuizen, Flevoland, Netherlands
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Coachella 2010
Apr 16 - 18, 2010
 Indio, California, United States
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Festival Paredes de Coura 2010 on Jul 28, 2010 [038-small]

Festival Paredes de Coura 2010
Jul 28 - 31, 2010
 Paredes de Coura, Viana do Castelo, Portugal
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Aug 27, 2010
 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Aug 27, 2010
 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Southside Festival 2010
Jun 18 - 20, 2010
 Neuhausen ob Eck, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
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Southside Festival 2010
Jun 18 - 20, 2010
 Neuhausen ob Eck, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
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The Specials
Apr 21, 2010
 New York, New York, United States
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The Specials on Aug 27, 2010 [603-small]

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Aug 27, 2010
 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Apr 19, 2010
 Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Festival Internacional de Benicàssim - FIB 2010 on Jul 15, 2010 [691-small]

Festival Internacional de Benicàssim - FIB 2010
Jul 15 - 18, 2010
 Benicassim, Valencia, Spain
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Coachella 2010 on Apr 16, 2010 [412-small]

Coachella 2010
Apr 16 - 18, 2010
 Indio, California, United States
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Coachella 2010
Apr 16 - 18, 2010
 Indio, California, United States
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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
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2008 6 concerts
2007 4 concerts
2006 1 concert
2003 1 concert
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1995 4 concerts
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