Chugg Entertainment and Bluesfest Touring are today thrilled to announce the return of legendary English ska band, THE SPECIALS, to Australia for a run of headline shows in 2017. The Specials will begin at Perth’s Metro City on Tuesday 7th March, before heading to Sydney’s Enmore Theatre for an all ages show on Thursday 9th March and finishing up at The Tivoli in Brisbane on Wednesday 15th March, and will be the band’s first local shows since 2012 when they played a string of theatre dates along with Bluesfest, Byron Bay.
Already announced to take the stage as part of the Melbourne Zoo Twilights series, along with appearances at Golden Plains and WOMADelaide, The Specials will be inspiring fans young and old with their unique and genre-defying live set.
Since they re-formed in 2009 they have gone on to sell out countless shows around the world and perform at some of the most iconic festivals and events globally, from Coachella and Glastonbury to 2009’s Splendour In The Grass, even closing the UK Summer Olympic Games Festival in Hyde Park in 2012, performing alongside Blur and New Order.
Libertines’ drummer, Gary Powell, will hit the road with The Specials when they land in Australia next year; he stepped in earlier this year following the passing of the band’s longtime drummer, John Bradbury, who was widely recognized as a groundbreaking figure in the styles of reggae and ska.
With seven studio albums, five live albums and two EPs under their collective belts, The Specials will be performing songs from their extensive back-catalogue, including crowd favourites like ‘Gangsters’, ‘A Message To You Rudy’ and ‘Ghost Town’.
THE SPECIALS: TOUR DATES
Brought to you by Chugg Entertainment & Bluesfest Touring
PERTH
Tuesday 7th March – Metro City (18+)
megatix.com.au or oztix.com.au or 1300 762 545
SYDNEY
Thursday 9th March – Enmore Theatre (All Ages)
ticketek.com.au or 132 849
BRISBANE
Wednesday 15th March – The Tivoli (18+)
ticketmaster.com.au or 136 100
For more information go to:
www.thespecials.com
www.chuggentertainment.com
http://www.bluesfesttouring.com.au/
TICKETS ON SALE WEDNESDAY 2ND NOVEMBER, 10AM LOCAL TIME
via: Chugg Entertainment