DAVE WAKELING’s THE ENGLISH BEAT have announced a run of UK shows in March. The band – not to be confused with Wakeling’s former bandmate RANKING ROGER’s THE BEAT – will play seven UK shows, including an appearance at Great Yarmouth’s Skamouth festival.
THE ENGLISH BEAT - UK Tour 2014
Dave Wakeling has also announced that Specialized, the charity that he is ambassador for in the US, will be releasing an all-star 2-TONE project to raise funds for the Teenage Cancer Trust. The release will see members of THE SPECIALS, THE SELECTER, BAD MANNERS, THE BODY SNATCHERS and THE BELLE STARS record a version of the MADNESS classic ‘Our House’ for the ‘Specalized 3 – Mad Not Cancer’ compilation. More details when we have them.
TOURDATES
MARCH
7 – Holmfirth, Picturedome / 8 – Liverpool, O2 Academy 2 / 9 – Birmingham, O2 Academy 2 / 10 – Glasgow, O2 ABC 2 / 12 – London, O2 Academy Islington / 13 – Oxford, O2 Academy / 14 – Bristol, O2 Academy / 16 – Skamouth Festival, Great Yarmouth