The Specials to play Ricoh Arena
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The Specials today announce they are coming home. With their previously announced UK tour dates for April and May already sold out the band are proud to announce that the finale to their 30th Anniversary tour will take place at Coventry's Ricoh Arena on Friday May 15th, 2009.

One of the most important bands in the history of popular music and recognised as one of the greatest live bands the world has ever seen have been the subject of continuous rumours and demands for their reformation since their split in 1981.

It would be impossible to overstate the importance of The Specials to the UK music scene. Despite a brief career, the Coventry band lit up the late 70s like a comet, their melding of punk and ska creating the 2-tone sound that is still today is held up as an influence by bands across the world. Now, thirty years since the release of their debut single, 'Gangsters', The Specials will take to the road for a UK tour starting in April.

Over two studio albums, The Specials scored eight top ten singles, including two number ones for the 'Too Much Too Young' live EP and the era defining 'Ghost Town', two Top 5 albums and spawned a retrospective list of compilation and live albums from official releases to much sought after bootlegs.

Tickets for the show in the Jaguar Exhibition Hall are priced at £32.50 in advance and will go on sale at 9am on Wednesday 17th December via:
See Tickets (0844 4124633) / Ticketweb (0844 477 1000) / Ticketmaster (0844 844 0444) / The Ticket Factory (0844 338 8000) / http://www.gigsandtours.com / http://www.ticketmaster.co.uk / http://www.ticketweb.co.uk / http://www.theticketfactory.com

All credit card and phone bookings will be subject to a 8% booking fee and a maximum of four tickets per person regardless of payment method will be enforced.

Daniel Gidney, chief executive of Arena Coventry Ltd, said The Specials’ gig in the Jaguar Exhibition Hall would be part of the most exciting year in the Ricoh Arena's short history.

He said: "We are absolutely delighted to welcome The Specials to the Jaguar Exhibition Hall. This is their home city and, therefore, it promises to be an amazing, memorable event.

"It will form part of the most exciting year since the Ricoh Arena opened back in 2005.

"Within a couple of months of The Specials, we will also play host to Oasis for one night and then for Take That for three nights.

"All three bands are very different but each one is huge and it is a great tribute to our versatility and quality as a venue that all three bands have chosen the Ricoh Arena.

"Tickets for The Specials gig promise to be extremely popular so I would urge fans to act very quickly to get their hands on them."

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