The English Beat...goes on
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The English Beat, one of the pre-eminent second-wave ska bands of the late 1970s and early 1980s, are touring again this summer, hitting a few spots in the US and a bunch in the UK and more or less taking up residence at the Belly Up Tavern in Solana Beach (CA?). If you were around for the first few years of MTV, songs like "Mirror in the Bathroom," "I Confess" and "Save It for Later" are, most likely, embedded somewhere in the limbic section of your brain, along with similar cuts by The Specials, The Toasters and Madness. If you mostly missed the 1980s, their blend of Jamaican ska, proto-rap and jittery new wave guitars may sound vaguely like The Police. The band broke up in 1983, and members splintered off to form the Fine Young Cannibals (with Roland Gift) and General Public. The Greek Theater date in LA is with UB40.Dates: 5/24/2007 Alexandria, Birchmere 5/25/2007 Philadelphia, World Cafe Live 5/26/2007 Lebanon,Lebanon Opera House 5/28/2007 New Jersey Shore, Point Pleasant Beach 6/2/2007 East Hampton, Stephen Talkhouse 6/5/2007 Bristol, Colston Hall 6/6/2007 Nottingham,The Royal Centre 6/12/2007 Glasgow, Clyde Auditorium 6/14/2007 Manchester,Carling Manshester Apollo 6/15/2007 Newcastle Upon Tyne, Newcastle City Hall 6/17/2007 Brighton, Brighton Dome 6/18/2007 Birmingham, Symph.Hall 6/19/2007 Bournemouth, Bournemouth Opera House 6/21/2007 London, Carling Hammersmith Apollo 6/25/2007 Sheffield, Sheffield CIty Hall 6/26/2007 Dublin, Olympia Theatre 6/30/2007 New York, B.B. King Blues Club & Grill 7/5/2007 Solana Beach, Belly Up Tavern 7/6/2007 Solana Beach, Belly Up Tavern 8/19/2007 Murphys, Ironstone Ampitheatre 8/26/2007 Los Angeles, Greek Theatre 9/15/2007 Solana Beach, Belly Up Tavern Here's the band playing "Mirror in the Bathroom" in New Mexico earlier this year.
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