The Specials' Final Live Album Captured at Coventry Cathedral
The Specials are releasing their final album, 'Live from the Cathedral', recorded during four performances at Coventry Cathedral in 2019. The album serves as a tribute to frontman Terry Hall, who died in 2022. Guitarist Lynval Golding and bassist Horace Panter described the shows as emotional and memorable, with Golding noting the band was 'on fire'. The 24-track album includes hits and material from their 2019 comeback album 'Encore', which gave the band its first number one album. The release on 10 July via Island Records coincides with an event at Coventry Music Museum and an appearance at HMV Empire in Coventry. The band, known for politically charged hits like 'Ghost Town', fused reggae, punk, and funk. Golding and Panter will mark the release with events in Coventry.
Key facts
- The Specials' final album 'Live from the Cathedral' is released on 10 July via Island Records.
- The album was recorded during four performances at Coventry Cathedral in 2019.
- Frontman Terry Hall died in 2022 at age 63.
- The 24-track album includes hits and songs from 'Encore'.
- Guitarist Lynval Golding and bassist Horace Panter described the shows as emotional and memorable.
- The band had seven consecutive top-10 singles between 1979 and 1981.
- Their 1981 hit 'Ghost Town' captured social unrest and economic decline.
- Coventry Music Museum will hold an album launch event on 10 July.
- Golding and Panter will appear at HMV Empire in Coventry on 9 July.
- The band's sound fused reggae, punk, and funk.
Entities
Artists
- Terry Hall
- Lynval Golding
- Horace Panter
- Jerry Dammers
- Neville Staple
Institutions
- The Specials
- Fun Boy Three
- The Clash
- Coventry Cathedral
- Coventry Music Museum
- HMV Empire
- Island Records
- BBC Radio 2
- BBC Coventry & Warwickshire
Locations
- Coventry
- England
- Jamaica
- Royal Leamington Spa
- Nassau
- Coventry Cathedral
- Coventry Music Museum
- HMV Empire