Jerry Dammers Terry Hall Neville
Staples Sir Horace Gentleman Roddy Radiation Lynval Golding
John Bradbury
The webmaster, north Bucks:
"This was a weird
gig and I may be a dissenting voice. I remember the Bodysnatchers being OK
but I was dismayed at what was then one of Britain's most dynamic live
bands seeming to have a bad night, truly not helped by members of the band
diving in the crowd and encouraging many of them up on stage which I
subsequently found out that they had been explicitly asked not to do."
The
first band on the bill, The Reluctant
Stereotypes had huge success by 1985 with a slight line up change and a
change of band name? That band? King.
The Specials had petered out by 1981.
Dammers led a revived Special AKA most notably having a huge hit with Free
Nelson Mandela. Hall, Golding and Staples formed the successful Fun Boy
Three. Hall also had some success with Colourfield.
The Specials reformed
in 2008 and played hugely successful tours in 2009. The
reformed line-up did not include Jerry Dammers who now tours as The
Spatial AKA Orchestra.
