The Specials (Photo: Andy Crossland for Live4ever Media)
The Specials have shared the first single from their new album Encore, set for release on February 1st next year.
Vote For Me was written and produced by founding members Terry Hall, Lynval Golding and Horace Panter with long-time collaborator Torp Larsen, their first single since the iconic Ghost Town of 1981.
There’s a long UK tour scheduled for next spring which will start in Bournemouth on April 15th and conclude at the Brixton Academy in London.
2019 tour dates:
April
15 – Bournemouth, O2 Academy
16 – Portsmouth, Guildhall
17 – Brighton, Dome
19 – Plymouth, Pavilions
20 – Exeter, University Great Hall
21 – Cardiff, University Great Hall
23 – Blackburn, King Georges Hall
24 – Leicester, De Montfort Hall
26 – Birmingham, O2 Academy
27 – Liverpool, Eventim Olympia
28 – Manchester, Academy
30 – Leeds, O2 Academy
May
1 – Carlisle, Sands Centre
2 – Glasgow, Barrowlands
4 – Newcastle, O2 Academy
5 – Middlesbrough, Town Hall
6 – Scarborough, Spa
8 – Scunthorpe, Baths Hall
9 – York, Barbican
10 – Sheffield, O2 Academy
12 – Cambridge, Corn Exchange
13 – Southend, Cliffs Pavilion
14 – Margate, Winter Gardens
16 – London, Brixton O2 Academy