The Specials: 'It’s not like we sing about girls and rock’n'roll' 

Now a trio, the heroes of the 2–Tone era are back with a new album of cover versions of powerful protest songs 
The Specials: 'It’s not like we sing about girls and rock’n'roll' 

The Specials: Terry Hall, Lynval Golding and Horace Panter. 

When the world came together in the summer of 2020 to speak out against the killing of George Floyd and the toxic legacy of racism, The Specials’ Horace Panter, Terry Hall and Lynval Golding knew they were watching history unfold before their eyes.

 “It was the year of protests,” says Panter. “We decided we had to do something.” 

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