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The English Beat Announce March UK Tour

• 10th Mar 2014

Dave Wakeling – the songwriter and lead-singer of The Beat – returns for his first UK tour, this March, after several years living in the USA.

The singer, songwriter and guitarist behind the biggest 1980’s 2-Tone Band, The Beat, now known as The English Beat, Dave Wakeling is the consummate showman, touring the world with an all-star line-up, performing all the hits of The Beat, General Public and his new songs.

The English Beat will play an extensive run of UK dates in March 2014 including shows at O2 Academy venues in Liverpool, Glasgow, London, Oxford, Bristol and Dave’s hometown and the birthplace of many Beat lyrics and classics, Birmingham.

With a unique energy, pure melody, passion and politics, it’s impossible to forget the genius of UK Top 10 singles, ‘Mirror in the Bathroom’, ‘Hands Off She’s Mine’ and Too Nice To Talk To’, before The Beat disbanded in 1983.

“I am extremely excited to be back in the UK on home soil” says Dave Wakeling. “Thanks to the O2 Academy venues and Skamouth Festival for making this happen, it is like totally going to be a blast dudes!”

As the US ambassador for Specialized, a charity project set up to help raise money for The Teenage Cancer Trust, Dave has created an all-star two tone line up including Specials, Selecter, Bad Manners, Body Snatchers and Bellestars to record a cover version of Madness OUR HOUSE for Specalized 3 – Mad Not Cancer album. Last year Specialized released an album of 28 BEAT covers for Teenage Cancer Trust.

Tour Dates:

Monday 10th March – Glasgow, O2 ABC2
Wednesday 12th March – London, O2 Academy Islington
Thursday 13th March – Oxford, O2 Academy
Friday 14th March – Bristol, O2 Academy
Sunday 16th March – Skamouth, Great Yarmouth
Tuesday 18th March – Galashiels, Volunteer Hall
Wednesday 19th March – Newcastle, Think Tank