2-Tone music “Legend” Neville Staple, ‘From the Specials’, also known as the ‘Original Rude Boy’ celebrates the 40th Anniversary of Ghost Town, one of his most iconic lead vocal hit songs of the 1980’s, with an exclusive 2Tone celebration tour.
Expect to party with nostalgic fashion, style and fun, while singing along to hits and classsics, like A Message To you Rudy, Gangsters, Too Much Too Young, and more, with unashamed passion.
Joining the well-loved rude boy and his highly celebrated band, will be Buster Shuffle, the brilliant & fun, cockney ska punk and ‘knees up...
The year is 1980. Born out of the cultural melting pot of Jamaica, London and Coventry, Ska and Two Tone music is sweeping the nation and has arrived in Exeter!
Four lives are touched and entwined forever by Ska music, fashion and culture but friendships are stretched and bonds tested when Jem suddenly returns ‘home’ from London, bringing with him a new identity. Skin Deep explores themes of cultural identity, working class values, race and sexuality in a Devon City set against the volatile backdrop of Thatcher’s Britain.
