Events for August 8, 2021

2 Tone: Lives & Legacies The first-ever major exhibition in the UK devoted to the 2 Tone music sensation 28 May 1 – 12 September  2021 The 2 Tone sound originated in Coventry’s thriving music scene of the 1970s and the name derives from the legendary 2 Tone record label founded in 1979 by Jerry [...]

A rare screening of the 1980 BBC Arena documenatry Rudies Come Back, Or the Rise and Rise of 2Tone  with specials guets: Roddy Byers (The Specials) Mykaell Riley (Steel Pulse) Jeff Perks (director) and chair, Daniel Rachel (author of Walls Come Tumbling Down). There will also be a creening of  White Riot (2019, 84 mins) [...]