Events

TWO TONE NIGHT: IN CONVERSATION WITH HORACE PANTER & AUTHOR DANIEL RACHEL. Adrian Goldberg talks to the bass player of The Specials, Horace Panter and Daniel Rachel author of the best selling book, "Too Much Too Young - The Story Of 2 Tone Records". For limited early discount use code "Goldie" https://www.eventbrite.com/e/two-tone-night-in-conversation-with-author-daniel-rachel-tickets-751500828207?aff=oddtdtcreator Thu, 30 Nov [...]

Redskins Live! 1985-86' In Conversation Rough Trade East Wed, 13 Dec, 7:00 pm About Rough Trade East is excited to present an In Conversation event celebrating the release of The Redskins' 'These Furious Flames! Redskins Live! 1985-86', released via London. The panel for this event includes: Martin Hewes – Redskins band member (bass/backing vocals) Barney [...]

Sharing stories about 2 Tone Records with Rhoda Dakar (The Bodysnatchers / The Specials / The Special AKA) and host Miranda Sawyer Event by Walthamstow Rock 'n' Roll Book Club Walthamstow Trades Hall 61-63 Tower Hamlets Road,London,E17 4RQ,GB Tickets via Eventbrite Too Much Too Young: The 2 Tone Records Story: Rude Boys, Racism and the Soundtrack [...]

Daniel Rachel and Charlie Higson In 1979, 2 Tone exploded into the national consciousness, as records by The Specials, The Selecter, Madness, The Beat and The Bodysnatchers burst onto the charts and the definitive post-punk youth movement was born. Charlie Higson, comedy writer and actor from The Fast Show, fronted The Higsons, a band featured on the [...]

Details This is a night dedicated to two-tone and mod with June Miles-Kingston, Eddie Piller and Daniel Rachel Speakers: June Miles-Kingston - As a drummer, singer and song-writer, she co-formed all girl band the Mo-dettes in 1979. She went on to work with the Funboy 3, Everything But the Girl, the Communards, and many others. June [...]

MUSIC, CULTURE AND ANTI RACISM: THE 2 TONE STORY Film, talks and discussion about 2 tone and its relevance today. Thu 14 March // 20:00 Tickets: £5 (full) BOOK TICKETS Film, talks and discussion. Author of 'Too Much, Too Young: The 2 Tone Story' discusses his book and the wider questions of music, culture and [...]

Daniel will be discussing Too Much Too Young: the 2 Tone Records Story https://www.thelaugharneweekend.com/line-up Millennium Hall 4pm LINE UP / YN CYMRYD RHAN Here's a list of the first acts confirmed for March 15-17, 2024. The tickets have all sold out, but you can join the waiting list in case people can't come, and also [...]

Thursday, 4 April Rachel Mayfield - Arts Online - Daniel Rachel Rachel Mayfield Arts Online, a weekly inspirational arts and healing arts event on Zoom Date and time Thu, 4 Apr 2024 19:00 - 21:00 19:00 - 20:00 Guest Author Daniel Rachel & Q&A   Arts Online with Rachel Mayfield - Special Guest Author Daniel [...]

Daniel Rachel - Too Much Too Young: The 2 Tone Records Story Thu 11 Apr 2024 8:30 PM - 10:30 PM The Commercial Inn, SK13 7SH Daniel Rachel - Too Much Too Young: The 2 Tone Records Story 'In Conversation With' and Book Launch Press release White Rabbit publish the definitive guide to the legendary 2 Tone Records written by the bestselling [...]

I will be in conversation at the festival with Joe Scholes and special guests Rhoda Dakar (Bodysnatchers / Specials / Special AKA) and Penny Layton (Bodysnatchers). Book signing of Too Much Too Young, Walls Come Tumbling Down and I Just can't Stop It (My Life in The beat Ranking Roger) https://www.freedomsoundsfestival.de/

White Rabbit Books: ‘Too Much, Too Young’ - Two-Tone Music with Daniel Rachel and Pauline Black 21st Apr 2024 2:45pm - 4pm at Hare & Hounds 70 High St, King's Heath, Birmingham, B14 7JZ This event is 15.00-16.00 followed by book signing. Join best selling British author Daniel Rachel, author of ‘Too Much, Too Young. [...]

Too Much Too Young: The 2 Tone Records Story – Stuart Bailie in conversation with Daniel Rachel The Black Box (Green Room) Sunday 12 May, 7.00pm Doors 6.30pm | Unreserved seating £7.00 BUY TICKETS Author Daniel Rachel joins us to talk about his new book 2 Tone: The Music, label and moment that shaped British [...]

Daniel will hosting a conversation with Rhoda Dakar (Bodysnatchers / Special AKA), Basil Gabbidon (Steel Pulse) and members of Symarip. Daniel will be signing copies of Too Much Too Young: the 2 Tone Records Story

Join us for a rare screening of British Rock Ready for the Eighties: Punk and its Aftershocks + Q&A with director Wolfgang Büld and the authors Daniel Rachel, Cathi Unsworth, and Richard Weight doors: 7:00 start: 7:30 Tickets: £10 TICKETS This sequel to the Munich-based filmmaker Wolfgang Büld’s classic doc, PUNK IN LONDON, finds punk [...]

The Story of Two Tone Author Daniel Rachel discusses his definitive book about a label and musical movement that shaped British culture. Developed in Coventry in the late 70's, 2 Tone was black and white: a multi-racial mix of British and Caribbean musicians singing about social issues, racism, class and gender struggles. One for all Rudies [...]

Your Local Arena Film Screening and Panel Talk: Rudies Come Back or The Rise and Rise of 2-Tone With Special Guests: Rhoda Dakar & Charlie Higson Free event! Thursday 25 July 2024 at 19:00 at the British Library, London NW12DB. With its home in Coventry, its roots in reggae and its multiracial bands, 2-Tone was [...]

Daniel Rachel is in conversation with John Andrews at 1:30pm he also plays a 2 Tone 7” vinyl dj set at 5pm both are on the Meadow Stage. Musician-turned-award winning author talks about his current book, THE DEFINITIVE STORY OF 2 TONE RECORDS. AN UNCUT, RESIDENT MUSIC, LOUDER THAN WAR, BLITZED & TIMES/SUNDAY TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR. An essential read…fasten your seat belts, rudies’ MOJO A [...]

Too Much Too Young, the 2 Tone Records Story (Daniel Rachel) Described as the definitive guide to 2 Tone, ‘Too Much Too Young - The 2 Tone Records Story: Rude Boys, Racism and the Soundtrack of a Generation’, to give it its full title, documents the impact of one of the UK’s most influential record [...]

Daniel Rachel, in conversation with Junior Francis, discusses Too Much Too Young, the 2 Tone Records Story: Rude Boys, Racism, and the Soundtrack of a Generation Special Guests: Lynval Golding (The Specials) & Sarah-Jane Owen (Bodysnatchers / Belle Stars) --A Times/Sunday Times Book of the Year --An Uncut Book of the Year --Long-Listed for the [...]

  SUNDAY, AUGUST 25, 2024, 7:30 PM PST 2 Much 2 Young: The 2-Tone Records Story This event will be held at The Makout Room, 3225 22nd Street (near Mission) San Francisco, CA 94110. Admission $10.00 at the door.   City Lights, Akashic Books and The Makeout Room celebrate the publication of Too Much Too Young, [...]

DANIEL RACHEL Tuesday August 27th, 2024 @ 7:00PM - 8:00 PM Hosted by music journalist , Eric Gladstone A CONVERSATION WITH THE AUTHOR OF TOO MUCH TOO YOUNG: THE 2 TONE RECORDS STORY In 1979, 2 Tone Records exploded into the consciousness of music lovers in Britain, the US, and beyond, as albums by the Specials, [...]