Daniel will be discussing Too Much Too Young: the 2 Tone Records Story with Drew Stone (Incendiary Device) and host of popular New York Hardcore Chronicles podcast.

We're bringing a new literary tent to Supernova for 2024! Featuring seven authors on Jamaican influenced music and issues surrounding music and the media, the literary tent pops up on the historic grounds of Supernova. Authors will be selling and signing their books, along with in-depth talks about the topics that are featured in them. [...]

Doc'N Roll: PAULINE BLACK: A 2 TONE STORY + Q&A with Pauline and director, Jane Mingay hosted by Daniel Rachel Friday, October 25, 2024  ·  Music Documentary, 2-Tone, Music  ·  1 hr 32 min Overview Doc'n Roll FF 2024 present PAULINE BLACK: A 2 TONE STORY + Q&A with Pauline and director hosted by Daniel [...]

Too Much Too Young - An evening of Ska, Reggae and 2 Tone Saturday 26th October 2024 8-12pm Come & celebrate the music of 2 Tone Records with 3 hours of dancing and guest DJs. Dance to the infectious rhythms of the Specials, Madness, the Selecter, the Beat, Bad Manners, UB40 and the music that made 2 Tone. **The last [...]

Too Much Too Young: The 2 Tone Records Story: Rude Boys, Racism and the Soundtrack of a Generation Sat 2 Nov 2024 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM Morocco Bound, SE1 3HB A TIMES / SUNDAY TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR In conversation with award winning and best-selling author Daniel Rachel In 1979, 2 Tone exploded into the national consciousness as records by [...]

Saturday, November 23 Daniel Rachel : Too Much Too Young In conversation with music journalist Sean Hannam Date and time Saturday, November 23 · 5:30 - 6:30pm Location 160 Whitechapel Road London E1 1BJ In 1979, 2 Tone exploded into the national consciousness as records by The Specials, The Selecter, Madness, The Beat, and The [...]

Too Much Too Young: The 2 Tone Records Story + LIVE BAND + DOCUMENATRY + IN-CONVERSATION Book Tickets Join us for an evening of 2-Tone deep diving as Daniel Rachel, author of Too Much, Too Young: The 2 Tone Story, discusses his book and the wider questions of music, culture, and anti-racism in conversation with Bristol Poet and [...]

RED STAR PRESS PRESENT   TOO MUCH TOO YOUNG Storia della 2 Tone Records: i rudeboys, l'antirazzismo e la lotta all'oppressione di classe e di genere nella colonna sonora di una generazione Nel 1979, gli album marchiati 2 Tone conquistarono l’attenzione generale quando nomi come The Specials, The Selecter, The Beat, The Bodysnatcher e Madness [...]

RED STAR PRESS PRESENT     Via Domenico Zampieri, 2/2c, 40129 Bologna BO, Italy TOO MUCH TOO YOUNG Storia della 2 Tone Records: i rudeboys, l'antirazzismo e la lotta all'oppressione di classe e di genere nella colonna sonora di una generazione Nel 1979, gli album marchiati 2 Tone conquistarono l’attenzione generale quando nomi come The [...]

Daniel Rachel in-conversation and a 2 Tone DJ set

2 TONE IN ITALY Veneto Rude Crew & Polisportiva SanprecarioPresentano TOO MUCH TOO YOUNGStoria della 2 Tone RecordsI Rudeboys, l'antirazzismo e la lotta all'oppressione di classe e genere nella colonna sonora di una generazione.Ediz. Hellnation/Red Star Presshttps://www.redstarpress.it/prodotto/too-much-too-young/ Sabato 15 Marzo ore 18.00Presentazione e dibattito con l'autoreA seguito dj set con @danielrachelauthor &The Reggae Lads Impianto [...]

Bob Dylan Center Book Club: “Too Much Too Young: The 2 Tone Records Story” May 22, 2025 Join Bob Dylan Center Director Steven Jenkins on Thursday, May 22, for a virtual Book Club event with Daniel Rachel, author of a new book exploring the definitive and remarkable story of 2 Tone Records. In 1979, 2 [...]

On Monday 16 June, @wnbooks, @whiterabbitbks and @phoenix_bks are hosting a special night of readings and conversation from 9 brilliant authors of recent and upcoming books. These are some of the most innovative and exciting writers at work today - and you can be there at @thesociallondon to hear them! We have a very limited number of FREE guestlist tickets for this [...]

GARDEN CINEMA EVENT Jargon presents: American Pop + Q&A 15 Ralph Bakshi, USA, 1981, 95m. Due to unexpected circumstances, Paul Gorman is no longer able to take part in this screening. We are instead very glad to be joined for a Q&A with the award-winning music writer Daniel Rachel, author of the forthcoming book This Ain’t Rock [...]

IT'S MADNESS...A UK PREMIERE! Come and join the Nutty Boys on film for the British premiere of Prince of Ska, Kings of Pop featuring Suggs, Bedders, Lynval Golding, Rhoda Dakar and a wonderful visual journey through the history of one of the country's greatest ever singles' band.2 Tone Night w/ Daniel Rachel + Madness ScreeningThu [...]

The Big One Presents…LITERARY Q & A AND BOOK SIGNINGS!   The Q & A sessions have always been a popular addition to the Specialized Big One Experience and this year is no different. On Sunday 9th November, your compere and host is of course top raconteur himself Nick Welsh AKA King Hammond and he will be [...]

This Ain't Rock 'n' Roll: Pop Music, the Swastika and the Third Reich Daniel Rachel's shocking & absorbing chronological account of pop music's complicated history with fascism & the imagery surrounding it. Louder Than Words Festival Saturday, November 15 · 8:15 - 9:30pm GMT INNSIDE Manchester 1 First Street Manchester M15 4RP   Over the [...]