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Charting protest pop: How music can bring about change

The 1980s was a period of profound popularity for political pop. Now, 40 years later, it’s what we desperately need again

The National (Scotland)

"I told my wife, 'When I die, bury me in those shoes.'": The Specials' Lynval Golding's emotional tribute to Terry Hall

Golding paid tribute to his old bandmate, who died a year ago this month.

Louder

‘Forty years on, nothing’s changed’: Fun Boy Three on The Lunatics Have Taken Over the Asylum

‘Terry Hall was writing about nuclear war and Ronald Reagan, then the US president, the idea being that the world was being run by lunatics’

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The songs of the Specials’ Terry Hall taught me about vulnerability – and that’s why I will always miss him

The singer showed me that burning bridges can be extraordinarily beautiful, from any vantage point – which is a good note on which to end my Name and Shame series

The Guardian - UK

Terry Hall's bandmate reveals cancer diagnosis after his death aged 63

Bassist Horace Panter described how 'everything turned to s**t' as Terry's health took a turn

Manchester Evening News

Terry Hall's bandmate reveals his cancer battle as he recalls Specials' star's final days

The Specials' bassist Horace Panter has shared a moving and poignant tribute to his late bandmate, recalling Terry Halls' final weeks and the short cancer battle he faced prior to his death at the age of 63

Daily Mirror

Terry Hall, lead singer of ska band The Specials, dies at 63

British singer-songwriter was the voice of hits including ‘A Message to You, Rudy’ and ‘Ghost Town.’

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How Terry Hall defined the sound of youth and disillusionment in Margaret Thatcher’s Britain

Terry Hall, who has died after a short illness at 63, was the voice of The Specials, an iconic band that bridged the youth sub-cultures and mainstream pop of the late 1970s and early 1980s, embodying the sound of disaffection in Thatcherite Britain.

The Conversation

Terry Hall: his 10 greatest recordings with the Specials and beyond

The singer’s musical free spirit scored him hits with everyone from the Specials and Fun Boy Three to collaborations with the Go-Go’s and Bananarama

The Guardian - UK

Terry Hall remembered as ‘an inspiration and a lovely fella’ by musical peers

Madness led tributes to Hall on Tuesday, alongside Ian Brown, The Proclaimers and Shane MacGowan.

The Independent UK

Who was Terry Hall? The Specials and Fun Boy Three singer dies after brief illness aged 63

Terry Hall was a defining voice of the 1970s and 1980s with hits including A Message to You Rudy, Ghost Town and It Ain’t What You Do It’s the Way That You Do It

Evening Standard

The Specials lead singer Terry Hall dies aged 63 after 'short illness', bandmates confirm

The late musician left The Specials in 1981 to form Fun Boy Three with fellow bandmates Neville Staples and Lynval Golding, bagging another string of hits.

Daily Record

The Specials’ Terry Hall remembered for ‘remarkable music and profound humanity’

The pioneering ska singer’s death was announced by the band on Monday.

The Independent UK

Terry Hall obituary

Singer with the Specials whose chart-topping Ghost Town evoked the sense of social collapse gripping Britain at the turn of the 80s

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The Special frontman's Terry Hall's difficult life: child abuse, suicide, and addiction

The Specials frontman Terry Hall went through a lot in his 63 years, including booze and drug addiction, child abuse, divorce and a suicide attempt

The Independent UK

Terry Hall death: Frank Turner and Boy George lead tributes to The Specials late frontman

‘The Specials were one of the most important bands for me as a kid,’ Turner tweeted

Liverpool Echo

The Specials singer Terry Hall dies age 63 after 'brief illness'

The Specials announced the news of singer Terry Hall's death in an emotional tribute on their official Twitter page tonight

The Guardian - UK

Terry Hall was the self-assured eye of the Specials storm

As the pioneering 2 Tone band’s lead singer, Hall’s impassive style made him a star – and helped him weather the vicissitudes of fame, the changing charts and British decline

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Terry Hall: lead singer of the Specials dies aged 63

Having survived a tough childhood in Coventry, Hall became one of pop’s defining voices at the turn of the 80s, chronicling British decline and disfranchised youth with the 2 Tone band

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