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UNBELIEVABLE: The selecter - Caught on Camera

The Selecter’s Pauline Black to receive Outstanding Contribution to Music Award

The singer, 72, is best known as the frontwoman of the band The Selecter, putting her at the forefront of the 2 Tone ska revival in the late 1970s.

Evening Standard

“It’s a strange little song - even for a ska song. It has a different kind of rhythm”: We chat with The Selecter’s Pauline Black about their breakthrough 1979 single

Pauline Black speaks to us about the origins of the Selecter, and how the group’s upbeat debut single ironically gained traction amongst the very DJs it was criticising

MusicRadar

“It’s a strange little song. It’s weird and off its trolley - but people love it and everybody knows it”: We speak to The Selecter’s Pauline Black about their breakthrough 1979 single - and 2 Tone's moment as the sound of British youth culture

Pauline Black speaks to us about the origins of the Selecter, and how the group’s upbeat debut single ironically gained traction amongst the very DJs it was criticising

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The Selecter's Pauline Black reveals her remarkable story, including why she changed her name to Black by deed poll as her feature-length rockumentary airs

In a feature-length rockumentary on Sky Arts, The Selecter's Pauline Black looks back on her life and music career

WhatToWatch

From Liam Payne to Maggie Smith, the stars of music, film, TV and comedy we lost in 2024

One Direction star Liam Payne, Oscar-winning Harry Potter and ‘Downton Abbey’ actor Maggie Smith and ‘Charmed’ star Shannen Doherty were among the notable figures who died this year

The Independent UK

‘Beyond the Bassline’: 500 years of Black music in Britain

Music is the touchpaper for this superb social-history exhibition at the British Library, London

Wallpaper

Bristol Sounds 2023: Everything you need to know about headliners, set times and location

The event takes place at Bristol Harbourside this week

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‘Woah, I’m shaking’: Gwen Stefani cries as she receives video message from ska legend on The One Show

‘Zoom in, guys, because these are real tears,’ singer said while appearing on the BBC One show

The Independent UK

Gwen Stefani in tears on The One Show as cutting remark sends Alex Jones and Jermaine Jenas into hysterics

The singer came on the show to promote her new single but was brought to tears by The One Show's own surprise for her

Wales Online

Selecter's Pauline Black on her love of the Bay City Rollers, her Scottish connections and her unique take on a Glasgow fish supper

Four decades on The Selecter release a new album next Friday and will play Glasgow on April 28

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