The documentary tells the story of 2 Tone, the musical phenomenon that exploded out of Coventry in 1979 and went on to storm the charts around the world. I am a huge fan of 2 Tone and I grew up ...

The end of the summer of 1995 marked a new beginning for dad’s old formalwear. "Black coat, white shoes, black hat, Cadillac—yeah!" sing the boys from Rancid on "Time Bomb", a standout track from ...

A 'definitive' guide to the legendary 2 Tone Records, the label behind releases by Coventry's own The Specials, is being published next month. Written by Daniel Rachel, Too Much Too Young The 2 Tone ...

You are in: Coventry and Warwickshire > Entertainment > Music > 2 tone Too Much, Too Young is BBC Coventry & Warwickshire's tribute to 2-Tone. 2009 marks 30-years since this exciting new music came ...

There’s a scene in Alex Cox’s 1986 film Sid & Nancy that foreshadows the end for the star-crossed punk lovers: One of their cohorts shows up in a trilby hat, shiny tonic suit, and skinny tie, having ...

Major exhibition charts rise of record label that spawned musical and cultural movement in late 1970s Scrawled on the back of an Embassy cigarette packet are Jerry Dammers’ first attempts to define ...

The remarkable story of the rise and rise of 2-Tone music right here in Coventry is being told in a new BBC documentary. 2-Tone: The Sound of Coventry tells how the genre and movement exploded out of ...

2 Tone music was a blend of Jamaican reggae, ska, and British punk music. Jerry Dammers was an important figure in the new musical style. He started a label called 2 Tone Records in 1979 and was the ...

This Town, Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight’s latest drama for the BBC, brings to life a defining – if short-lived – era in the history of British youth culture and popular music. Set in the West ...

I grew up listening to The Specials and am a big fan of the vibrant music popularly known as 2 Tone. So I’m incredibly excited BBC England is part of telling this story. 2 Tone brought together black ...