The second announcement for Bluesfest features the return of Crosby, Still & Nash to Australia as well as UK ska band The Specials.

Crosby, Stills & Nash - Photo By Ros O'Gorman

Also added to the already impressive bill is Lucinda Williams, John Hiatt, Donovan, Angelique Kidjo, Seasick Steve, Keb Mo, Nick Lowe, Rosie Ledet, Seth Lakeman, Harry Manx, Fabulous Thunderbirds and Alabama 3.

Bluesfest’s first announcement included Earth, Wind & Fire, The Pogues, John Butler Trio, My Morning Jacket, G3, Yes, Buddy Guy, Maceo Parker, Brian Setzer’s Rockabilly Riot, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Jonny Lang, Yann Tiersen, Bettye Lavette, Steve Earle, Justin Townes Earle, Trombone Shorty, Great Big Sea and The Jayhawks.

The 23rd annual Bluesfest is Thursday April 5 to April 9, 2012 at Byron Bay.

Blur, The Specials and New Order will perform a closing ceremony celebration concert for the 2012 London Olympics.

Blur

Fresh off the back of a new song played live by Graham Coxon and Damon Albarn, and mere hours before a fully reunited Blur play the BRIT Awards, the band has been announced for an Olympics closer.

A retro poster popped up on Consequence Of Sound announcing a free concert featuring Blur, ska legends The Specials, and new wave icons New Order, to take place at Hyde Park in London on Sunday 12 August.

It’s the final show of a series of concerts going on during the London Olympics at Hyde Park, Victoria Park, and Trafalgar Square, and while it’s free, fans are asked to register at BTLondonLive.

Chugg Entertainment have a stash of Bluesfest sideshow tickets to giveaway for John Fogerty, The Specials, Blitzen Trapper, Earth Wind & Fire and Yes.

John Fogerty - Photo By Ros O'Gorman

Which of the below Bluesfest Sideshows would you and a friend like to attend and why?

John Fogerty:
Melbourne Rod Laver Arena, Tuesday 27 March 2012
Adelaide Entertainment Centre, Thursday 29 March 2012
Sydney Entertainment Centre, Tuesday 3 April 2012
Brisbane Entertainment Centre, Thursday 5 April 2012

The Specials:
Adelaide Thebarton Theatre, Tuesday 3 April 2012
Melbourne Palace Theatre, Thursday 5 April 2012 (18+ only)
Sydney Enmore Theatre, Saturday 7 April 2012

Blitzen Trapper:
Melbourne Prince Bandroom, Tuesday 3 April 2012 (18 only)
Sydney Oxford Art Factory, Thursday 5 April 2012 (18 only)

Earth Wind & Fire:
Melbourne Palais Theatre, Wednesday 4 April 2012
Sydney Hordern Pavilion, Thursday 5 April 2012

Yes:
Perth Riverside Theatre, Thursday 5 April 2012
Palais Theatre Melbourne, Wednesday 11 April 2012
Sydney State Theatre, Friday 13 April 2012

Email info@chuggentertainment.com with your answer and you and a friend could be heading off to see the act of your choice!

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Filmed at the Wolverhampton Civic Hall in front of an adoring home crowd, the show was the biggest revival story of 2009 and the first time the band had been captured in concert for 28 years.

The Specials - Photo By Ros O'Gorman

With a 30th Anniversary set packed full of energy and hits, and a set of musicians on top of their game, it’s a memorable record of a band who defined an era.

Includes all of their bigest hits including ‘Monkey Man’, ‘Guns Of Navarone’, ‘Hey, Little Rich Girl’ and ‘Rat Race’. The DVD was also shortlisted in the best live coverage category in the 2010 UK Music Video Awards.

Tracks: 1) Do The Dog 2) (Dawning Of A) New Era 3) Gangsters 4) It’s Up To You 5) Monkey Man 6) Rat Race 7) Hey, Little Rich Girl 8) Blank Expression 9) Doesn’t Make It Alright 10) Stupid Marriage 11) Concrete Jungle 12) Friday Night, Saturday Morning 13) Stereotypes 14) Man At C&A 15) A Message To You Rudy 16) Do Nothing 17) Little Bitch 18) Nite Klub 19) Too Much Too Young 20) Longshot/Liquidator/Moonstomp
21) Enjoy Yourself 22) Ghost Town 23) Guns Of Navarone 24) You’re Wondering Now

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Bluesfest will announce the first announcement for the 2013 event this Thursday, September 20.

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Earlier this week Noise11.com bought you the first major leak for the festival. Expect to see Iggy & The Stooges in the line-up list on Thursday.

Bluesfest at Byron Bay on the New South Wales coast has been host to the greatest acts on the planet including John Fogerty, Bob Dylan, B.B. King, Bo Diddley, Elvis Costello, Leon Russell, ZZ Top, Ben Harper, Yes, Earth Wind & Fire, Crosby Still & Nash, Donovan, The Specials, Cold Chisel and The Pogues.

The 24th annual Bluesfest will be held in Byron Bay from March 28 to April 1, 2013.

Jamaican reggae star Lloyd Charmers has passed away in London after suffering a massive heart attack while driving.

Lloyd Charmers

Charmers was born in Kingston, Jamaica and was born in 1946.

His first band was The Sweet Charmers with friend Roy Wilson at age 15. In 1966 he joined The Flames and contributed to songs like ‘Rock Steady’ and ‘Duke of Earl’.

Next came time with Keith ‘Slim’ Smith and Martin and Jimmy Riley in The Uniques and a string of UK hits for the Tramp label.

In 1969 he started his own record label Splash and became a producer.

Charmers recorded the song ‘Birth Control’ which proceeded to get a x-rating and was banned from airplay but was revived years later by The Specials on their 1979 hit ‘Too Much Too Young’.

Lloyd Charmers died on December 27, 2012. Prior to his heart attack he had shown no signs of ill-health. He was rushed to Homerton Hospital in East London but pronounced dead on arrival.

A complete obituary to Lloyd Charmers can be found here in the Trojan Records website.

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Rico Rodriguez, who played trombone with a long list of artists but most famously with The Specials, died on Friday at the age of 80.

The Specials said on Twitter “Our dear friend Rico passed away today.We offer our deepest condolences to his family.His legacy will go on forever and a day. RIP dear Rico”

Rodriguez was born in Havana, Cuba but soon moved to Jamaica with his family. He was taught trombone by a schoolmate and, as a young adult, started working with rasta drummer Count Ossie, recording more than a hundred sides with various Jamaican artists. Rico moved to England in 1961 where started playing in reggae bands and was used on hundreds more recordings. In 1976, he signed with Island for the album Man From Wareika.

In 1979, Rodriguez became a part-time member of the British ska band The Specials for their debut album which was produced by Elvis Costello. Elvis wrote yesterday on Twitter “My condolences to his family and my friends in The Specials at the loss of the great Rico. What a moment it was to hear him play on “Rudy””.

Rudy, A Message to You opened that album and became one of the band’s classics.

Rodriguez became an official member of the band for their second album, More Specials (1980) and stayed with the group until 1984, working with other artists such as Ian Dury and Mikey Dread.

Starting in 1996, Rodriguez became a member of Jool’s Holland’s Rhythm and Blues Orchestra where he stayed until 2012. He also played with his own band at various festivals.

Rico received an MBE (Member of the Order of the British Empire) for his service to music in 2007. In 2012, he received the Silver Musgrave Medal by the Institute of Jamaica for his contribution to Jamaican music.

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Rico Rodriguez, who died on Friday at the age of 80, may be best known for his time with The Specials, but he spent much longer with Jools Holland’s Rhythm and Blues Orchestra which he was with from 1986 to 2012.

Holland has paid tribute to Rodriguez on his official webpage:

September 4th: A tribute to Rico Rodriguez who died today

I first met and worked with Rico Rodriguez in the early 1980s; I was introduced to him by Kirsty McColl. I immediately became a fan. From the 1990s until only quite recently he was a regular member and one of the stars of my orchestra, until his health made it impossible for him to continue playing. He was an originator and a unique person in 20th Century music.

He bridged the gap between early Jamaican music and modern British ska pop music. As a man he was my friend and a great friend. I toured the world with him and spent as much time enjoying his company as his music. He had a great knowledge on many subjects from the Old Testament to horseracing; his personality and sound were as one and both adorable.

I know I speak for my whole band when I say I will miss him both as a friend and as a fellow musician. – Jools Holland

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The Specials drummer John Bradbury has died at the age of 62.

Bradbury joined The Special AKA following the split of the original Specials in 1981 with three members becoming Fun Boy Three. John (JB) was the band’s drummer for the hit ‘Nelson Mandela’.

As a songwriter John wrote ‘The Selecter’, the double A side of ‘Gangsters’ for The Specials.

Bradbury was also the drummer for the reunited Specials in 2009 after getting together for an appearance on ‘Later…With Jools Holland’. That lead to a full-blown reunion and a tour of Australia and Japan.

The latter day Specials recorded the live album ‘More … Or Less … The Specials Live’ from their European tour of 2011.

The Specials announced the death of John Bradbury in a tweet:

It is with deep regret that we say goodbye to our great friend, the world's greatest drummer, our beloved Brad. RIP pic.twitter.com/yYBFyQmuLy

— thespecials (@thespecials) December 29, 2015

Statement from The Specials

It is with deepest regret that we have to announce the very sad news that our much loved husband and father John “Brad” Bradbury passed away on Monday the 28th of December. Brad’s drumming was the powerhouse behind The Specials and it was seen as a key part to the Two Tone sound.

He was much respected in the world of drumming and his style of reggae and ska was seen as genuinely ground breaking when The Specials first hit the charts in 1979. He was an integral part of The Specials reforming in 2008 and toured with them extensively up to the present day.

His contribution to the world of music can not be understated and he will much missed by family, friends and fans alike. It is the families sincerest wish that they are allowed the time to remember him privately.

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The line-up for Golden Plains 2017 has been revealed with a line-up featuring Teenage Fanclub, The Specials and Neil Finn.

A few of the acts here, such as The Specials and Teenage Fanclub are yet to announce their Australian tours for 2017, so the cat is out of the bag.

Golden Plains 2017 line-up

Neil Finn
Nicolas Jaar
The Specials
Chain & The Gang
Total Giovanni
Margaret Glaspy
Kurt Vile
Princess Nokia
Teenage Fanclub
Camp Cope
The Damned
Olympia
Wax’o Paradiso
HABITS
ORB
Cash Savage And The Last Drinks
J A Z Z Party
Ausmuteants
Benny And The Flybyniters
The Dusty Millers
Brooke Powers
The Peep Tempel

Golden Plain XI is March 11, 12, 13 at Meredith, Victoria.

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Liam Gallagher and Florence + The Machine are two acts announced to open for The Rolling Stones No Filter tour in the UK in May and June.

The Stones will continue No Filter after a whip around Europe in 2017. Their last show was October 25, 2017 in France.

The Rolling Stones. Paris 25 October 2017 setlist

Sympathy for the Devil (from Beggars Banquet, 1968)
It’s Only Rock ‘n’ Roll (But I Like It) (from Its Only Rock ‘n’ Roll, 1974)
Tumbling Dice (from Exile On Main Street, 1972)
Just Your Fool (from Blue & Lonesome, 2016)
Ride ‘Em on Down (from Blue & Lonesome, 2016)
She’s So Cold (from Emotional Rescue, 1980)
She’s a Rainbow (from Their Satanic Majesties Request, 1967)
You Can’t Always Get What You Want (from Let It Bleed, 1969)
Paint It Black (from Aftermath, 1966)
Honky Tonk Women (single, 1969)
Happy (from Exile On Main Street, 1972)
Slipping Away (from Steel Wheels, 1989)
Miss You (from Some Girls, 1978)
Midnight Rambler (from Let It Bleed, 1969)
Street Fighting Man (from Beggars Banquet, 1968)
Start Me Up (from Tattoo You, 1981)
Brown Sugar (from Sticky Fingers, 1971)
Jumpin’ Jack Flash (single, 1968)

Encore:
Gimme Shelter (from Let It Bleed, 1969)
(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction (from Out Of Our Heads, 1965)

The Rolling Stones UK supports 2018

22 May – LONDON – Liam Gallagher
25 May – LONDON – Florence + the Machine
29 May – SOUTHAMPTON – The Vaccines
02 Jun – COVENTRY – The Specials
05 Jun – MANCHESTER – Richard Ashcroft
09 Jun – EDINBURGH – Richard Ashcroft
15 Jun – CARDIFF – Elbow
19 Jun – TWICKENHAM – James Bay

After the UK tour Australian dates are expected to be announced for November 2018. The Stones Exhibitionism is heading to Sydney after Nashville. The band will be in Australia for the opening and the word on the street is that an Australian tour will happen while they are in the country.

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