The Specials review – veteran fighters strike a chord with young recruits

O2 Academy, Bournemouth
The highly influential band bring their 40-year campaign against injustice to a new generation of music fansIt just so happened that the “three most talented and attractive” members of the Specials remain the last members of the band, according to Terry Hall’s jokey estimation in a recent interview. Himself, bassist Horace Panter and guitarist Lynval Golding have matured into a hybrid they couldn’t have foreseen in 1979. Their ranks diminished by d