City of Los Angeles declares May 29 ‘The Specials Day’

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Los Angeles City Council has honored long-running British band the Specials by giving them their own day: Wednesday, May 29.

The two-tone/ska greats, longtime favorites in L.A. (where they first played in 1979), are on tour celebrating their 40th anniversary. Founding members Terry Hall, Lynval Golding and Horace Panter will attend a commemorative certificate presentation at City Hall on at 10 a.m. on May 29 (it’s open to the public).

“The Specials’ legacy is emblematic of the strength derived from our diversity here in Los Angeles,” said Councilwoman Monica Rodriguez, who sponsored the resolution honoring them. “Their music is an example that embracing our differences and uniqueness makes us more powerful.”

The Specials’ eighth album, “Encore,” their first of original material in more than two decades, came out in February.

||| Live: The Specials play the House of Blues Anaheim on May 28 (tickets) and the Novo in downtown L.A. on June 1 (tickets).