The Specials’ final filmed present earlier than Terry Corridor’s demise to air on TV subsequent month
The final filmed present of The Specials with lead singer Terry Corridor, earlier than his premature demise in 2022, is ready to air on tv.
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The Specials: Stay From Coventry Cathedral was filmed within the band’s hometown in 2019 as a part of their fortieth anniversary tour over a four-day engagement on the native landmark. The band announced its release on social media yesterday (November 28).
The live performance movie will now be screened for the primary time by way of Sky Arts on December 20 at 9pm UK time. The ultimate efficiency of The Specials with Corridor came about on August 20, 2022 at Ottery St. Mary in Devon as a part of the Stunning Days Competition.
The last-filmed live performance by main Ska-band The Specials, earlier than the sudden and tragic passing of lead-singer Terry Corridor…
Posted by The Specials on Thursday, November 28, 2024
The charismatic frontman and psychological well being advocate handed away on the age of 63 after a “temporary sickness”. The band’s bassist, Horace Panter, subsequently confirmed that Corridor had been recognized with pancreatic most cancers that had unfold to his liver.
“Terry was an exquisite husband and father and one of many kindest, funniest, and most real of souls,” the band mentioned, calling him “probably the most sensible singers, songwriters and lyricists this nation has ever produced.
“His music and his performances encapsulated the very essence of life… the enjoyment, the ache, the humour, the battle for justice, however largely the love.”
Ex-Specials member Neville Staple mentioned he was “deeply saddened” by the singer’s passing. “We knew Terry had been unwell however didn’t realise how critical till not too long ago,” Staple wrote on Twitter. “We had solely simply confirmed some 2023 joint music agreements collectively. This has hit me.”
In April, The Specials’ Lynval Golding gave an on-camera speech previous to No Doubt’s reunion at Coachella 2024, the place he shared extra about his band’s reunion that lasted from 2008 to 2022.
He defined that it had beforehand taken him 5 years to get The Specials again collectively, including: “And my God, what an emotional time that was. Once we hit the stage that first evening, it was unimaginable.”