When Specials co-founder Jerry Dammers launched his 2 Tone Records ska revival label in England in the late ’70s, it sparked a 2 Tone movement with bands like his own, along with Madness, Bad Manners, ...

There’s no ignoring it. It’s the last day of Glastonbury 2025 and soon normal life will reassert itself. Quick! Let’s go and watch original Coventry Two Tone gangbusters The Selecter open the Pyramid ...

Arthur "Gaps" Hendrickson, one of two lead singers for the great UK 2 Tone ska band the Selecter, has died. The band reported the news of Hendrickson's passing on Twitter last night. That announcement ...

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Arthur "Gaps" Hendrickson died after a short illness, a spokesperson for The Selecter announced Arthur "Gaps" Hendrickson, frontman of 2-Tone band The Selecter, has died aged 73. In a post on X, a ...

Sad news: Arthur ‘Gaps’ Hendrickson of 2-Tone ska greats The Selecter died Tuesday at his home in Coventry, England where the band formed. He had been diagnosed with cancer last year. Word came from ...

The Selecter were a British ska revival band from Coventry, formed in the late 1970s as one of the essential bands of the British ska movement. Much of what set apart The Selecter from many of the ...

During the turbulent late ’70s in England, in the West Midlands postwar industrial town of Coventry, the second wave of ska exploded onto the scene like Motown did in ’60s Detroit. Six local bands ...

The Selecter, one of the pioneering UK ska/reggae/2-Tone acts to rise to prominence in the late ‘70s, will be releasing their Subculture LP Stateside on October 2. Fronted by feminist vocalist Pauline ...

The Selecter were one of the key bands of the U.K. ska revival of the late '70s and early '80s. Led by singer -- and style icon -- Pauline Black, the band will stop by KCRW’s studio for a live set ...