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Saturday 30th October
Best known as singer, toaster and composer with The Specials, and as one of the founding members of Fun Boy Three, Neville Staple is credited with changing the face of pop music not only once but twice.
Catch his show these days, and you'll get a mix of old favourites from The Specials/Fun Boy Three back catalogue plus choice solo releases.
Neville's first involvement with The Specials was when they were still called The Coventry Automatics. He initially joined as their roadie but at a gig supporting The Clash, Neville took to the stage and never looked back. For a while, The Clash’s manager Bernard Rhodes managed The Specials. Neville used to toast of Bernie, "Bernie Rhodes knows. Don't argue" at the beginning of the Specials hit single "Gangsters".
When The Specials split up, Neville departed with Terry Hall and Lynval Golding, to form Fun Boy Three. They had a string of chart hits, some in collaboration with the all-female trio Bananarama.
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