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The Beat
The Beat are an English ska revival band formed in Birmingham in 1978, part of the 2 Tone movement that fused Jamaican ska with punk energy. The original line-up featured Dave Wakeling on vocals and guitar, Ranking Roger on vocals and toasting, Andy Cox on guitar, David Steele on bass, Everett Morton on drums, and veteran saxophonist Saxa, who had previously played with Prince Buster and Desmond Dekker.
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United Kingdom
- Aug 2BournemouthLulworth CastleView details
- Aug 5ManchesterThe Strines NightingaleView details
- Aug 9CanterburyThe Spitfire GroundView details
- Aug 14LondonJazz CafeView details
- Aug 14 – Aug 14LondonJazz CafeView details
- Aug 23WindsorTemple Island MeadowsView details
- Sep 12 – Sep 13GrimsbyYardbirds ClubView details
- Oct 2LondonO2 Shepherds Bush EmpireView details
- Oct 3SouthamptonO2 Guildhall SouthamptonView details
- Oct 4LeicesterO2 Academy LeicesterView details
- Oct 7LiverpoolO2 Academy LiverpoolView details
- Oct 9ManchesterO2 Ritz ManchesterView details
- Oct 10Newcastle Upon TyneNXView details
- Oct 14LeedsO2 Academy LeedsView details
- Oct 15NorwichEpic StudiosView details
- Oct 17BirminghamO2 Institute BirminghamView details
- Oct 24BristolElectric BristolView details
- Oct 25BournemouthO2 Academy BournemouthView details
- Oct 27 – Oct 27CardiffTramshedView details
- Oct 29OxfordO2 Academy OxfordView details
- Nov 14LondonHertford Corn ExchangeView details
- Dec 12ChesterThe Live RoomsView details
- Dec 16 – Dec 16LondonJazz CafeView details
United States
- Aug 13Los AngelesB-Side at Blue Note Los AngelesView details
- Sep 12KnoxvilleBijou TheatreView details
- Oct 4Las VegasHouse of Blues Las VegasView details
- Nov 7AtlantaBuckhead TheatreView details
- Nov 8BirminghamThe Lyric TheatreView details
- Nov 21San FranciscoPalace of Fine ArtsView details
- Nov 22SacramentoCrest TheaterView details
- Nov 29TucsonFox Tucson TheatreView details
- Dec 4BoiseThe Egyptian TheatreView details
- Dec 5SeattleMoore TheatreView details
- Dec 13TampaTampa TheaterView details
- Jan 9, 2027PittsburghByham TheaterView details
Spain
- Aug 23 – Aug 23BarcelonaTeatro Apolo de BarcelonaView details
- Sep 7 – Sep 7MadridSala Galileo GalileiView details
Germany
- Sep 11 – Sep 12LeverkusenScala Club LeverkusenView details
- Oct 10 – Oct 11AachenSAALBAU ROTHE ERDEView details
- Oct 13 – Oct 14NürnbergMeistersingerhalleView details
- Oct 15 – Oct 16BerlinColumbia TheaterView details
- Oct 16 – Oct 17DresdenParkhotel Dresden BallsaalView details
- Oct 18 – Oct 19Mainz am RheinFrankfurter HofView details
- Oct 19 – Oct 20CologneGLORIAView details
- Oct 20 – Oct 21FreiburgJazzhausView details
- Jan 17 – Jan 17, 2027NürnbergMeistersingerhalle Kleiner SaalView details
- Jan 22 – Jan 22, 2027HeidelbergDAI HeidelbergView details
Greece
- Dec 2 – Dec 2AthensView details
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United States
- Jul 24Los AngelesB-Side at Blue Note Los AngelesView details
About The Beat
Their debut album, I Just Can't Stop It, released in 1980, reached number three on the UK Albums Chart and produced the hit single Mirror in the Bathroom, which peaked at number four on the UK Singles Chart. Further hits, including Save It for Later and Hands Off... She's Mine, followed on the albums Wha'ppen? and Special Beat Service in 1981 and 1982.
The band split in 1983, with Wakeling and Ranking Roger forming General Public, and Cox and Steele founding Fine Young Cannibals with singer Roland Gift. Because an unrelated American band already used the name The Beat, the group performed as the English Beat in North America while retaining The Beat as its name in the UK and Australia.
Both strands of the band have continued to tour: Dave Wakeling has led the English Beat in the United States, while Ranking Roger fronted a UK version until his death in 2019, after which later line-ups have carried the Beat name forward.