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Ian MacEwan

The Selecter's Pauline Black reveals her remarkable story, including why she changed her name to Black by deed poll as her feature-length rockumentary airs

Pauline Black.

This year marks the 45th anniversary of the release of debut album "Too Much Pressure" by Coventry band The Selecter, who toured with The Specials and Madness in 1979 as 2-Tone ska swept the nation and stormed up the charts.

Still recording and touring, and with a slot at this year’s Glastonbury music festival, 71-year-old lead singer Pauline Black looks back on the turbulent history of the band, its part in the 2-Tone movement, and her own remarkable story in feature-length rockumentary Pauline Black: A 2-Tone Story, previously released in cinemas and now on Sky Arts.

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