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‘Forty years on, nothing’s changed’: Fun Boy Three on The Lunatics Have Taken Over the Asylum

‘Terry Hall was writing about nuclear war and Ronald Reagan, then the US president, the idea being that the world was being run by lunatics’

The Guardian - UK

No evidence who stabbed Fidel Glasgow during 17-man melee, inquest told

A Coroner’s Court was told CCTV footage does not show whether the 21-year-old’s fatal wound was an accident or a deliberate act by a third party.

The Independent UK

‘I had to move my tent for Janis Joplin’s helicopter!’ Glastonbury stars on their most surprising festival moments

Debbie Harry, Alison Goldfrapp, Candi Staton, Billy Bragg and others look back at festival experiences they’ll never forget – including getting stuck in the mud and yearning to take off their clothes

The Guardian - UK

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Terry Hall's bandmate reveals cancer diagnosis after his death aged 63

Bassist Horace Panter described how 'everything turned to s**t' as Terry's health took a turn

Manchester Evening News

Terry Hall's bandmate reveals his cancer battle as he recalls Specials' star's final days

The Specials' bassist Horace Panter has shared a moving and poignant tribute to his late bandmate, recalling Terry Halls' final weeks and the short cancer battle he faced prior to his death at the age of 63

Daily Mirror

How Terry Hall defined the sound of youth and disillusionment in Margaret Thatcher’s Britain

Terry Hall, who has died after a short illness at 63, was the voice of The Specials, an iconic band that bridged the youth sub-cultures and mainstream pop of the late 1970s and early 1980s, embodying the sound of disaffection in Thatcherite Britain.

The Conversation

Terry Hall remembered as ‘an inspiration and a lovely fella’ by musical peers

Madness led tributes to Hall on Tuesday, alongside Ian Brown, The Proclaimers and Shane MacGowan.

The Independent UK

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Who was Terry Hall? The Specials and Fun Boy Three singer dies after brief illness aged 63

Terry Hall was a defining voice of the 1970s and 1980s with hits including A Message to You Rudy, Ghost Town and It Ain’t What You Do It’s the Way That You Do It

Evening Standard

The Specials lead singer Terry Hall dies aged 63 after 'short illness', bandmates confirm

The late musician left The Specials in 1981 to form Fun Boy Three with fellow bandmates Neville Staples and Lynval Golding, bagging another string of hits.

Daily Record

The Specials’ Terry Hall remembered for ‘remarkable music and profound humanity’

The pioneering ska singer’s death was announced by the band on Monday.

The Independent UK

Terry Hall obituary

Singer with the Specials whose chart-topping Ghost Town evoked the sense of social collapse gripping Britain at the turn of the 80s

The Guardian - UK

The Specials' Terry Hall remembered as 'talented and unique person' as tributes flood in following death

The ska pioneer has died aged 63

Wales Online

Neville Staple leads tributes to The Specials bandmate Terry Hall

‘This has hit me hard,’ Staple wrote on Twitter.

The Independent UK

The Specials bandmate 'hit hard' by Terry Hall's death after confirming plans for 2023

Neville Staple has shared his sadness at the news his former bandmate Terry Hall has died at the age of 63 following a brief illness

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Liverpool Echo

The Specials singer Terry Hall dies age 63 after 'brief illness'

The Specials announced the news of singer Terry Hall's death in an emotional tribute on their official Twitter page tonight

The Guardian - UK

Terry Hall: lead singer of the Specials dies aged 63

Having survived a tough childhood in Coventry, Hall became one of pop’s defining voices at the turn of the 80s, chronicling British decline and disfranchised youth with the 2 Tone band

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