The Beat feat. Ranking Jnr

**The Beat ft. Ranking Junior**

The band crossed over fluidly between soul, reggae, pop and punk, and from these disparate pieces they created an infectious dance rhythm. Along with their contemporaries The Specials, The Selecter, and Madness, The Beat became an overnight sensation and one of the most popular and influential bands of the British ska movement.

By Christmas of 1979, The Beat were riding high in the UK charts with their first single, a smoking remake of the classic Smokey Robinson tune Tears of a Clown.

Over the course of the next five years The Beat toured relentlessly and released three studio albums: “I Just Can’t Stop It”, “Wh’appen”, both reaching number 3 in The UK album charts and “Special Beat Service”. The band toured the world, touring with such artists as David Bowie, The Police, REM, The Clash, The Talking Heads, The Pretenders, and The Specials, to name but a few.

The Beat featuring Ranking Jnr continue to perform all the classic hits in their dynamic live shows.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtvV29Qigs3qw7FSqioGHsA

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**The Hoplites**

Hailing from the City of Nottingham, these musical scoundrels bring together decades of experience and passion to blend original songs in the form of skanking rhythms, smooth rocksteady and that early reggae sound.

https://linktr.ee/hoplitesband

Presented by New Cross Live.

This is an 18+ event