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Bad Manners
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Opening acts: The Beat, Max Splodge
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- Aberdeen, United KingdomThe TunnelsView details
- Inverness, United KingdomAn SeomarView details
- Dundee, United KingdomMusic Hall, DundeeView details
- Dundee, United KingdomMusic HallView details
- Glasgow, United KingdomSLAYView details
- Coventry, United Kingdomhmv EmpireView details
Dates Wanderistan tracks for Bad Manners, from ticketing and venue listings — upcoming: 9, past: 1. Bad Manners may play other dates that are not listed here yet, so check the official tour page for the full schedule.
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About Bad Manners
Bad Manners is a British ska band formed in London in 1976 and fronted by singer Buster Bloodvessel, born Douglas Trendle. The founding members met at...
Bad Manners is a British ska band formed in London in 1976 and fronted by singer Buster Bloodvessel, born Douglas Trendle. The founding members met at Woodberry Down Comprehensive School near Manor House in north London, and the group played its first gig in January 1978.
Part of the late-1970s and early-1980s two-tone ska revival alongside contemporaries such as Madness and the Specials, Bad Manners built a run of UK hit singles including "Special Brew," "Lip Up Fatty," "Can Can," and "Walking in the Sunshine." Studio albums from the period include Ska 'n' B (1980), Loonee Tunes! (1980), Gosh It's ... Bad Manners (1981), and Forging Ahead (1982), and the band spent a combined 111 weeks on the UK Singles Chart between 1980 and 1983.
The group appeared in the 1981 ska documentary Dance Craze alongside its two-tone contemporaries, split briefly in 1987, and reformed not long after. Bloodvessel remains the band's frontman and continues to tour with a rotating lineup of musicians, performing the group's ska and new wave catalogue.