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The Beat
Upcoming dates
Opening acts: Bad Manners, Rhoda Dakar, The Selecter, The Undertones
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- Worthing, United KingdomThe Factory LiveView details
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- Bristol, United KingdomElectric BristolView details
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- Cardiff, United KingdomTramshedView details
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- Chester, United KingdomThe Live RoomsView details
Dates Wanderistan tracks for The Beat, from ticketing and venue listings — upcoming: 10, past: 7. The Beat may play other dates that are not listed here yet, so check the official tour page for the full schedule.
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Past shows
7 past shows
- Liverpool, United KingdomO2 Academy LiverpoolView details
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- Windsor, United KingdomTemple Island MeadowsPerformers: The Proclaimers, Tony Hadley, Nik Kershaw, TundeView details
- Canterbury, United KingdomThe Spitfire GroundPerformers: Madness, Cast, The Ordinary Boys, Canterbury LiveView details
- Bournemouth, United KingdomLulworth CastlePerformers: Camp Bestival presented by Debenhams, Fatboy Slim, De La Soul, Brooke CombeView details
About 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 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.
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.