Still holding on loosely, the Southern rock band 38 Special is celebrating 50 years with its first new studio album since ...

Most of the original Specials reunited in 2008, staged a 30th-anniversary tour in 2009 and in 2019 released an album of new material, "Encore," which became the band's first U.K. No. 1 album.

Terry Hall, who fronted the groundbreaking British ska-punk band the Specials and went on to a noteworthy career in his other bands and as a songwriter and collaborator, died on Dec. 18. He was 63.

Terry Hall, singer of the ska revival band the Specials, has died at 63, his band announced. The Specials found hits in the U.K. by bringing back ska in the “2-Tone” revival movement.

The band released two albums with Hall as frontman, starting with the 1979 all-time classic The Specials, which featured hard-to-forget uptempo tunes such as “A Message to You, Rudy,” “Nite ...

Most of the original Specials reunited in 2008, staged a 30th-anniversary tour in 2009 and in 2019 released an album of new material, "Encore," which became the band’s first U.K. No. 1 album.