CHECK out Dayle Crutchlow's blog, The Music Abyss, to see live footage of the return of six members of legendary Coventry group The Specials at Bestival, in the Isle of Wight last weekend.

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By Roz Laws IT'S hard to believe it, but 2- Tone is 20 years old. In 1978, The Coventry Automatics changed their name to The Specials and a new form of music was born, which briefly put the Midlands at the heart of the most happening sounds around.

THE WORD ON THE WEB New York six-piece White Rabbits like to do things in twos: they boast a pair of drummers and the band is fronted by dual vocalists Greg Roberts and Alex Even. They have a refreshingly wide-ranging style, from effervescent music-hall numbers to moody, bluesy riffs.