The English Beat March 27, 2010

On Saturday, March 27th, The English Beat will be perfoming LIVE on the Romano's Concert Lounge Stage for the first time! This show WILL SELL OUT! So be sure to get your tickets NOW! They are available on www.ticketweb.com and www.ticketmaster.com.

The Beat, known as the English Beat in the United States to avoid confusion with the California pop group of the same name, was a prominent band in the ska revival movement in England in the early 1980s. Perhaps the most widely known and certainly the longest lived band associated with that movement, the Beat did not confine themselves to ska rhythms, but experimented with a variety of Latin and African beats and eventually incorporated more mainstream pop forms, such as the love ballad, into their repertoire.
Vocalist David Wakeling, guitarist Andy Cox, and classically trained bassist David Steele began playing a punk/rock mix in 1978. They were soon joined by Everett Morton, a West Indian who had drummed for Joan Armatrading. His addition of reggae and other Jamaican rhythms to the group's style, as well as the band's now biracial makeup, led to their identification as part of the ska revival.

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