It’s not often that a band can come back after 35 years and release a noteworthy album that stands strongly among the rest of its discography, but that’s just what The English Beat have done. Singer ...

The Bear has included Pearl Jam songs in the past, using the 1993 song “Animal” and the 2006 song “Come Back.” The Bear has featured a great soundtrack over the last two seasons, with artists like ...

Got your ticket yet to the 2025 WFUV High Line Bash at City Winery at Pier 57 on April 30? If so, along with Jade Bird and Fantastic Cat, you're going to see one of Britain's most beloved and ...

Beginning in the late ’70s, The English Beat made ska music what it is today: energetic and fun.Not quite reggae, not quite straight pop, ska embodies a rhythm and consequence all it’s own. Dave ...

VAIL, Colorado ” There are few bands playing today that can fuse the past and present into one moment in time. Dave Wakeling of The English Beat is proud to be in one of those bands. The annual Street ...

When the British ska movement launched in the late ‘70s, great ska/rocksteady acts such as the Skatalites, Prince Buster and Desmond Dekker were founding influences. Inspired by the rebellious nature ...

On the first of two sold-out nights at Belly Up, The English Beat’s Dave Wakeling invited the crowd to forget the worries of the world for a while. It took all of one song to open those gates. As the ...

Sometime around 1978, revelation struck in Birmingham. During that period, Dave Wakeling, Andy Cox and David Steele had a nascent, nameless band in their U.K. hometown. As active participants in their ...

Dave Wakeling, lead singer of The English Beat ­­­— who play SOhO Restaurant & Music Club this Saturday, June 4 — is in speech as he is in music: thoughtful, smart, and ahead of his time. In the ...

The English Beat at Belly Up. (Photo by Donovan Roche/Special for Times of San Diego) On the first of two sold-out nights at Belly Up, The English Beat’s Dave Wakeling invited the crowd to forget the ...