Steel Pulse to perform Handsworth Revolution at London International Ska Festival
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Next year's London International Ska Festival have announced they will have Steel Pulseperform their classic album 'Handsworth Revolution' at the festival next April.
The event has also confirmed Horace Panter's Uptown Ska Collective, Paperboy, andDon Letts have been added to the line-up
They join the first acts confirmed who were Rhoda Dakar sings The Bodysnatchers, Vin Gordon & His Real Rock Band, Beat Goes Bang ft. Everett Morton (The Beat), The Toasters, France's Two Tone Club, The Talks, Italy's Miserable Man, The Rifffs from Malta, Japan's Beat Bahnhof, and Dojo. Plus DJs The Tighten Up Crew, Sounds & Pressure Sound System with Phil Bush, and Axis Sound System.
Further band and DJ announcements coming very soon, including Jamaican legends, 2 Tone heroes and a host of international names.
Now in it's fifth year the festival will take place across multiple London venues (one wristband gets you into all of them) over Easter Weekend from Thursday 2nd through to Sunday 5th April 2015.
The festival is set to highlight all that's good about the world of ska, from it's roots in American Rhythm & blues, to the Jamaican originators, through the 2 Tone era and right up-to-date with 21st century ska sounds.
The early bird offer has ended. Tickets are priced at £141 for all four days.
As well as the main events further fringe events take place including cinema, DJ all-nighters, Record Fair, Thames cruise, which will all build into a week's worth of shows at legendary London venues.