The Beat brings its Dance Crazed Too tour to Middlesbrough Town Hall this October.
Emerging from Birmingham at the end of the 1970s, the band helped create a distinctive British sound combining Jamaican ska and reggae with punk, soul and pop.
The Beat became one of the leading groups associated with the 2 Tone era alongside The Specials and The Selecter.
The movement reflected the multicultural communities of cities such as Birmingham and Coventry, while introducing a new generation of British audiences to musical traditions rooted in Jamaica.
Songs including Mirror in the Bathroom, Too Nice to Talk To and Hands Off… She’s Mine became part of the soundtrack of the period.
The Middlesbrough performance offers audiences the opportunity to experience the music of a band whose story sits firmly within the history of multicultural Britain.
Support line-up should be checked before publication, as current ticketing sources differ.
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