SUJ vs 2 Tone

Name: SUJ vs 2 Tone
Start: 2026-04-01T19:30:00+01:00
Location: Cricketers Arms - Woolston

Schedule

Wed, 01 Apr, 2026 at 07:30 pm

UTC+01:00

Location

Cricketers Arms - Woolston | Southampton, EN

So here we are - the next SUJ theme night (#27, if you're counting), and this time we'll be revisiting the halcyon days of the late 70s and early 80s when the spirit of punk met the vibrant sounds of ska to create the cultural and musical phenomenon that was 2 Tone.
As usual, this will be a Southampton Ukulele Jam twist on the vinyl listening party. We'll be listening to each of the original songs, and then playing each track together, as a ukulele jam. Getting a sense of how it was done, and then jamming together, putting SUJ's very unique spin on each tune.
The set list (running order tbd) includes classics from each of the key bands of the era:
- Baggy Trousers (Madness)
- Gangsters (The Specials)
- Ghost Town (The Specials)
- House Of Fun (Madness)
- Let’s Do Rocksteady (The Bodysnatchers)
- Lip Up Fatty (Bad Manners)
- Madness (Madness)
- A Message To You Rudy (The Specials)
- Mirror In The Bathroom (The Beat)
- Monkey Man (The Specials)
- My Girl (Madness)
- Night Boat To Cairo (Madness)
- On My Radio (The Selecter)
- Special Brew (Bad Manners)
- Tears Of A Clown (The Beat)
- Too Much Too Young (The Specials)
A songbook, containing all the songs for the evening, can be downloaded at https://uketunes.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/suj-vs-two-tone.pdf
We’re back at our regular venue - The Cricketers Arms in Woolston. It’s just over the bridge, there’s some parking at the back of the pub, and there is also parking in the nearby Portsmouth Road Car Park.