THE BEAT Ft Rankin Jnr + Guests | Bedford

Name: THE BEAT Ft Rankin Jnr + Guests | Bedford
Start: 2025-03-07T19:30:00+00:00
Location: Bedford Esquires

Schedule

Fri Mar 07 2025 at 07:30 pm

UTC+00:00

Location

Bedford Esquires | Bedford, EN

THE BEAT Ft Rankin Jnr + Guests
7:30pm, Friday 7th March, Bedford Esquires
Pleased to announce the welcome return of THE BEAT Ft Ranking Jnr to Bedford Esquires as part of the venues 35th Anniversary Celebrations.
THE BEAT crossed over fluidly between soul, reggae, pop and punk, and from these disparate pieces they created an infectious dance rhythm. Along with their contemporaries The Specials, The Selecter, and Madness, The Beat became an overnight sensation and one of the most popular and influential bands of the British ska movement.
By Christmas of 1979, The Beat were riding high in the UK charts with their first single, a smoking remake of the classic Smokey Robinson tune Tears of a Clown.
Over the course of the next five years The Beat toured relentlessly and released three studio albums: “I Just Can’t Stop It”, “Wh’appen”, both reaching number 3 in The UK album charts and “Special Beat Service”. The band toured the world, touring with such artists as David Bowie, The Police, REM, The Clash, The Talking Heads, The Pretenders, and The Specials, to name but a few.
The Beat kept scoring hits with tunes that have now become so popular that it’s hard to remember a time when they didn’t exist, such as Mirror in the Bathroom, Hands Off… She’s Mine, Too Nice To Talk To, Save it for Later, I Confess, Stand Down Margaret, and their serene cover of Andy William’s Can’t Get Used To Losing You.
The Beat featuring Ranking Jnr continue to perform all the classic hits in their dynamic live shows.
Tickets priced £27.50 are sale from Seetickets online from Weds 30th October and available in person from Slide Record Shop and Esquires Bar (booking fee free)