It was May 15 2009.
It was at the Ricoh Arena in Coventry.
It was a home-turf comeback tour by The Specials.
You have never seen so many middle aged men and women in pork pie hats in your puff.
The amount of energy created by these short and rotund people could have powered the entire stage rig.
It was red hot, the atmosphere was as thick as a Blackadder, Prince George simile.
The plastic pint pots of piss flew like laser guided nuggets of gold towards the wildly bouncing front of the crowd.
We hung well back, but breathed in the uriney vapour of over excited bald men anyway.
The place rocked, it was a great gig.
Let me introduce you to the set-list:
Do the Dog - (Rufus Thomas)
(Dawning of a) New Era
Gangsters
It's Up to You
Rat Race
Monkey Man - (Toots & The Maytals)
Blank Expression
Too Hot - (Prince Buster )
Doesn't Make It Alright
Concrete Jungle
Friday Night, Saturday Morning
Stereotype
Man at C&A
A Message to You, Rudy - (Dandy Livingstone)
Do Nothing
Hey Little Rich Girl
Little Bitch
Nite Klub
You're Wondering Now - (The Skatalites)
Ghost Town
Encore:
Too Much Too Young
Skinhead Symphony: Longshot Kick the Bucket / Liquidator / Skinhead Moonstomp
Enjoy Yourself (It's Later Than You Think) - (Tommy Dorsey and his Orchestra)
No pork pie hat for me, no way, it would have to be the widest brimmed sombrero in either hemisphere, and waterproof too.
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