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The English Beat

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The English Beat

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The Beat, known in the United States as The English Beat (and the British Beat in Australia and New Zealand) in order to avoid confusion with Paul Collins' band of the same name, was a popular Two Tone ska and pop music group. Formed in the English city of Birmingham in 1978, The Beat disbanded in 1983, but has reformed in the early 2000s with some of the original line-up.

One of the more popular and enduring groups of a short-lived trend...

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The Beat, known in the United States as The English Beat (and the British Beat in Australia and New Zealand) in order to avoid confusion with Paul Collins' band of the same name, was a popular Two Tone ska and pop music group. Formed in the English city of Birmingham in 1978, The Beat disbanded in 1983, but has reformed in the early 2000s with some of the original line-up.

One of the more popular and enduring groups of a short-lived trend...

Read more about The English Beat on Last.fm.

User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License and may also be available under the GNU FDL.

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London International Ska Festival Returns

Published: Wednesday 23rd March, 2011

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London International Ska Festival Returns

Published: Wednesday 23rd March, 2011

London International Ska Festival Returns
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