Too Much Too Young - The Music of 2Tone & Beyond

Too Much Too Young bring their tribute to the 2Tone sound to Hull City Hall on Sunday 1 November. It's a two-hour live show that traces the ska sound from its Jamaican roots through to the British revival of the late 1970s and 1980s, and the artists who helped it become a global phenomenon.

They're billed as the only show endorsed by Lynval Golding of The Specials and Neol Davies of The Selecter, and they work their way through hits by Madness, The Specials, The Beat, Bad Manners, The Selecter and more. The set is performed by a large live ensemble that includes a full brass section, a dynamic cast, digital visuals and authentic style.

It's a long show — two hours of live music — so there's plenty of room for the different bands and the history they're pulling from. The brass section is a big part of that, bringing the horn sound that defined the era, and the visuals run alongside the music throughout. The whole thing is built around the 2Tone sound, the label and the movement that brought Jamaican ska and rocksteady into the UK charts and onto the dancefloors of the late seventies and early eighties.

Too Much Too Young play at Hull City Hall, Queen Victoria Square, on Sunday 1 November.