Followers have been sharing footage of Terry Corridor‘s final gig with The Specials after the unhappy information of the singer’s demise this week.
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Final night time (December 19), the Coventry 2 Tone band introduced the demise of their legendary frontman aged 63.
Taking to social media, the ska icons confirmed that the influential singer had handed away from a “temporary sickness,” honouring him as “a gorgeous pal, brother and probably the most sensible singers, songwriters and lyricists this nation has ever produced”.
“Terry was a beautiful husband and father and one of many kindest, funniest, and most real of souls,” the band mentioned, calling him “probably the most sensible singers, songwriters and lyricists this nation has ever produced.
“His music and his performances encapsulated the very essence of life… the enjoyment, the ache, the humour, the struggle for justice, however largely the love.”
The band’s final gig with Corridor befell as a part of the Lovely Days Pageant in Ottery St. Mary in Devon on August 20 this 12 months.
See footage from the present under, together with renditions of iconic hits corresponding to ‘Ghost City’, ‘Too A lot Too Younger’, ‘A Message To You Rudy’ and ‘Do Nothing’.
Corridor was born in Coventry on March 19, 1959, and previous to his musical breakout, endured a tumultuous childhood: as he detailed to NME in 2019, he was kidnapped by a paedophile ring in France at age 12 (in 1971), with the expertise main him to develop an dependancy to Valium.
He’d dropped out of faculty by age 15, working odd jobs like bricklaying and hairdressing earlier than he grew to become concerned in Coventry’s music scene in direction of the tip of the ‘70s.
Corridor remained energetic with The Specials into this 12 months, with their final present collectively at Lovely Days. The band’s final launch with Corridor was the compilation ‘Protest Songs 1924-2012’, which arrived final September.
Amongst these paying tribute to Corridor was former Specials bandmate Neville Staple, who wrote in a tweet: “I used to be deeply saddened to listen to about Terry Corridor’s passing on Sunday. [Christine ‘Sugary’ Staple] was known as as we arrived in Egypt.
“We knew Terry had been unwell however didn’t realise how severe till just lately. We had solely simply confirmed some 2023 joint music agreements collectively. This has hit me.”
Different notable figures to share tributes have to this point included Sleaford Mods, megafan comic Phil Jupitus, iconic photographer Kevin Cummins, Cass Browne of Mindless Issues, Billy Bragg, The Libertines (who he carried out ‘Gangsters’ with final August) and plenty of extra. See a number of tributes to Terry Corridor right here.