Editing The Specials (section)

====Terry Hall & Friends====
In 2007, Hall teamed up with Golding for the first time in 24 years, to play Specials songs at two music festivals. At [[Glastonbury Festival]], they appeared on the Pyramid Stage with [[Lily Allen]] to perform "Gangsters". In May 2009, Golding claimed that Allen's reuniting him with Hall played a "massive part" in the group's later reformation.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://blogs.coventrytelegraph.net/passtheremote/2009/05/the-specials-reunuion-all-down.html |title=The Specials reunion all down to Lily Allen |work=Coventry Telegraph |date=15 May 2009 |access-date=29 April 2010 |archive-date=3 July 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090703041652/http://blogs.coventrytelegraph.net/passtheremote/2009/05/the-specials-reunuion-all-down.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> Later the same day, they played on the Park Stage, with [[Damon Albarn]] of [[Blur (band)|Blur]] on piano and [[beatbox]]er [[Shlomo (human beatbox)|Shlomo]] providing rhythm, to perform "A Message to You, Rudy". At [[GuilFest]], Golding joined the Dub Pistols to again perform "Gangsters". In 2007, Golding regularly performed concerts and recorded with [[Pama International]], a collective of musicians who were members of Special Beat.

[[File:The Special Concert.jpg|thumb|300px|The Specials performing at [[Brixton Academy]], London, May 2009 as part of their 30th anniversary tour]]
On 30 March 2008, Hall stated that the Specials would be reforming for tour dates in autumn 2008, and possibly for some recording.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/6music/news/20080330_specials.shtml |title=6 Music – The Specials reunion |publisher=BBC |date=30 March 2008 |access-date=23 April 2018}}</ref> This was officially confirmed on 7 April 2008.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/coventry_warwickshire/7335284.stm |title=Ska band confirms reunion plans |work=BBC News |date=7 April 2008 |access-date=23 April 2018}}</ref> On 6 September 2008, six members of the band performed on the main stage at the [[Bestival]], billed as the "Surprise Act". By December 2008, the band had announced 2009 tour dates to celebrate their 30th anniversary, although founder member Dammers was not joining the band on the tour.

Hall was quoted as saying, "The door remains open to him".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nme.com/news/the-specials/41400 |title=The Specials reunite for 2009 tour |website=Nme.com |date=2 December 2008 |access-date=23 April 2018}}</ref> However, Dammers described the new reunion as a "takeover" and claimed he had been forced out of the band.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://thequietus.com/articles/00862-jerry-dammers-slams-specials-reunion|last=Turner |first=Luke |title=Jerry Dammers Damns Specials Reunion |website=Thequietus.com |date=10 December 2008 |access-date=29 April 2010}}</ref> Around that same time, longtime Specials fan [[Amy Winehouse]] joined Dammers onstage at [[Hyde Park, London|Hyde Park]], singing the song he wrote for the Specials, "Free Nelson Mandela", for Mandela's 90th birthday concert, dubbed [[46664]] after Mandela's prison number, and also the name of his AIDS charity, which received money raised by the birthday bash.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.foxnews.com/story/2008/06/28/singer-amy-winehouse-takes-stage-at-nelson-mandela-birthday-show/#ixzz2PChMuuxC |title=London rocks for Nelson Mandela |publisher=[[Fox News]] |date=28 June 2008 |access-date=23 April 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131231085905/http://www.foxnews.com/story/2008/06/28/singer-amy-winehouse-takes-stage-at-nelson-mandela-birthday-show/#ixzz2PChMuuxC#ixzz2PChMuuxC |archive-date=31 December 2013 |url-status=dead  }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/06/28/mandela.concert/index.html |title=London rocks for Nelson Mandela |website=[[CNN]] |agency=[[CNN]] |date=28 June 2008 |access-date=23 April 2018}}</ref>