The Specials Live from the Cathedral spans 24 songs and, according to Golding, includes “all the hits you know and love, but also a fair smattering from the Encore album as well”.
The 2019 gigs were “history in the making,” he added.
The Encore album, their first new material in 37 years, gave the band its first number one album in 2019.
“I think it was our best album,” explained Golding, “you listen to the songs and Terry’s writing, that guy should have been voted the best songwriter in England from years ago.”
The new live album “to me is the most important record coming out this year,” he explained.
The themes were as important today as 40 years ago, such as weapons of mass destruction, nuclear war, gun violence and disaffected youths, he said.
“How many songs are there about teenage pregnancy now, ” Golding added.
“We talked about it yesterday and we’re here with it today, and I think hasn’t anybody learned anything from what we said?”
