An Authentic 7-piece 2-Tone Ska Tribute Band from Wales. Playing the music of The Specials, Madness, The Beat, Bad Manners, The Selecter and many more!
South Wales
Joined March 2011
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Tickets are running VERY low for this one, so make sure you grab yours now before it's too late!
Can't wait to play the @Cornexchangenpt again with @LtdSpecials on Fri Dec 11th 😎
🎟️ - gigantic.com/2-rude-a-tribut…
#2Rude #TheSpecialsLTD #Ska #LiveMusic #Newport #Wales
We always enjoy a cheeky gig at @PatriotHomeOfR1 in Crumlin - thank you so much to everyone who came to see us last night!
#2Rude #Ska #LiveMusic #Wales #CoverBand #TributeBand #ThePatriot #Crumlin #2Tone
It’s not too long to go until our traditional XMAS shows in Newport and Bristol - click the link below to get your tickets now 😎
2rudeska.co.uk/gigs
#2Rude #Ska #CoverBand #TributeBand #2Tone #LiveMusic #Newport #Bristol
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Photos from last weekend’s brilliant ‘2 Rude At The Castle’ show in Chepstow 🏰
Hope we can do it again one day @2RUDESKA !
#2Rude #Ska #LiveMusic #ChepstowCastle #Wales
Thank you Chepstow Castle! 🏰 It’s not every day that you get to play a headline show in the grounds of a medieval castle, and in front of a massive crowd too 😎 Cheers to all!
#2Rude #Ska #CastellRoc #LiveMusic #ChepstowCastle #TributeBand #CoverBand #Wales
Just a few days to go until we play Castell Roc at Chepstow Castle with our very own headline show! 😎
Tickets: events.liveit.io/cross-borde…
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🚨 'GANGSTERS' Tour 2027 🚨
With nearly 30 gigs already announced and many more on the way, this is going to be our biggest tour yet! 😎 Can't wait to celebrate The Specials' iconic single 'Gangsters' live across the U.K.
Tickets: linktr.ee/thespecialsltd
#TheSpecialsLTD
Many thanks to everyone that came to see us at Music In The Park yesterday 😎 You undoubtedly helped raise a lot of money for a very worthy cause
#2Rude #Ska #TributeBand #CoverBand #2Tone #LiveMusic #Newport
This Sunday we will be playing a special set at ‘Music In The Park’ in Newport to help raise money for a very worth cause.
Tickets are just £5 - we hope you will come have a skank with us 😎
#2Rude #Ska #TributeBand #CoverBand #2Tone #LiveMusic #BeechwoodPark #Newport
Amazing gig at @FleeceBristol with @LtdSpecials last night 😎 Make sure you catch our sister band live on tour throughout the UK and Ireland during the rest of the year
More info: linktr.ee/thespecialsltd
Thank you Bristol! We love playing at @FleeceBristol and as always we felt the love back from yet another amazing audience ❤️
#TheSpecialsLTD #Ska #TributeBand #2Tone #TheSpecials #TheFleece #Bristol
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Here we go @FleeceBristol 😎
2 RUDE 4:30pm
THE SPECIALS LTD 5:45pm
#TheSpecialsLTD #Ska #TributeBand #2Tone #TheSpecials #TheFleece #Bristol
2 RUDE return to @Cornexchangenpt for our third annual Christmas show with support from @LtdSpecials (the world's most authentic tribute act to 2-tone icons The Specials) on Friday December 11th 🎄

Tickets are available now! gigantic.com/2-rude-a-tribut…
#2Rude #Ska #Newport #Wales
🚨 NEW SHOW! 🚨 We are very excited to announce that we will part of this year's Camper Jam Festival, being held at Weston Park in Shropshire.
Come see us live on Saturday July 4th 😎camperjam.com/tickets
#2Rude #Ska #CamperJam #Festival #LiveMusic
🚨 HUGE ANNOUNCEMENT! 🚨
We are delighted to say that we will be returning to Castell Roc at Chepstow Castle on Fri Aug 14th, for our very own headline show! 😎
Tickets are available now: castellroc.seetickets.com/ev…
We CAN'T WAIT for this one! 🔥 #2Rude #Ska #CastellRoc
Cardiff - you were amazing! 😎 Our last gig of 2025 at the @earl_club was a doozie. We are so grateful to everyone for selling it out!
We hope you all have a very Happy New Year! 🥳
#2Rude #Ska #TributeBand #CoverBand #2Tone #LiveMusic #EarlHaigClub #Cardiff
Ready for tonight’s SOLD OUT show! On stage at 8:30pm 😎
#2Rude #Ska #TributeBand #CoverBand #LiveMusic #2Tone #EarlHaigClub #Cardiff
We’d like to wish all our amazing followers and fans a very Merry Christmas and a very Happy New Year! 🎄
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Two sold out gigs last weekend, pulling double duty with both @2RUDESKA and @LtdSpecials at The Fleece in Bristol and the Corn Exchange in Newport.
Both crowds were incredible, so grateful for everyone still coming to see us after all these years 🖤🤍 #2Rude #TheSpecialsLTD
