The Beat

These events are FREE ENTRY, with the option to pre-order a BOOK / TICKET OR DELUXE BOOK/ TICKET which guarantees your place and your I Just Cant Stop It: My Life in the Beat book, which will be ready and waiting to collect on the day of the in-store. Our new studio album PUBLIC CONFIDENTIAL is OUT NOW via DMF Records. The new 10 track album is ava... ilable on CD and 3 types of vinyl Black Heavyweight Vinyl, Blue Transparent Vinyl and Black/White Half & Half Vinyl Public Confidential is a vigorous, upbeat collection that barely pauses for breath Classic Pop **** We are deeply saddened to confirm that Ranking Roger has died aged 56. We have lost a wonderfully talented artist, charismatic frontman and great friend. In Autumn 2018, just before he was about to embark on his first US tour in over 12 years, with a further worldwide tour following in 2019, Roger was diagnosed with cancer. At the time he was riding high and very happy having just released a superb live DVD at a sold-out London Roundhouse, finished a new album and had over the preceding year, enjoyed enormous worldwide success touring with The Selecter. As 2019 began he continued to bravely fight and whilst undergoing various treatments he managed to finish his biography I Just Cant Stop It with co-writer Daniel Rachel. It tells of his teen years growing up in Birmingham, and then the superb good fortune of meeting The Beat. The new studio album Public Confidential, which he was so rightly proud of, was released in January. Our hearts and commiserations go out to his family, his friends, his loved ones, his band mates (past and present) and of course to all his fans. It has been an enormous honour and privilege for us all to have been a part of his life.Read More