Tag: The Beat feat. Ranking Roger

This week's new releases: The Specials, The Beat featuring Ranking Roger, Ian Brown

This week’s new releases: The Specials, The Beat featuring Ranking Roger, Ian Brown

This is a round-up of the week’s new albums, expanded reissues and/or box sets, appearing each Monday on Slicing Up Eyeballs. All releases due out this Friday unless noted. This week sees the release of new studio albums from The Specials, The Beat Featuring Ranking Roger and The Stone Roses’ Ian Brown.

Ranking Roger reveals brain-tumor removal, lung cancer as he releases new Beat album

Ranking Roger reveals brain-tumor removal, lung cancer as he releases new Beat album

Just days before he’s set to release a new album recorded with his version of legendary 2 Tone-era ska act The Beat, frontman Ranking Roger on Monday revealed that, after suffering a stroke last summer, he was diagnosed with two brain tumors and lung cancer. Roger disclosed his medical issues via a nearly 9-minute video.