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The British band paid tribute to "our beautiful friend, brother and one of the most brilliant singers, songwriters and lyricists this country has ever produced".

And the crowd, they were behind me. i'm not 100% and it's really taken it out of me, probably my last performance ever. we'll see. seeing is believing. you don't believe him? can we give it up for dave? you're a superstar. thank you. and then he started playing again. it was lovely to be there, fantastic story to follow, and since we started covering it, some of his old bandmates are phoned up and said let's get the band back together, dave, so all his promises that it's over might not last. the singing is good for him. it's made him feel better. the goodwill in that room that night was astoni...

Hall found fame in the 1970s and 80s with hits like "ghost town", "gangsters" and "too much too young". he also enjoyed chart success with "fun boy three". mark savage looks at his life. the specials emerged from coventry at the end of the 1970s bringing black and white musicians together at a time of racial tension. fronted by terry hall, their music was upbeat but socially conscious. and their first seven singles made the top ten culminating in this. # this place is becoming like a ghost town... ghost town, released in 1981, as riots spread and unemployment soared across the uk. and terry ha...

The band, who were pioneers of the ska scene in the UK, released a statement on Monday confirming the singer's passing.

Madness led tributes to Hall on Tuesday, alongside Ian Brown, The Proclaimers and Shane MacGowan.