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Why did The Specials split up?
conflicts had developed in the band. in 1981 Staples, Hall and Golding announced they were leaving the band to form Fun Boy Three.
Was anyone in the band The Specials involved in any legal troubles?
When did the band The Specials come back together?
Continuing as The Special AKA (a name they used frequently on earlier Specials releases), a substantially revised Specials line-up issued new material through 1984
Did all of the original members The Specials come back continuing as The Special AKA?
Special AKA finally issued a new full-length album In the Studio in 1984. Officially, the band was now a sextet: Dakar, Campbell, Bradbury, Dammers, Shipley and new bassist Gary McManus.

Question: Were there any live performances as the Special AKA?
Self-contained rewrite: Were there any live performances as The Special AKA?