The Beat News

Dave Wakeling will donate his time and talent to helping the Cleveland women held captive with a benefit concert this week.

In the late 1970s, when Dave Wakeling was putting together the ska-rock band that would become known as the English Beat, he knew what he wanted - and what he didn't want.

More than thirty years on and Dave Wakeling looks like an energetic kid, skankin' out those hits.

Dave Wakeling and The English Beat will bring their sound to The State Theatre in Falls Church on Sunday, April 28 at 8 p.m. Living in Los Angeles, The English Beat's Dave Wakeling has enjoyed the beaches, the weather and coaching his kids in soccer.

Dave Wakeling has known fame as a founding member, lead singer and guitarist for British band the Beat, now called the English Beat in its American-based touring version.