City's latest 2-Tone site is unveiled.

CARIBBEAN dignitaries and soul singer Ray King were among those unveiling the latest plaque on Coventry's 2-Tone Trail.

The High Commissioner for St Vincent and The Grenadines, Cenio Lewis, flew to the city to help unveil the seventh plaque at Artspace - formerly Holyhead Youth Club, where The Specials and others used to rehearse.

The unveiling was part of the celebrations marking 30 years of the city's musical heritage.

Commissioner Cenio Lewis paid tribute to the positive effect the music had on race relations.

He said: "This is significant for what 2-Tone means to the people who come from the Caribbean in the area.

"It shows how music can be used to build community relations.

Even today there's still a need for that kind of community building. That has to go on."

The centre's former manager, Ray King, gave an insight into the city's vibrant music scene back then when speaking to music fans who had gathered outside the building on Lower Holyhead Road.

He said: "If we had known what was going to happen and that this place would go down in history we would have started taking notes and making diaries. We were just having fun. " Neol Davies, of Coventry ska band The Selecter, also made an appearance at the latest city spot to proudly bear a plaque on the 2-Tone Trail.

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CHEQUERED HISTORY... from left, Neol Davies from Selector, High Comissioner of St Vincent and The Grenadines Cenio Lewis, Lord Mayor Jack Harrison and soul singer Ray King.