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their friends, firstly percussionists Yomi Babayemi and Norman Hassan, and then saxophonist Brian Travers and keyboardist Jimmy Lynn. Robin Campbell, although initially reluctant to commit to forming a band with the others, was invited to join once again by his brother and bought a guitar with which to do so in December of that year. Once Robin had joined the others in their jamming sessions, the eight musicians formed a band, deciding on the name 'UB40' after a friend suggested it was an appropriate name given the unemployed status of all of the band members. Prior to this, Travers had work as an electrical apprentice for NG Bailey; whilst Robin Campbell had been an apprentice toolmaker.
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consisting of remaining co-founding members drummer Jimmy Brown, guitarist Robin Campbell, bassist Earl Falconer, percussionist Norman Hassan, and saxophonist Brian Travers, along with new vocalist Duncan Campbell) who took action against the group containing Campbell, Virtue, and Astro over usage of the band name, due to it being used by both parties. On 5 July 2021, it was announced that Matt Doyle (formerly of the reggae band Kioko) would become the band's new vocalist, following Duncan Campbell's retirement due to ill health.
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released a statement saying: "Ali made a very simple decision; he chose to pursue and put his solo career over and above continuing to work with UB40 after February 2008. It's as simple as that". Mickey Virtue departed shortly afterwards citing the same issues that Campbell had as reasons for his departure.
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and that he "was too smart for them and he knew that they would get nowhere". In 2014, Ali formed a rival version of UB40 with Astro and Mickey Virtue. He said of his brother's singing, "I sat back for five years and watched my brother Duncan murdering my songs. We're saving the legacy". Duncan suffered a
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under the name UB40 within a few months of each other, the new group announced a name change to "UB40 Reunited". Then the splinter group changed their name again, settling on "UB40 featuring Ali, Astro, and Mickey", until late 2018 when Virtue departed the band, after which they continued touring and
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Duncan was offered the position of lead singer in 1978, but turned it down at the time, and said that he "wouldn't get the chance in another 30 years". Ali Campbell was "disappointed but didn't object" to him joining UB40. When asked why he did not join UB40 in 1978, he joked because they were "crap"
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Born to Jamaican immigrant parents, he went to school with the future keyboard player of UB40, Virtue. While DJ-ing, he met the Campbell brothers, and bonded so well with them over a love of Jamaican music that they invited him to join them as their MC. He believed that reggae music was for everyone,
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to Yemeni and Welsh parents, and attended Park Hill School and later Queensbridge School in the city. He worked as a carpet fitter before joining the band UB40 in 1978. After starting off as percussionist in 1978, he learned the trombone in 1981, when the band decided to add a brass section. He sang
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On 24 January 2008, it was announced that Ali Campbell would be leaving the group after 30 years. It was originally stated that this was in order for Campbell to concentrate on solo projects, but Campbell later said he was leaving due to management and business disputes. The remaining seven members
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in December. Another local newspaper reporting that Maxi Priest would be the new UB40 frontman, also included a statement from band spokesman Gerard Franklyn which contradicted this claim: "Maxi is collaborating with the band to record material but no decision has been made to replace Ali Campbell
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The origins of what would become UB40 began when in mid-1978 guitarist Ali Campbell, together with the rhythm section of drummer Jimmy Brown and bassist Earl Falconer, began rehearsing charting reggae songs in addition to some of their own original compositions. They were soon joined by several of
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he added his own "toasting" lyrics, which is a Jamaican forerunner to rapping. This became an integral part to the group's sound. Astro offered the band a more militant edge, rapping about social injustice and racism. He encountered racism himself when he was refused admittance to nightclubs on
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Arena in London on 6 December 2013, and on 17 January 2014 the trio announced on their website that they were in the studio recording new music. Ali Campbell was highly critical of his replacement in UB40, stating "I sat back for five years and watched my brother Duncan murdering my songs." Ali
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pub in Kings Heath in February 1979 and one other, before the band underwent its first lineup change in the form of Babayemi and Lynn leaving the band and Mickey Virtue joining in place of Lynn. A month later UB40's classic lineup was rounded out with the inclusion of percussionist and vocalist
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left the band, followed shortly thereafter by keyboardist Mickey Virtue. Another member, Astro, remained with the band until November 2013, when he departed the original band to team up with Campbell and Virtue in a new version of UB40. In 2014, legal advice was sought by the original band (now
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s 4 May 2008 issue. The newspaper sold nearly three million copies. This led to a backlash when the full 17-track version was released 21 June 2008, and most of the big retailers refused to stock it. It failed to reach the Top 75 in the UK, which was a first, as all their official albums had
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with one definitive singer. The reports are half correct he will be appearing with them for this new recording." In April 2008, the BBC reported that Campbell was to be replaced in the band by his brother Duncan, with reggae singer Maxi Priest also bolstering the line-up on tour.
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UB40 are one of the most commercially successful reggae acts of all time in terms of record sales (over 70 million), chart positions and touring schedule. During their three-decade long career, they have been performing sell-out shows worldwide and headlining the
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He eventually quit the band in 2013 after they decided to record a set of country songs. He wasn't interested in this genre of music and was only interested in performing and promoting reggae. He went on to join Ali Campbell and Virtue in a rival band to UB40.
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label, had bankruptcy proceedings started against them relating to debts of the record label. In October 2011 Travers, Wilson, Hassan and Brown were declared bankrupt. Former member Ali Campbell was also declared bankrupt. In 2013 a new album,
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Campbell sang in a harmony group with his brothers as children and performed with their father on stage. He also recorded a reggae album in Jamaica for his brother Ali's record label, but it was never released. He was a professional
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in Birmingham and was produced by Bob Lamb. Norman Hassan said of the recording: "if you stripped my track down, you could hear the birds in the background." This is because his tracks were recorded outside in the garden.
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was one of the founders of the band. He played the saxophone and was also an arranger and lyricist. He had suffered from cancer since 2019 and he died in August 2021. Travers was a founding member of the socialist
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Duncan Campbell retired from UB40 in June 2021 due to ill health, following a stroke he had suffered the previous year; he was replaced the following month by Matt Doyle of fellow Birmingham reggae band Kioko.
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In August 2022, the band performed "Red Red Wine" at the Commonwealth Games Closing Ceremony, with the show also featuring other acts from Birmingham and the West Midlands region such as
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Referencing the group's longevity, Ali Campbell has said that the group was fortunate in choosing a relatively young genre, as reggae "... hasn't outlived its own cool like jazz has".
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UB40 announced that after completing a coast-to-coast 2010 American tour they would be playing a nationwide UK tour of theatres in October/November 2010 performing their seminal album
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were all my friends, and I grew up with Indian and Jamaican friends. So the music of the streets was Indian music, which I love—Mohammad Rafi and Asha Bhosle and all that—and reggae.
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announced that he was leaving the band after a dispute with the management; UB40 announced that they would carry on. On 30 April 2008, UB40 unveiled Duncan as their new lead singer.
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song (in an arrangement similar to that of Tony Tribe's version); it reached number one in the UK in 1983 and number one in the US in 1988. Three years later UB40 performed at the
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inspired such original tracks as "King", "Madam Medusa", "Food for Thought", "Signing Off" and "One in Ten". Their early musical style was unique, with a heavy influence of
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for Best British Group. UB40 have sold more than 70 million records worldwide. The ethnic make-up of the band's original line-up was diverse, with musicians of
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compilation of Birmingham-based bands alongside "It's a Brum Ting" by Friendly Fire Band, the track the BBC used for their Commonwealth Games coverage.
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recording as "UB40 featuring Ali Campbell and Astro". Astro died on 6 November 2021 after recording tracks for the band's new album
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home. On 6 November of that year, former vocalist and founding member Astro died following a short illness at the age of 64.
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descent who is best known as being a member of UB40 since its foundation in 1978. Norman Lamont Hassan was born in
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hold the record for most weeks spent by a group in the UK singles chart during the 1980s, with 214 weeks each.
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The band's line-up was stable for nearly 29 years, from March 1979 until January 2008, when frontman
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Falconer attended St. Benedict's junior school and Mosely Road School of Art. He was an unemployed
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which they released that year. The group also made a guest appearance in the 1997 feature film
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After great success in the UK, UB40's popularity in the US was established when they released
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in August 2020 and announced his retirement from the band in June 2021, citing ill health.
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in South Birmingham which was a predominantly immigrant area. The first generation of
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On 22 August 2021, saxophonist Brian Travers died of cancer at the age of 62 in his
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The band members began as friends who knew each other from various schools across
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Their most successful worldwide single release is their reggae/pop version of "
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Campbell toured as UB40 with Astro and Virtue over the summer. The new album
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Their first gig took place on 9 February 1979 at The Hare & Hounds Pub in
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In December 2014 Ali Campbell claimed that he would be prepared to go to the
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saw them at a pub and gave them an opportunity as a support act to her band,
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attending reggae dances in Birmingham. Before some of them could play their
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Astro died following a short illness on 6 November 2021, at the age of 64.
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This lineup of the band lasted long enough to play their first show at the
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account of his dreadlocks, when white members of the band were welcomed.
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In 2009 the band released the first new album with their new lead singer
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A plaque commemorating UB40's first concert at the Hare & Hounds in
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It was reported by some Birmingham newspapers on 13 March 2008, that
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In 2011 five founding members of the group and directors of their
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would be the new lead singer of UB40 and had recorded a cover of
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All three of their UK number one hits and four of their five US
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on 2 October 1980, and spent 71 weeks in total on the chart.
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Jahred Gordon – keyboards, guitar, bass guitar, saxophone
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in the US five years later. The album featured the song "
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In 2003, UB40 and the United Colours of Sound recorded "
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In January 2014, Astro, with other former UB40 members
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Laurence Parry – trumpet, flugelhorn, trombone, vocals
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Astro. He had previously been working for Duke Alloy's
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Blood and Fire: The Autobiography of the UB40 Brothers
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Blood and Fire: The Autobiography of the UB40 Brothers
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Ian Thompson – tenor saxophone, keyboards, percussion
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was released as a '30th Anniversary Special Edition'.
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Norman Lamont Hassan – percussion, trombone, vocals
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Grammy Award for Best Reggae Album
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Scottish
Yemeni
hit singles
Food for Thought
Billboard Hot 100
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