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UB40’s Robin Campbell Gives Update On The Health Of Duncan Campbell

by Paul Cashmere

UB40 co-founder Robin Campbell has given Noise11.com an update of the health of his brother Duncan Campbell, the former lead singer of UB40, who left the band in 2021 following a stroke.

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UB40 Re-Record Some Classics For 21st Album UB45

by Paul Cashmere

UB40’s 21st album ‘UB45’ has some familiar tunes. The title is a nod to the 45 years since the band’s first gig at The Hare & Hounds Pub in Kings Heath, Birmingham for a friend’s birthday on 9 February 1979.

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UB40 To Tour Australia With Eagle-Eye Cherry

by Paul Cashmere

Robin Campbell’s UB40 will return to Australia in October just months after his estranged brother Ali’s UB40 toured the country.

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UB40 Preview ‘UB45’ With Second Single ‘Home’

by Paul Cashmere

UB40 have dropped a second track from the upcoming ‘UB45’ album with a new song called ‘Home’.

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UB40 Cover 60s Pop Classic ‘Gimme Some Sign’

by Paul Cashmere

Robin Campbell’s UB40 are continuing their tradition of covering pop hit as reggae songs with their latest cover, Brenton Wood’s ‘Gimme Little Sign’ as ‘Gimme Some Kinda Sign’.

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Elvis Costello and UB40 Lead Tributes To Terry Hall

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Elvis Costello and UB40 have led tributes to late The Specials frontman Terry Hall.

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UB40 Debut Official Video for 2022 Commonwealth Games

by Paul Cashmere

UB40 have premiered a brand new video for the 2022 Commonwealth Games.

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UB40 Releases Commonwealth Games Anthem

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UB40 have released the official anthem of the upcoming Commonwealth Games.

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Australia To Cop Two Different UB40 Shows In Three Months

by Paul Cashmere

Australia is about to become the battleground for UB40 wars with the two opposing bands touring one after the other.

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Ali Campbell UB40 UK Tour To Go Ahead After Death of Band Member Astro

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Ali Campbell of UB40’s upcoming UK tour will go ahead in memory of his late bandmate, Astro.

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UB40’s Brian Travers Dies At Age 62

by Paul Cashmere

Brian Travers, the saxophone player and founding member of UB40, has died from cancer at the age of 62.

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UB40 Reveal New Member Matt Doyle

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UB40 have unveiled their first tour dates with new member Matt Doyle.

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Robin Campbell of UB40 Says His Father Folk Singer Ian Campbell Helped Him On Early Songs

by Paul Cashmere

UB40’s Robin Campbell can thank his father, folk singer Ian Campbell, for guiding his early songwriting.

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Duncan Campbell Quits UB40 After Suffering Seizure

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UB40’s Duncan Campbell has quit the band after suffering a seizure earlier this month.

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UB40 Rescheduled Their Rescheduled Australian Dates

by Paul Cashmere @paulcashmere

UB40 are determined to tour Australia after postponing their October 2020 tour and have finally settled on new dates for 2022.

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UB40’s Ali Campbell Has Spoken To His Brother Duncan Since Stroke

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UB40’s Ali Campbell hasn’t spoken to his brother Duncan since he suffered a stroke earlier this month.

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UB40 Shit Storm Erupts Again

by Paul Cashmere

UB40’s continuous shit storm is set to fire up again with news that former members Ali Campbell, Astro and Mickey Virtue are about to tour Australia as Ali Campbell’s UB40.

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High Court To Settle UB40 Naming Rights

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

A British high court has ruled that there is reason to allow a lawsuit brought by the original band UB40 against the splinter version of UB40 led by former lead singer Ali Campbell to move to trial. At stake is who can use the band name.

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UB40 UK Tour Dates

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UB40’s three founding members will be making a triumphant return to UK shores early next year having wowed audiences stateside with a massive North American tour.

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Bluesfest Announce Earliest Artist Announcement Ever And Here It Is

by Paul Cashmere

Bluesfest has just dropped its earliest announcement ever with 13 acts named for the 2016 event.

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UB40 To Tour With Original Line-up

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

UB40, the original version of the band, now fronted by Duncan Campbell, and not the new take with original singer Ali Campbell, will tour the U.K. this fall in their second tour for the year.

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UB40 Makes Fans Ears Bleed

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

UB40 played at the Corn Exchange in Cambridge, England on Monday night and the sound from the show forced a number of fans to flee and one to claim much more.

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UB40 Outraged Over UB40

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

UB40 are heading for the courts over the band name.

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UB40 Reform Sort Of

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UB40 are getting back together … kind of.

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UB40 To Return To Touring At End Of October

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

UB40, who were forced to postpone a series of shows due to drummer Jimmy Brown’s repetitive strain injuries in his wrists, will return to the road by the end of October.

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UB40 Drummer Injured, UK Tour Cancelled

by Roger Wink, VVN Music

British reggae band UB40 have been forced to postpone their upcoming UK tour of after drummer Jimmy Brown was diagnosed with a wrist injury. q

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Queen To Be Honoured With Heritage Music Plaque At Site Of First Gig

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PRS for Music today announced that one of the greatest bands of all time will be honoured with a music Heritage Award.

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Supergrass Honoured By Hometown Heritage Award

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Gaz Coombes, Mick Quinn, Danny Goffey and Rob Coombes were honoured by a PRS for Music with a Heritage Award at The Jericho Tavern in Oxford.

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Reggae Hitmakers UB40 Declare Bankruptcy

by Andrew Tijs

Despite scores of hits and tens of millions of albums sold, four members of reggae megastars UB40 declare bankruptcy.

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