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UB40, United Kingdom, Birmingham - England |
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James Brown (Drums, syncussion), Ali Campbell (Vocals, guitar), Robin Campbell (Guitar, vocals), Earl Falconer (bass guitar), Normal Hassan (Percussion, vocals), Brian Travers (Saxophones), Michael Virtue (Keyboards) and Astro (Toasting, rhyming, percussion) |
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UB40 are a British dub / reggae pop music band formed in 1978 in Birmingham. The band is one of the most culturally diverse dub reggae bands with musicians of English, Scottish, Irish, Yemeni and Jamaican parentage. The band is named from the paper form issued by the UK government's Department of Health and Social Security at the time of the band's formation for claiming unemployment benefit (UB40 = Unemployment Benefit, Form 40). |
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News in english
about UB40
(June / 2009)
Pumping: UB40 - Live At Montreux 2002 Date: 12 Jun 2009
ChartAttack.com -
That was actually kind of fun and not at all the horrible, ear-stabbing experience we thought it was going to be. Well, except for "Red, Red Wine." That's some irritating wedding song bullshit right there that never needs to be played ever again.
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Celebrity birthdays on June 24 Date: 24 Jun 2009
Miami Herald -
Actor Al Molinaro (Happy Days) is 90. Actress Michele Lee is 67. Guitarist Jeff Beck is 65. Drummer Mick Fleetwood of Fleetwood Mac is 62. Actor Peter Weller is 62. Reggae singer Derrick Simpson of Black Uhuru is 59. Actress Nancy Allen is 59. Singer Astro of UB40 is 52. Actress Sherry Stringfield (ER) is 42. Actress Mindy Kaling (The Office) is 30. Singer Solange Knowles is 23.
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