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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
(November / 2009)
Rockpalast Concerts From UB40 and Thin Lizzy Coming To DVD Date: 03 Nov 2009
antiMUSIC -
Like American Bandstand or Top Of The Pops, German Television's Rockpalast series has played a pivotal role in showcasing many classic bands.
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UB40, The Rainbow Courtyard, Birmingham Date: 04 Nov 2009
Independent -
They have had number one singles across the globe and sold millions of albums. But this week, UB40 - a band more used to playing to packed stadia, stepped out onto the stage of a much smaller venue, the 350-capacity Rainbow Courtyard.
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UB40 play concert to support pub Date: 04 Nov 2009
BBC News -
Birmingham band UB40 play a free gig to lend support to a Birmingham pub served with a noise abatement order.
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UB40 raise the roof for threatened pub Date: 04 Nov 2009
Express and Star -
Midlands legends UB40 returned to their roots as they staged an intimate one-off concert to help raise money for a threatened Birmingham pub.
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Pato Banton gets the reggae rhymes flowing in Petaluma Date: 06 Nov 2009
Marin Independent Journal -
Pato Banton, playing Petaluma's Mystic Theatre on Nov. 7, was mentored by the English Beat's Ranking Roger and made his debut guesting on "Special Beat Service," the Beat's third album. "Don't Sniff Coke" appeared on Banton's second solo record "Don't Give In" and since then he has worked with UB40, Paul Shaffer (of Late Night with David Letterman) as well as several collaborations with Ranking ...
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Rockpalast Concerts From UB40 and Thin Lizzy Coming To DVD Date: 07 Nov 2009
antiMUSIC -
A top story from this week. Like American Bandstand or Top Of The Pops, German Television's Rockpalast series has played a pivotal role in showcasing many classic bands.
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7-Eleven House Wine Taste Test: My Mom Takes a Spin Down Yosemite Road Date: 10 Nov 2009
Fast Company Magazine -
I don't know about the chardonnay, but if Yosemite Road Cabernet, 7-Eleven's house brand , were a song, it'd be "Red, Red Wine." Not Neil Diamond's original. Or even Tony Tribe's excellent rocksteady version. It'd be the UB40 cover, because it's obvious, completely inoffensive, and in this case, on heavy rotation in my mom's place. At a recent "purse party," she secretly replaced her friends ...
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Live Aid Promoter Dies Date: 18 Nov 2009
New Kerala -
LIVE AID promoter MAURICE JONES has died at the age of 64. After starting his music career managing British band Slade, Jones founded his own promotions company, which worked with the likes of AC/DC and Def Leppard to Simply Red, Eurythmics, UB40, Simple Minds and, later, Oasis.
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