05 November 2009
Newsdesk
Legendary UB40 are set to tour the UK this year and are releasing their new compilation album ‘Love Songs’ on 2nd February 09. The compilation brings together 20 of the band’s best loved tracks.
Formed in 1978, the Birmingham band found world-wide success with the massive number 1 hits ‘Red Red Wine’, ‘Can’t Help Falling In Love’ and ‘I Got You Babe’. Thirty years on and 54 UK hit singles later, the band is still going strong with Duncan Campbell taking over from brother Ali on vocals.
Lead guitarist Robin Campbell said, “UB40 are really excited about performing in the UK in November/December this year where we will be playing songs from our forthcoming album ‘Labour of Love IV’. Last year’s shows in Europe, USA, Bermuda and Canada with the new line up proved a great success, one of the many highlights being a sold-out show to 18,000 people at the Hollywood Bowl. The UK audience’s acceptance of the new line up was overwhelmingly supportive and we can’t wait to play them some of our new material.”
Fellow British artist, Eddy Grant will be the special guest on all the UK arena dates. Grant’s career has spanned over thirty years and has had many hit singles including ‘Do You Feel My Love’ and ‘I Don’t Wanna Dance’ which stayed at Number 1 in the UK charts for 3 weeks in 1982. Grant’s biggest single was ‘Electric Avenue’ which went on to sell over 1 million copies worldwide having been re-released in 2001 as a remix. As an artist who has always been politically astute, Grant scored another hit with "Gimme Hope Jo'anna", during the apartheid regime. Most recently, Eddy Grant performed at Glastonbury 2008.
Said Eddy, “Look out for an amazing show! The mixture of British reggae from UB40 to my hit laden spot of ringbang music will have everybody dancing in the aisles and a night when everybody will dance home and plan to book a flight to the Caribbean for some more!”
Not many bands can boast seventy million albums sold; from their debut ‘Signing Off” to the forthcoming album ‘Labour Of Love IV’. UB40 have brought their unique reggae sound to the masses. As live performers, UB40 are second to none, having toured the world and sold out arenas on every continent.
This year’s nationwide arena tour which will kick off in Belfast’s Odyssey on 21st November 2009.
The full list of confirmed 2009 tour dates are as follows:
21st November (Belfast Odyssey Arena)
23rd November (Glasgow SECC)
24th November (Newcastle Metro Arena)
4th December (Sheffield Arena)
5th December (Manchester MEN Arena)
6th December (Liverpool Arena)
8th December (Bournemouth BIC)
9th December (Brighton Centre)
12th December (London 02)
15th December (Plymouth Pavilions)
16th December (Nottingham Trent FM Arena)
18th December (Cardiff Arena)
21st December (Birmingham LG Arena)
