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Sept 24 – 8pm

UB40 featuring Ali, Mickey & Astro

Tickets starting at $35 (plus taxes & fees)

On sale April 9

 

All three were founding members of the iconic Birmingham reggae troupe who topped the UK singles charts on three occasions and sold 70 million records as they took their smooth yet rootsy musical blend to all corners of the globe.

 

As original members of UB40, Ali, Mickey and Astro helped to define reggae music for a generation. The band, formed in 1979 in the Birmingham suburb of Moseley, pooled a diverse set of influences to put a fresh, indigenous slant on Jamaican reggae. After encouragement from Chrissie Hynde, who offered them support slots with her chart-topping band The Pretenders,

 

UB40 went on to dominate charts around the world, not least with the hugely successful Labour Of Love series. The first Labour Of Love album, in 1983, yielded a cover of Neil Diamond's Red Red Wine that topped the charts on both sides of the Atlantic. The band secured two further chart-topping singles at home in (I Can't Help) Falling In Love With You(also another US number one) and I Got You Babe a duet between Ali and the band's old friend Chrissie Hynde, and Ali and Robin Campbell also scored a No.1 with Baby Come Back.

Official Website: http://www.ub40.org/