BIRMINGHAM music legends UB40 took a trip down memory lane when a plaque is a pub where they played their first gig was at the sun.The Last Night of the Proms tickets online
It was February 9, 1979, at the Hare & Hounds pub in Kings Heath reggae band is their live debut.
“It was a private gig, a friend’s birthday party, but it was our first in front of strangers,” recalled guitarist Robin Campbell. “I remember being paralysed with fear and thinking we would never get through it. Then I was massively relieved they loved us and it turned into a proper party.
“The gig was brilliant and we played our entire repertoire, which was about ten songs. We knew then that we were a band.”
