Monday, 14 March 2011

UB40 frontman ALI Campbell revealed at Villa Marina

UB40 frontman ALI Campbell will be revealed at the Villa Marina, Douglas at the end of this month.

Ali is a part of UB40 sold 70 million records worldwide, he left UB40 in 2008.

He will perform the greatest hits on this band such as Red Red Wine, Kingston Town and many more run on March 24.

Tickets are available at the Welcome Centre at the Sea Terminal, Douglas, price for the tickets are £32.50.

Wednesday, 2 March 2011

The three concerts band UB40 a roaring success

The three concerts featuring internationally acclaimed reggae band UB40 were a roaring success.

Shows that
thousands of screaming fans Hage Geingob Stadium Thursday held in Windhoek on Saturday attended.


The award-winning UK based band is known for his sharp gigs and gigs three Windhoek was no exception. Life as they proved when the concert UB40 on their promise and delivered excellent shows that around midnight Rehoboth hope of orphans continues to raise funds for the village was dozens.

Local and South African artists with the support of a good time could not be good. Many of the best music program reflects Namibia killing described as.

The highlight of the nights were definitely the band’s anthemic ‘Red Red Wine’, and other smash hits namely: ‘I Got You Babe’, ‘Cherry Oh Baby’, ‘Can’t Help Falling In Love’, ‘Here I Am (Come And Take Me)’, ‘Don’t Break My Heart’ and ‘Tell Me Is It True.’

Audience definition, under their red wine can happen, not only defeated but also flow with the group sang together.

Saturday's shows that the concert was better because it also - Namibia never seen a concert goers probably drew the largest group, and environment, however, only had electricity in the crowd was well behaved What, while security was visible.

Saturday UB40 show like Friday from his new album songs and they performed open heart out additional songs belted audience started screaming when: “We want more, we want more, we want more.”

"New Era" with the color band seized yesterday, because it's just a London plane was about to board.

Brian Travers, a saxophonist, said, “I am happy to be in Namibia. I feel honoured to play music here,” said Brian Travers, a saxophonist.

He added, “We want to come and make music with the children, get them singing and teach them some choreography. We want to see if we can inspire them”.

Travers said the crowd especially incredible was Saturday. He especially Cheers and Fashion Bar on love nightlife. He said he brought her here for holidays and family get together will definitely like.

UB40 band performance before all of Europe that are working on new album over the summer for the festival and U.S. travel plans.

Tickets for the three concerts priced from N$150 to N$1 000 while an extra N$100 was charged for fans that bought tickets at the gate.

Monday, 21 February 2011

Countdown to UB40 concert begins


On 23 February,UB40 band will arrive in Windhoek. The band will be touring in order to raise funds for Hope Village, situated close to Rehoboth.The band will perform three day concerts.

At the Hage Geingob Rugby Stadium in Olympia from 24 to 26 February concert will take place.

A variety of local as well as South African artists will also perform at the three day concert.

UB40 will play all three days i.eThursday, 24 February,Friday, 25 February, Saturday, 26 February respectively.

Wednesday, 16 February 2011

Ub40 Stars Face Bankruptcy


British reggae band UB40 five original members are confronting bankruptcy, according to a U.K. report.

Liquidators are investigating Robin Campbell, Brian Travers, Terence Wilson, Norman Hassan and James Brown for their finances.

At Birmingham County Court in England on Monday (14Feb11),proceedings are due to commence reports Britain's News of the World.

The group, which took its name from the Unemployment Benefit form 40 in the 1980s, has been under scrutiny from tax officials over its record label, Dep International, which was established in 1980.

Sunday, 6 February 2011

ALI CAMPBELL'S UB40 ANNOUNCE UK TOUR & TICKETS


Ali Campbell, the UB40 band member has revealed dates from a UK tour in May.

Over 70 million albums and 40 UK hit singles including 'Red, Red Wine', 'I Got You Babe', 'Can't Help Falling In Love', 'Many Rivers To Cross' and many, many more has been sold by Ali Campbell.

Ali Campbell since leaving UB40 three years ago unleashed three hugely successful solo albums back to back - 'Running Free', 'Flying High' and most recently 'Great British Songs ' - returning to the Top Ten and Top Fifteen respectively in the UK album charts with each release.Ali Campbell ex-UB40 band frontman is now touring with band.

Just before this new tour Ali is set to release a new DVD entitled 'Live at the Royal Albert Hall'.Ali Campbell will also play at Plymouth's Volksfest on May 28th and Henley's 'Rewind – 80s Festival' on August 21st.

Ali Campbell's UB40 have announced the following UK shows:

5th May 2011, O2 Academy Oxford, Oxford
6th May 2011, Indigo2, Greenwich
8th May 2011, O2 Academy Liverpool, Liverpool
9th May 2011, O2 Academy Newcastle, Newcastle Upon Tyne
26th May 2011, O2 Academy Sheffield, Sheffield
27th May 2011, O2 Academy Birmingham, Birmingham

Wednesday, 29 December 2010

Illness hits UB40 Nam show


THE cancellation of the much awaited UB40 charity gig in Windhoek at the last minute yesterday has left fans heartbroken and children at the Hope Village more hopeless.

A painfully terse statement carried on UB40’s website yesterday said the Windhoek show would no longer go ahead on Saturday because one of the band members has been given ‘strict instructions by his doctor that he must have immediate and complete rest to enable him to be treated for a medical condition’.

“This is not a decision the band or their management has taken lightly and the decision was made as absolute last resort.

UB40 founding member Brian Travers said: “You only have to study the case for five minutes to know that Gary’s conviction is wrong