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GIG REVIEW: UB40

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UB40 performing their Bigga Baggariddim Tour at Rock City Nottingham on Friday 2nd December 2022. Images and Review by Kevin CooperForty four years ago, eight friends from Birmingham got together to form one of England’s most successful reggae bands, UB40, who went on to sell over se ...
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INTERVIEW: Robin Campbell

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Robin Campbell, guitarist and founder member of the band UB40 chats with Kevin Cooper about the death of their saxophonist and friend Brian Travers, UB40’s new lead singer Matt Doyle, their latest album Bigga Baggariddim and their forthcoming 2022 UK Tour.Robin Campbell is a guitarist an ...
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INTERVIEW: Matt Doyle

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Matt Doyle, (seen here third from the left), singer songwriter and lead singer with UB40, chats with Kevin Cooper about being asked to join the band, his favourite UB40 song, co-writing Champion with Robin Campbell, the adopted anthem for the 2022 Commonwealth Games and their forthcoming 2022 UK ...
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INTERVIEW: Robin Campbell

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Robin Campbell, (seen here third from the left), an English guitarist, singer, songwriter and founder member of UB40, chats with Kevin Cooper about the current state of the health of band member Brian Travers, celebrating forty years in the music industry, releasing a collaborations album and the ...
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GIG REVIEW: UB40

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UB40 performing their For The Many 40th Anniversary Tour at The Royal Concert Nottingham on Monday 13th May 2019Images and Review by Kevin CooperUB40 came to the Royal Concert Hall last night and invited everyone to celebrate forty years since they formed as an eight piece band back in ...
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GIG REVIEW: UB40

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UB40 performing their Cities And Towns Tour at The Genting Arena Birmingham on Friday 15th December 2017.Images and Review by Kevin CooperIn late 1978 two brothers and their friends from Birmingham got together to form UB40 which went on to become one of the most celebrated British reg ...
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GIG REVIEW: UB40

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UB40 performing at Rock City Nottingham on Sunday 16th October 2016 Images and Review by Kevin CooperThe original UB40 invited a packed Rock City to party last night and that is exactly what they did. From the moment that Duncan launched into opener Food For Thought the band had this c ...
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GIG REVIEW: Splendour Festival

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Splendour Festival at Wollaton Park Nottingham on Saturday 23rd July 2016Images and Review by Kevin CooperThis year’s Splendour Music Festival did not need wellies, but flip flops. Nor were rain ponchos needed but fifty factor sun cream as over 23,000 people visited Wollaton Park for ...
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GIG REVIEW: UB40 and Steel Pulse

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UB40 and Steel Pulse performing at the O2 Academy Birmingham on Monday 21st December 2015 Review by Kevin CooperChristmas came early for reggae fans in Birmingham as two of the heavy weights from the areas rich music heritage took to the stage for the second ni ...
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GIG REVIEW: UB40

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UB40 featuring Ali, Astro and Mickey, performing their Silhouette Tour at The Royal Concert Hall Nottingham on Thursday 9th April 2015Images and Review by Kevin CooperWith there being two bands called UB40, both fronted by a Campbell brother, it would be easy to get ...
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