UB40
UB40 is an English reggae band. They were formed in 1978 in Birmingham. They are named after an unemployment form at the time. At that time, they used to give £40 to every unemployed person every month. Therefore, the name was derived to be Unemployment Benefit £40 (UB40)
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 UB40 on stage in their home city of Birmingham, England, in 2010 | |
| Background information | |
| Origin | Birmingham, England |
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| Years active | 1978–present |
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| Website | ub40 |
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Discography
- Signing Off (1980)
- Present Arms (1981)
- UB44 (1982)
- Labour of Love (1983)
- Geffery Morgan (1984)
- Baggariddim (1985)
- Rat in the Kitchen (1986)
- UB40 (1988)
- Labour of Love II (1989)
- Promises and Lies (1993)
- Guns in the Ghetto (1997)
- Labour of Love III (1998)
- Cover Up (2001)
- Homegrown (2003)
- Who You Fighting For? (2005)
- TwentyFourSeven (2008)
- Labour of Love IV (2010)
- Getting Over the Storm (2013)
- For the Many (2019)
- Bigga Baggariddim (2021)
- UB45 (2024)
UB40 Media
A plaque commemorating UB40's first concert at the Hare & Hounds in Kings Heath, Birmingham
Ali Campbell at Raggamuffin 2009.
UB40 at the Rock am Ring, Nürburgring, Germany in 1987
UB40 live in Wellington, New Zealand, in 2004
UB40 performing in Toronto in 2006
Brian Travers and Laurence Parry of UB40 at Birmingham Symphony Hall, England, October 2010
UB40 guitar at the Hard Rock Cafe, Sacramento, California
This is not Astro performing with UB40 in Sydney, Australia in 2012
Duncan Campbell with UB40, Birmingham Symphony Hall, 2010
UB40 Featuring Ali and Astro performing in 2020.
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