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UB40 featuring Ali Campbell has announced a tour titled "The Hits Tour," which is scheduled to be held from April 6, 2024, to April 16, 2024, in venues across mainland UK.
The band announced the new tour, which will feature performances in cities such as Liverpool, Leeds and London, via a post on the official ticketing partner, My Ticket UK's twitter page.
Tickets for the tour will be available via the official ticketing partner site, My Ticket UK and will be available for purchase from September 8, 2023 at 10:00 am local time. Ticket prices have not been announced.
UB40 ft. Ali Campbell's tour will kick off in Dublin
UB40 and Ali Campbell are both veterans of the reggae music genre, with the former completing 45 years of being a band and the latter having been one of the lead singers of the band.
Before the main tour, UB40 featuring Ali Campbell will play a series of shows throughout UK in late 2023, wrapping up with a show at the Dreamland in Margate, UK.
The full list of dates and venues for the UB40 featuring Ali Campbell The Hits tour is given below:
- April 04 2024 – Dublin, Ireland at 3Arena
- April 06 2024 – Liverpool, UK at M&S Bank Arena
- April 07 2024 – Glasgow, Scotland at SEC Armadillo
- April 09 2024 – Leeds, UK at first direct Arena
- April 11 2024 – London, UK at O2 Arena
- April 13 2024 – Birmingham, UK at Utilita Arena
- April 14 2024 – Cardiff, Wales at Utilita Arena
- April 16 2024 – Nottingham, UK at Motorpoint Arena
Tracing UB40 and their music career
The band was formed as a collaboration between Jimmy Brown, Robin Campbell, Ali Campbell, Earl Falconer, Norman Hassan, and others. The band's name was derived from the unemployment benefit form required for receiving said benefits from the Department of Employment, Unemployment Benefit Form 40.
The band had their first major chart breakthrough with their debut studio album, Signing Off, which was released on August 29, 1980. The album peaked at number 2 on the UK album chart.
The band achieved critical and commercial acclaim with their tenth studio album, Promises and Lies, which was released on July 12, 1983. The album was a chart topper on the UK, Australian, Dutch, and Kiwi album charts respectively.
