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UB40 is Minus Ali Campbell
Posted at 3:33 am By: jamie | Filed Under Music News
“Red, red wine
It`s up to you
All I can do,I`ve done
But mem`ries won`t go
No, mem`ries won`t go…”
I just love singing along to that song, and Red Red Wine happens to be one of my best-liked songs under the reggae genre, thanks to UB40. But recently, Ali Campbell, one of the founders (along with his brother Robin Campbell) of this pop reggae band leaves the group citing management problems. Campbell said in his website that there have been ongoing management difficulties for almost five years and it had become intolerable. He wrote as well that no words can express how upset he feels that he have been forced to make that decision.
Ali Campbell’s bandmates said though that he’s leaving for a solo career. The band pronounced that Campbell has taken the decision to focus on his solo career and in doing so, could not give his full commitment to UB40.
UB40 is best known for fusing pop and reggae, forming hits like their versions of “Red Red Wine (Neil Diamond),” “I Got You Babe (Sonny and Cher)” and “(I Can’t Help) Falling in Love With You (Elvis Presley).” They have sold millions of records worldwide, toured the world six times, topped the UK singles chard three times among other feats, in a career spanning for almost thirty years. They were formed in Birmingham, England and had their first performance on February 9, 1979 during a friend’s birthday party, and the rest was as they say, history.
The band was named after the paper form issued by the UK government’s Department of Employment at the time of the band’s formation for claiming unemployment benefit (UB40 = Unemployment Benefit, Form 40).
Campbell will quit after performing his last concerts with the band next month in Australia, New Zealand and Uganda. UB40’s upcoming “24/7,” which was recorded with Campbell, will be released as planned in May.
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