Nearly five decades after forming, UB40 proved they remain a powerful live act, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Robin Campbell: ‘They always talk about Oasis and how big they are, but they can’t catch a cold outside of England, really’ (Press ...

Reversing what it has done with the three albums in its "Labour of Love" series of covers, veteran U.K.-based pop reggae act UB40 has assembled a who's who of reggae greats to reinterpret 14 of the… ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. UB40 toaster Astro, who helped launch the group in the late ’70s in Birmingham, England, passed after a “short illness.” One of ...

Legendary British reggae-pop group UB40 is celebrating its 47th anniversary with a global tour and a brand-new album, and the band will be bringing the party to Wolf Trap on Aug. 31 at 8 p.m. With ...

UB40 Headlines Reggae Night at the Bowl: It’s reggae night at the Hollywood Bowl, and not in that awful “new reggae” fashion (Soja, etc). Birmingham veterans UB40 are joined by the Original Wailers ...

Birmingham reggae stars UB40 have asked five Midland musicians to support them on their UK tour. Mile Wide Stride, who hail from Nuneaton and Bedworth, are set to open the tour with a gig at the ...

“It was such an iconic venue,” drummer Jimmy Brown tells me. “I’d grown up watching the boxing from there. I thought, this is about as good as it gets.” Six years later, it got better. “We got asked ...

Astro, a reggae toaster and singer who helped anchor the British band UB40 for more than 30 years, dancing across the stage in frenetic live shows, singing lead on songs such as “Rat in Mi Kitchen” ...

One of the founders of the veteran British reggae band UB40 has died. Terence “Astro” Wilson helped launch the group in the late 1970s in Birmingham, England. He reportedly suffered a “short illness,” ...