Former UB40 frontman Ali Campbell has claimed he acrimoniously quit the reggae band after 30 years due to a row about time off. Founding member Campbell said his decision to leave the Birmingham group ...

UB40 recorded "Red Red Wine" believing it was a Jamaican reggae song. Neil Diamond had actually written it, releasing his own ...

On rare occasions, cover songs will take an original tune and give it an entirely new life, which one UK band managed to do ...

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They sold more than 100 million records, topped global charts with hits like Red Red Wine, and built an empire from ...

CORRECT. It’s ‘Take Me Back to London (Sir Spyro Remix)’, featuring Stormzy, Jaykae and Aitch. “Got that one! I was flattered, as I always am to get mention in somebody else’s lyrics.” There are two ...

"Red Red Wine" was initially released in 1967 as the third track on Diamond's Just for You album. This was Diamond's second release, following 1966's The Feel of Neil Diamond, but the first consisted ...

UB40 featuring Ali Campbell will perform at Newmarket Nights in 2027, bringing reggae classics to Newmarket’s July Course for the first time since 2014.

Brian Travers, saxophone player and founding member of the Brit pop and reggae band UB40, died Sunday surrounded by family at his home in the UK. He was 62. His iconic “Red Red Wine” band confirmed ...

Brian Travers, a saxophonist, arranger and lyricist for the group UB40 and one of its founding members, died Sunday at age 62 at his home near Birmingham in England. The cause of death was cancer; ...