UB40 FEATURING ALI CAMPBELL ANNOUNCED AS TELFORD CONCERT SERIES SATURDAY HEADLINER
21/11/2022
English reggae band UB40 FEATURING ALI CAMPBELL have announced they will headline the Saturday night of the TELFORD CONCERT SERIES. SATURDAY, July 8th 2023, TELFORD QEII ARENA.
To gain early access to tickets, fans can sign up for the exclusive promoter pre-sale HERE
UB40 featuring Ali Campbell, the founding member and lead singer of UB40. Ali left the original band in 2008 citing management issues and was vindicated when said managers were struck off. Ali was then reunited with Astro when he left the original band in 2013. Ali and Astro took the world by storm, captivating audiences everywhere they went, releasing three new albums together reaching number 2 in the UK charts. Heartbreakingly, Astro passed away after a very short illness in November 2021 after they’d finished their incredible fourth album – Unprecedented.
Ali Campbell can still remember the first time he met Astro, a musician who would have a profound impact on him as a lifelong friend and bandmate. It was in Birmingham in the late 1970s, when the pair were in their teens and Astro was part of a crew of black skinheads who roamed the local neighborhood in sheepskin coats, leaving Ali slightly in awe.
Astro, born Terence Wilson, got his nickname on account of his fondness for Dr. Martens boots emblazoned with the brand name Astronaut. When he joined up with singer and guitarist Campbell a few years later in the fledgling UB40, supplying additional vocals and playing trumpet and percussion, he added the final piece to a musical jigsaw that went on to conquer the charts and put British reggae on the world map.
“Astro’s death came as such a shock, and I’m still reeling from it,” says Ali. “This album is now more poignant and special than either of us could have imagined when we were recording it. Astro heartbreakingly passed just two weeks after we’d finished the final mixes, so this is a way of keeping his memory alive.”
TICKETS ARE ON SALE FRIDAY NOVEMBER 25TH AT 12pm FROM GIGANTIC.COM & TICKETSTELFORD.COM
N DUBZ has been announced as the Sunday night headliners of the TELFORD CONCERT SERIES with tickets going on sale Friday, November 25th at 10 am.
Coach Travel Packages will be available from BIG GREEN COACHES to help fans get to and from the concert. The pick-up locations are Birmingham, Coventry, and Wolverhampton.
TICKETS WILL BE PRICED FROM £45 + FEES.
Fans are encouraged to not purchase tickets through secondary ticket sites such as VIAGOGO, tickets are listed at inflated prices and will not be valid for entry to the event.
