UB40 Featuring Ali Campbell – Astro – Mickey Virtue: Labour Of Love I & II 2016 UK Tour Announcement
UB40’s three founding members will be making a triumphant return to UK shores early next year having wowed audiences stateside with a massive North American tour.
Proving they are still a worldwide tour de force, Britain’s biggest reggae band of all time will be satisfying demand for more UK shows – performing classic hits and gems from their seminal albums’ Labour Of Love Parts I & II’.
Two of the band’s most successful and defining albums, ‘Labour Of Love Parts I & II’ between them include eight UK Top 20 Singles, including ‘Red, Red Wine’, ‘Kingston Town’ and ‘The Way You Do The Things You Do’.
The Spring 2016 UK tour starts at the Newcastle City Hall on 26th April, taking in Manchester Apollo, London’s O2 Arena, Birmingham Barclaycard Arena, Brighton Centre, Cardiff Motorpoint Arena, finishing at the Plymouth Pavilions on 5th May.
Ali Campbell said “We’ve had an outstanding couple of years on this world tour, what a way to finish it with an arena tour in the good old UK, come & party with us!”
Now embarking upon this huge UK Tour, the three-piece’s step up to even larger venues is a testament to the longevity of their songs, as well as UB40’s status as Britain’s most successful Reggae band of all time, a true music pioneer since 1979.
Glenn Sargeant
UB40 Featuring Ali Campbell – Astro – Mickey Virtue will be performing ‘Labour Of Love I & II’ on a 7-date UK Tour in 2016 at the following venues:
Tuesday 26th April 2016 – City Hall, Newcastle, United Kingdom http://newcastlecityhall.org/event/ub40-perform-labour-of-love-i-ii-tour/
Wednesday 27th April 2016 – O2 Apollo Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom http://www.ticketmaster.co.uk/event/36004F32B3FD64B8?brand=livenationo2
Friday 29th April 2016 – The O2 Arena, London, United Kingdom (Arena Show) http://www.theo2.co.uk/events/detail/ub40-2
Sunday 1st May 2016 – Barclaycard Arena, Birmingham, United Kingdom (Arena Show) http://www.barclaycardarena.co.uk/whats-on/ub40-featuring-ali-astro-and-mickey
Tuesday 3rd May 2016 – Brighton Centre, Brighton, United Kingdom http://brightoncentre.co.uk/whats-on/2016/ub40-featuring-ali-campbell-astro-and-mickey-virtue/
Wednesday 4th May 2016 – Motorpoint Arena, Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom (Arena Show) http://www.motorpointarenacardiff.com/
Thursday 5th May 2016 – Plymouth Pavilions, Plymouth, United Kingdom https://www.plymouthpavilions.com/Online/default.asp?doWork::WScontent::loadArticle=Load&BOparam::WScontent::loadArticle::article_id=EF87702B-D1B9-4CE0-B6A3-0A15C19B31F1
(Tickets priced at £35 except London and Birmingham £38.50)
Presale for Barclaycard Arena, Birmingham available here: https://www.ents24.com/birmingham-events/the-barclaycard-arena-the-nia/ub40-featuring-ali-astro-and-mickey/4454472
Tickets on sale to general public Friday 25th September at 9.00am
For more information visit: http://www.ub40.org/
(Thanks to Dan Deacon at Deacon Communications for help with this announcement)
