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UB40
- 1978
- UB40 was formed
- Original members were
Robin Campbell, Ali
Campbell, Earl Falconer,
Brian Travers, James
Brown, Norman Hassan,
Michael Virtue and
Astro
- Started rehearsing in a local basement
- Named after the form which is
needed to clam benefits -
Unemployment Benefit Form 40
- 1980
- Started touring in
Summer 1980 with
the Pretenders
- First single released in
September1980
- "King b/w Food For
Thought"
- Reached No. 5 in UK
- "King b/w Food For
Thought"
- September - First
album released
- Signing off
- Made up of
original songs and
reggae covers
- Reached number 2
in charts
- Stayed in charts for 72 weeks
- Made up of
original songs and
reggae covers
- Signing off
- Fanbase
mainly made
up of students
- 1981
- Second
album
Present
Arms
released
- Track from
album 'One in
Ten' became
anthem for
British protest
movement
- Track from
album 'One in
Ten' became
anthem for
British protest
movement
- Album
Present
Arms in
Dub
released
- 1st ever dub
album to reach the
Top 40
- 1st ever dub
album to reach the
Top 40
- 1982
- Album UB44 released
- Recorded
in Dublin
- Recorded
in Dublin
- CBS ended
licensing deal with
the band
- Signed with
Richard Bransons
Virgin Records
- Signed with
Richard Bransons
Virgin Records
- Opened own
studio in
Birmingham
called The
Abbatoir
- 1983
- Released Album
Labour Of Love
- Bands first
No.1 album in
UK charts
- Stayed in
charts for 18
months
- Lead single
Red Red
Wine stayed
in charts for
2 years
- First
american
No. 1
- First
american
No. 1
- Bands first
No.1 album in
UK charts
- Album
Live
realeased
- 1984
- Album
Geffrey
Morgan
released
- 1985
- Album
Baggariddim
released
- 1986
- Album
Rat In
The
Kitchen
released
- Main single-
Sing Our Own
Song
- Written in support of
black artists in South
Africa
- Written in support of
black artists in South
Africa
- Main single-
Sing Our Own
Song
- 1987
- Album UB40 CCCP
Live in Moscow
released
- Released after tour
to Soviet Union
- Released after tour
to Soviet Union
- Ray
Falconer
dies in
car crash
- His brother
Earl was
driving and
gets a prison
sentence of 6
months
- His brother
Earl was
driving and
gets a prison
sentence of 6
months
- 1988
- Album UB40
released
- Went on
many long
world
tours
- Performed in Free
Nelson Mandela
Concert
- Performed in Free
Nelson Mandela
Concert
- Went on
many long
world
tours
- 1989
- Labour Of
Love II
released
- 1993
- Album Promises and
Lies released
- Bands biggest
selling album
- Track from album
Can't Help Falling In
Love was their third UK
No. 1
- Used in film Sliver
- Used in film Sliver
- Bands biggest
selling album
- 1994
- Band disbanded
- Many started
their own
musical
projects
- Many started
their own
musical
projects
- 1995
- Album Best Of
UB40 Volume 2
released
- Filled in gap
while band
was
disbanded
- Filled in gap
while band
was
disbanded
- 1996
- Group got
back together
- Starred in
film Speed 2
with their
song Tell
Me It Is
True
- Starred in
film Speed 2
with their
song Tell
Me It Is
True
- 1997
- Guns In
Ghetto album
released
- 1998
- Dance hall album released
- Featured Jamaican acts
- Beenie Man
- Mad Cobra
- Lady Sam
- Beenie Man
- Featured Jamaican acts
- Labour Of Love III released
- 12th Top 10 album
- 12th Top 10 album
- 2000
- Best of
UB40
released
- 2001
- Album Cover Up released
- 2002
- Fathers Of
Reggae released
- Featured reggae artists
who inspired band
- Took 3
years to
record
- Featured reggae artists
who inspired band
- 2003
- Platinum
Collection
released
- Made up of
LAbour of Love
series
- Made up of
LAbour of Love
series
- 2004
- 2005
- Who You
Fighting For
released
- Released on 25th
anniversary of their
recording debut
- Released on 25th
anniversary of their
recording debut
- 2007
- Dub Sessions
album released
- 2008
- Ali Campbell leaves
group to pursue solo
career
- Replaced by
Duncan
Campbell
- Replaced by
Duncan
Campbell
- 2009
- Love Songs album
released
- Best of
Labour Of
Love
released
- Dub Sessions 2 released
- 2010
- Labour of Love
IV released
- Dub Sessions
III released
- Labour of Love
IV released
- Love Songs album
released
- Ali Campbell leaves
group to pursue solo
career
- Dub Sessions
album released
- Who You
Fighting For
released
- 2005
- Homegrown
album
released
- Received Ivor Novello
award for International
Achievements
- Platinum
Collection
released
- Fathers Of
Reggae released
- Album Cover Up released
- Best of
UB40
released
- Dance hall album released
- Guns In
Ghetto album
released
- Group got
back together
- Album Best Of
UB40 Volume 2
released
- Band disbanded
- Album Promises and
Lies released
- Labour Of
Love II
released
- Album UB40
released
- Album UB40 CCCP
Live in Moscow
released
- Album
Rat In
The
Kitchen
released
- Album
Baggariddim
released
- Album
Geffrey
Morgan
released
- Released Album
Labour Of Love
- Album UB44 released
- Second
album
Present
Arms
released
- Created their own record label
- DEP International
- All 8 members
owned an equal
share
- DEP International
- Signed licensing deal with CBS
- Started touring in
Summer 1980 with
the Pretenders
- Originated in Birmingham
- UB40 was formed
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