UB40 to Release First New Album in Five Years
Ahead of 40th Anniversary Tour!
� For The Many is the Birmingham reggae veterans� nineteenth studio album - their first since 2013�s Getting Over The Storm
� Features UB40�s founding members Robin Campbell (co-vocals/Guitar), Brian Travers (saxophone/keyboards), Jimmy Brown (drums), Earl Falconer (bass/keyboards/vocals) and Norman Hassan (percussion/vocals), alongside long-time members Duncan Campbell (vocals), Martin Meredith (saxophone), Laurence Parry (trumpet) and Tony Mullings (keyboards)
� Includes a 24 page booklet complete with photos of the band and lyrics to all songs
� Features guest appearances from Birmingham rapper Gilly G, who features the video Moonlight Lover and Jamaican artist/producer Kabaka Pyramid Broken Man
� UB40 are reunited with reggae deejays/artists Pablo Rider I�m Alright Jack and Slinger Gravy Train, both of whom appeared the band�s 1985 album Baggariddim
� The album�s closing track All We Do Is Cry sees the band collaborate again with British Asian urban musician Hunterz, who previously co-wrote and sang UB40�s single �Reasons� from the 2005 album Who You Fighting For. In the same year, Hunterz performed the single stage with UB40 and The Dhol Blasters at the Live 8 concert held in Hyde Park
� This album precedes UB40�s 40th anniversary tour, which will see the band play 38 dates across the UK (more info their website)
Formed in Birmingham in 1978, UB40 named themselves after the UK government�s unemployment benefit form. Their debut album Signing Off was released in August 1980 and is considered by many to be one of the greatest reggae albums ever released by a British band.
It was the start of a career that led to 100 million record sales worldwide and dozens of hits, including Red, Red Wine, I Got You Babe and (I Can't Help) Falling in Love with You which all topped the charts in the UK and in many countries across Europe. The band had a run of hit albums that have spent a combined period of eleven years in the UK�s Top 75 album chart, establishing UB40 as one of Britain�s most successful bands of all-time.
