{"id":47305,"date":"2019-02-26T15:30:02","date_gmt":"2019-02-26T15:30:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/?p=47305"},"modified":"2019-02-26T15:31:15","modified_gmt":"2019-02-26T15:31:15","slug":"ub40-set-to-release-first-new-album-in-five-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2019\/02\/ub40-set-to-release-first-new-album-in-five-years\/","title":{"rendered":"UB40 Set To Release First New Album In Five Years"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 align=\"justify\"><strong>&#8216;For The Many&#8217; is the Birmingham reggae veterans&#8217; nineteenth studio album &#8211; their first since 2013&#8217;s &#8216;Getting Over The Storm&#8217;.<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><!-- Random Ad stuff --> <ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-2076862002005673\" data-ad-slot=\"3107208401\" data-ad-format=\"auto\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins><\/p>\n<div align=\"justify\">It features UB40s 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).<\/div>\n<div align=\"justify\"><\/div>\n<div align=\"justify\">Formed in Birmingham in 1978, UB40 named themselves after the UK government&#8217;s unemployment benefit form. Their debut album &#8216;Signing Off&#8217; was released in August 1980 and is considered by many to be one of the greatest reggae albums ever released by a British band.<\/div>\n<div align=\"justify\"><\/div>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WYgDAEe6r-Y\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div align=\"justify\"><\/div>\n<div align=\"justify\">It was the start of a career that led to 100 million record sales worldwide and dozens of hits, including &#8216;Red, Red Wine&#8217;, &#8216;I Got You Babe&#8217;. and &#8216;(I Can&#8217;t Help) Falling in Love With You&#8217;, 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&#8217;s Top 75 album chart, establishing UB40 as one of Britain&#8217;s most successful bands of all-time.<\/div>\n<div align=\"justify\"><\/div>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JxlKyexo9rU\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div align=\"justify\"><\/div>\n<div align=\"justify\">Jimmy Brown said,<\/div>\n<div align=\"justify\"><\/div>\n<blockquote>\n<div align=\"justify\">&#8220;&#8216;For The Many&#8217; is our first original album with Duncan, and a true reflection of where the band are at right now. It gave us an opportunity to go back to our roots and draw on the 1970s-style reggae that inspired us to be in a band in the first place. We intended to make an uncompromising reggae album and I think we have achieved that. There&#8217;s lots of dub, various guest toasters and a blend of love songs and political songs. I&#8217;m really happy with the final result. We&#8217;re really looking forward to playing some of these tunes live on our 40th anniversary tour in spring next year.&#8221;<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div align=\"justify\"><\/div>\n<div align=\"justify\">Duncan Campbell said,<\/div>\n<div align=\"justify\"><\/div>\n<blockquote>\n<div align=\"justify\">&#8220;After ten years of fronting UB40, for us to make an album of our own original material feels like the final hurdle for me. The album and its title reflect how UB40 are all in support of Jeremy Corbyn and The Labour Party. Both of the songs I have written on the album (I&#8217;m Alright Jack and Poor Fool) also reflect this. We all feel this album is going back to what UB40 was all about and we are all excited for everybody to hear the album and looking forward to touring it.&#8221;<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div align=\"justify\"><\/div>\n<div align=\"justify\">Robin Campbell added,<\/div>\n<div align=\"justify\"><\/div>\n<blockquote>\n<div align=\"justify\">&#8220;&#8216;For The Many&#8217; is a great mix of reggae styles, while the different artists we have collaborated with will appeal to more fans and tastes in reggae &#8211; it really is an album for the many. The 2019 UK tour is a continuation of our 40th year celebrations, as well as sharing tracks from our latest album. We&#8217;re playing all over the UK instead of a few arena dates, meaning our fans from all over the UK can get to see us much more locally and up close &#8211; truly a tour for the many.&#8221;<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div align=\"justify\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"47306\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2019\/02\/ub40-set-to-release-first-new-album-in-five-years\/for-the-many\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/for-the-many.jpg?fit=1500%2C1500&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1500,1500\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"for the many\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/for-the-many.jpg?fit=640%2C640&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-47306\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/for-the-many.jpg?resize=640%2C640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"for the many\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" \/><\/div>\n<div align=\"justify\"><\/div>\n<div align=\"justify\">The album&#8217;s artwork was created by Brian Travers, whose abstract canvases have been the subject of several highly acclaimed exhibitions. He said,<\/div>\n<div align=\"justify\"><\/div>\n<blockquote>\n<div align=\"justify\">&#8220;Our 40th anniversary celebrations started earlier last year with our sold-out show at the Royal Albert Hall in June, and we had our big hometown concert at Arena Birmingham on 21 December. We can&#8217;t wait to finally release For The Many in February and then start our 40th anniversary in March.&#8221;<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\" align=\"justify\">Find UB40 online on their <a href=\"http:\/\/ub40.global\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">official website<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ub40official\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/UB40OFFICIAL\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/ub40official\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Instagram<\/a>.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For The Many is the Birmingham reggae veterans&#8217; nineteenth studio album &#8211; their first since 2013&#8217;s Getting Over The Storm. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":47304,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[9,640],"tags":[19500,983,19503,19501,19495,19496,19499,144,19498,1182,19502,19497,13030],"class_list":["post-47305","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-new-releases","category-videos","tag-i-cant-help-falling-in-love-with-you","tag-birmingham","tag-brian-travers","tag-duncan-campbell","tag-for-the-many","tag-getting-over-the-storm","tag-i-got-you-babe","tag-new-album","tag-red-red-wine","tag-reggae","tag-robin-campbell","tag-signing-off","tag-ub40"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5yMhl-ciZ","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":60359,"url":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2020\/02\/announcing-today-rochester-castle-concerts-jools-holland-thelibertines-the-jacksons-ub40-july-8-11th-2020\/","url_meta":{"origin":47305,"position":0},"title":"Announcing Today &#8211; Rochester Castle Concerts: Jools Holland, TheLibertines, The Jacksons, Ub40 &#8211; July 8 &#8211; 11th 2020","author":"Essentially Pop","date":"28\/02\/2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Rochester Castle, on the east bank of the River Medway in Rochester, Kent, features a beautiful 12th-century tower, which is one of the best preserved in England. 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