Reggae stars UB40 have added four extra dates to the second leg of their UK tour in October and November 2014.
The dates will take place at the Plymouth Pavilions (10th Nov), UCLAN in Burnley (22nd Nov), UEA in Norwich (24th Nov) and Venue Cymru in Llandudno (28th Nov), taking the total number of shows on the second leg of the tour - which kicks-off at The Barbican in York on Friday, 24th October - to twenty-two.
Tickets for the extra shows are available now by clicking on the following links.
Plymouth Pavilions, Plymouth (10th Nov) - Click here
UCLAN in Burnley (22nd Nov) - Click here
UEA in Norwich (24th Nov) - Click here
Venue Cymru, Llandudno (28th Nov) - Click here
Tickets for the other dates are on general sale from www.ub40.co.uk
The first leg of UB40’s UK tour took place in March and April, with the band playing fourteen sold-out shows. Reflecting on the first leg, UB40 sax player Brian Travers said, “Playing numerous intimate venues is a much more enjoyable experience for both our audience and the band, compared to playing a handful of enormodomes with the audience stuck thirty feet away behind a safety barrier. Every night we were looking at each other and saying “Why didn’t we do this years ago?”
Naming themselves after the unemployment benefit form, UB40 formed in Birmingham in 1978, before releasing their debut album ‘Signing Off’ in August 1980 – 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 has since seen the band have over forty UK Top 40 hit singles and achieve sales of over 100 million records, making UB40 one of the most successful British groups of all-time. The band’s latest Top 30 album ‘Getting Over The Storm’ was awarded BBC Radio 2’s ‘Album Of The Week’ accolade and received 5-star reviews from the UK’s music press on its release in September 2013.
UB40’s UK TOUR DATES ARE AS FOLLOWS:
October:
Friday 24th – The Barbican, York
Sunday 26th - Town Hall, Middlesbrough
Monday 27th - O2 Academy, Oxford
Tuesday 28th - Corn Exchange, Kings Lynn
Thursday 30th - O2 Academy, Leicester
Friday 31st - O2 Academy, Liverpool
November 2014
Saturday 1st - O2 Academy, Sheffield
Thursday 6th - Fairfield Halls, Croydon
Friday 7th - Assembly Hall, Worthing
Saturday 8th - O2 Academy, Bristol
Sunday 9th - O2 Academy, Bournemouth
Monday 10th - Plymouth Pavilions, Plymouth
Wednesday 12th - Assembly Hall, Tunbridge Wells
Friday 14th - The Baths Hall, Scunthorpe
Saturday 15th - Winter Gardens, Margate
Monday 17th - Dorking Halls, Dorking
Saturday 22nd - UCLAN, Burnley
Sunday 23rd - City Hall, Salisbury
Monday 24th - UEA, Norwich
Wednesday 26th - Assembly Hall, Leamington Spa
Thursday 27th - The Sands Centre, Carlisle
Friday 28th - Llandudno, Venue Cymru
