It’s Sept. 25, 1985 at the Palace Theatre in downtown New Haven, Connecticut, and the buoyant staccato guitar rhythm, breezy sax and distinctly ’80s synth-pop has the crowd footloose. UB40, which has ...

When news breaks, you need to understand what actually matters — and what to do about it. At Vox, our mission to help you make sense of the world has never been more vital. But we can’t do it on our ...

UB40 Headlines Reggae Night at the Bowl: It’s reggae night at the Hollywood Bowl, and not in that awful “new reggae” fashion (Soja, etc). Birmingham veterans UB40 are joined by the Original Wailers ...

In The Number Ones, I'm reviewing every single #1 single in the history of the Billboard Hot 100, starting with the chart's beginning, in 1958, and working my way up into the present. "Red Red Wine" ...

Now featuring lead vocalist Matt Doyle, British band plays Atlanta Symphony Hall on Sunday on its ‘Relentless’ tour. Matt Doyle (left foreground) is the new lead singer on a tour that brings the ...

UB40 — after running 30 years with the exact same lineup — were a unique contradiction of a band. Yes, they were one of the undeniably great reggae groups of our time, but they never did anything ...

With global record sales of over 70 million, British reggae band UB40 is so popular they have performed in over a third of the world's nations. "There isn't a corner in the world that doesn't play ...

Picture the London punk scene in 1978: The Clash are singing of a city aflame, the Sex Pistols are somehow getting more popular after imploding on tour, and on every street corner, mohawks and safety ...

Growing up in the Midlands during the 80s there was always UB40 in the house. There was always some UB40 in everyone else's house as well. Nowadays, it’s hard to fathom that at one point that this ...