The British band UB40, With the historic vocalist Ali Campbell to the head, will return to Chile to perform next mars 16 of September at Movistar Arena and show all its great hits accumulated in more than 40 year career.
It will be the fourth visit of the group to these lands, The first of which occurred in the San Carlos de Apoquindo stadium 18 March 1989, an event considered by some as the “Second megaconcierto in Chile”, After the one done a few days before for Rod Stewart In the National Stadium.
After almost 30 years, in october 2017, was presented at the Casino Monticello And finally in March of last year he was in the REC Festival in Concepción, In a show that brought together thousands of people.
This time it will be the turn of the Movistar Arena, where the band will play for their fans their great successes as “Red Red Wine”, “Kingston Town”, “Can’t Help Falling in Love” O “Bring Me Your Cup”, among many others.
The dispute by name
There are currently two factions of UB40. On the one hand, the one that retained the original name, led by the guitarist Robin Campbell -Ali's brother- and that has among its ranks three other founding members: the drummer Jimmy Brown; the bassist Earl Falconer; and the percussionist Norman Lamont Hassan.
On the other, the one that will come to Chile, UB40 feat. Ali Campbell, that started around 2014 as a meeting with historical trumpeter and MC Astro (deceased in 2021) and the keyboardist Mickey Virtue (retired in 2019), focusing on keeping the original group of the group alive.
Before, The historic singer retired from the original band in 2008 accusing that he was fired and also “intolerable management difficulties”, after he was relieved of his role as a leader for his brother Duncan, who suffered a stroke in 2021 And he also had to retire.
further, An eventual reconciliation between the Campbell brothers looks distant, since in an interview this year with the podcast “The Trawl” Robin Campbell and Jimmy Brown said “nor for all the money in the world” They would meet again with Ali.
This brothers conflict remembers the case of Oasis and the Gallagher, although the latter, Liam y Christmas, They played together this year after 16 Years of break.
The importance of UB40
UB40 has been fundamental to bring reggae music to a mass audience Since the years 80, contributing significantly to convert this style into a global phenomenon.
Tickets for the show will go on sale by PuntoTicket the next Monday 14 July at noon with prices ranging between $48.300 Y $103.500.
