A CHART-TOPPING band will be marking a major milestone with a show in West Yorkshire.

UB40 will mark their 45th anniversary in the music industry with a show at the First Direct Arena in Leeds on Tuesday, December 20 as part of their UK and Ireland tour. They will be joined on the shows by pioneering reggae musician and businessman Freddie McGregor.

On the tour, the band will play tracks from the forthcoming new UB45 album including the recently re-recorded double-platinum, chart-topping single Red Red Wine.

The band’s performance of the 1983 hit at the Commonwealth Games closing ceremony last August was a stand-out highlight and was viewed by an estimated global TV audience of over one billion people. The bands other hits include Kingston Town and Rat In Mi Kitchen.

UB40 founders Robin Campbell, James Brown, Earl Falconer, Norman Hassan, long-time members Martin Meredith, Laurence Parry along with Tony Mullings, Ian Thompson and Matt Doyle, who was announced as the band’s new lead singer in 2021 following Duncan Campbell’s retirement, will start their 45th Anniversary with a celebratory arena tour in the UK and Ireland this December playing Castlebar, Belfast, Leeds, London’s iconic Wembley Arena and a special hometown performance at Birmingham’s Utilita Arena.

Tickets can be purchased via the First Direct Arena website.

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