UB40

UB40 is an English reggae band. They were formed in 1978 in Birmingham. They are named after an unemployment form at the time. At that time, they used to give £40 to every unemployed person every month. Therefore, the name was derived to be Unemployment Benefit £40 (UB40)

UB40
UB40 on stage in their home city of Birmingham, England, in 2010
Background information
Origin	Birmingham, England
Genres	Reggae dub
Years active	1978–present
Labels	Graduate DEP EMI A&M Virgin Records
Spinoffs	UB40 Featuring Ali Campbell
Members	Jimmy Brown Robin Campbell Earl Falconer Norman Hassan Matt Doyle Jahred Gordon Gilly G Matt Campbell Martin Meredith Ian Thompson Laurence Parry
Past member(s)	Ali Campbell Yomi Babayemi Jimmy Lynn Brian Travers Mickey Virtue Astro Duncan Campbell
Website	ub40.global

Discography

• Signing Off (1980)
• Present Arms (1981)
• UB44 (1982)
• Labour of Love (1983)
• Geffery Morgan (1984)
• Baggariddim (1985)
• Rat in the Kitchen (1986)
• UB40 (1988)
• Labour of Love II (1989)
• Promises and Lies (1993)
• Guns in the Ghetto (1997)
• Labour of Love III (1998)
• Cover Up (2001)
• Homegrown (2003)
• Who You Fighting For? (2005)
• TwentyFourSeven (2008)
• Labour of Love IV (2010)
• Getting Over the Storm (2013)
• For the Many (2019)
• Bigga Baggariddim (2021)
• UB45 (2024)

Other websites

• UB40's channel on YouTube