I remember first learning this news nearly right after it happened. I was shocked and I'm so grateful I got to see them live before he left. UB40 really can't be the same without Ali Campbell, but I'll continue to watch both him and the band and to be a supporter of all of them. I must say I'm pleasently surprised at hearing his voice in speech. It sounds way deeper than when he sings. Strange how some singers can do that so well. He's really got a signature voice. Peace and love!
His voice was UB40, same as every other band. Very few bands survive losing their lead singer. Their voice is the band. Looking forward to UB40 Grandslam
Back in 1978 my mom and dad remember great moments of watching them play at our local social club in Winson Green Bham best band ever so very sad what money does, but sometimes out of bad comes good and maybe a new start was the only way to carry on. Good luck and thanks for the wonderful music and yes, Ali to me IS UB40 x
omg..im sat ere with heavy heart..i grew up with ub40...ive seen them live quite a few times..28yrs is one hell of a committment..i will miss ub40..and wish ali all the luv in future endevours....mwah..luv ya ali xxx
I could never understand why was he doing calibration with other artist what was all that about ? I dont know whether it was a lack of confidence on his part to bring in other celebrity singers in, in order to promote his new album. I think his first solo concert tours did not sell well as expected. and now in the present Ali is using UB40 name as his own band at the disgust of his former Ex band members so now we have a two UB40''s bands, its kind of funny really verging on the absurd. Personally I feel Ali made the choice to leave the band to do his own thing musically. Its like having a divorce because you cant stand your partner but you still want to live in the same house that your shared.
His talking voice sounds totally different from his singing! Never heard him talk before and it's pretty cool. He looks and sounds like the usual Brit you would see on the street but when he starts singing and showing off his talent, POW! LOL
For all you haters of Ali, you don't know what you're talking about, you have never been in his shoes and never will!!!! So just stop hating and let the man be. Ooohhh!!! But Duncan, Duncan has some very very very huge shoes to fill. Good on you Ali, wish you all the best.
I love ub40 and I understand people have choices but Ali by him self will never atain the fame and shine of the whole group ub40,I wish him well in his solo act
oh but he has and will continue hes in a much higher better place than the left over old band are ....go and check were they play back street venues lol weres ali mickey n astro all over the world nuff said
Love Ali Campbells voice he is the best in the old group. Wish him the very very best wishes. May God bless him on his decisions. Go for it Ali, you can do it better on your own. You are a happy smiling singer. God be with you.
dood ali campbell u r the bom dood it doesnt matter about them its all about u and i think ur doin better by ur self i love ur song out from under u r the man ali campbell keep up wat ur doing
blesin in disguise.we got 3 solo albums off ali,a live dvd off ali(runnin free.flyin high.great british songs.royal albert hall)and we got labour of love 4 off ub40.seen ub in mayo last year and were class and goin ta c ali in wexford at de end of de month.big looooooooooooooooove big lo lo lo lo lo lo lo lo lo lo lo lo loooove big love
I love you Ali but sitting here watching this some 14 years later is just so sad. You now no longer talk to any of your brothers, you didn’t go to either of your parents funerals and let’s be honest the career path you thought was going to happen never really took off did it and your brothers and the rest of UB40 are still going strong which is testimony to the music of THE BAND and NOT down to any one person. I’ve had the honor of seeing UB40 in its original format three times plus I’ve witnessed the band without you and I’ve seen the UB40 which you currently perform with and let’s just say I know which version is far better it goes without saying. Life is really too short Ali and the music of UB40 will be there forever but the foundation and the heart of the original band has long since died. Pick up the phone Ali and work it out with ALL of your brothers in the band and bring the magic back, now that would be very special indeed.
he should have left the band about 20 years ago. He has a wonderful & unique voice. I wish he had been given some better songs to sing to. It's still not too late.
if ub40 got back together they'd get rich and just put all this management crap behind themselves for the love of the music they make, the fans who love them and if its money they want, there's plenty to be had. JUST GET BACK TOGETHER - its called forgiveness Ali and UB40. if God forgave you , why can't you forgive eachother?
Its a real shame,UB40 as the whole original group were sensational. Maybe if Ali had not fried his brains on drugs he would of had the sense to sack the management, lets face it it was Ali's unique voice that gave UB 40 that edge.
weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee (me crying) TEARS FROM MY EYES KEEP ON FALLING! gutts the group broke up, Alis the man but i think he even knows it will never be as big as UB40. good luck ali
The basis of the Catholic faith is love and forgiveness according to the Catholics. Im so glad that I am one of the very few Black blokes in the U.K that is NOT a Catholic. However, if what the Catholics state about their religion is true, then the Campell brothers should settle their bitter feud as that's what their Catholic faith teaches them. After all, the entire Campbell family lived and breathed two things - ROMAN CATHOLICISM and REGGAE MUSIC. Personally I dont care about Roman Catholicism - but they should use both their love of their faith and the love of their music to unite together. Incidently, they kept religion out of their music which was a wise choice. I hope they all re-unite again as Astro went off with Ali - so the split was even worse than Robin is telling you. As for their Catholic faith, I think that both Blacks and Whites can take their Catholic religion and shove it up their backside. I will say exactly the same about other organised religions too. They are all nonsense - but sometimes certain types of nonsense can be used in a tactical way to bind people together as long as those people share a common objective.
of course UB40 are wicked alirocksmyworld, but ali is still the voice on the new album. now michael virtue has gone as well, it wont be long before they all retire. i own every song they have ever done, and have seen them live 24 times, but now is the time to retire. its all of them, or nothing.
@dazuk37 I used to think exactly the same way, but i met them flying back from JA after sunsplash, and I asked them about the all the covers and they explained to me that they did the covers to get the royalty payments to those old old reggae artists who got ripped off by the producers of times. Say what what you wnat about the quality of the covers there ain't too may tits who'd do that for as many ppl as they they have.
skanker1000 it's true the original writer and singer for Kingston Town was there for the recording and finally got his royalties for the song. People get confused about UB40, most of their albums are original material, it's only the Labour Of Love album series that are tribute covers.
Hasn't worked out like he thought it would has it? He keeps changing his tune and thinks he is UB40. He left because he thought he'd have a successful solo career, when that didn't happen he trys to call himself UB40, even though he left the band. They carried on with his older brother on vocals. He walked out of the band. They might not be the band that they was but to me its obvious that Robin's side of the story is the real one.
UB40 ARE the management, they all make decisions on an equal ground, they own their own label, they own their own studios (2 x 48 track digital mixers)... shall I go on? Ali you are a bullshitter and a dreamer, you are getting fat, you're bank balance won't be !, I saw the rest of the band in December last year and they have bounced back larger than ever. They have gone from strong to stronger and the whole crowd welcomed Duncan with open arms... Poor show Ali... Dream on!
lol trolls ..... ali is and always will be the voice of ub40 hes brothers are old wonnabes who wouldnt know family loyalty if it bit em on the face ali did the right thing walking away from ppl who are snakes and getting on with hes own life and amazing singing career and all u haters will just have to hate lol
@ub40jojo i just herd he left i wanted to see why and go ahead and rip on people i love Jacob miller,delroy wilson,Johnny nash,Cornel cambpell,Wailing Souls,Mikey dread,yellowman and Fathead,the Itals,the Gladiators,Bunny Wailer,Twinkle Brothers,Innavision,Peter broggs,Black Uhuru,Midnight,bamboo Station,Nasio fontaine,baringhton leavy,Isreal Vibrations,Jimmy Cliff,David Lindley,Althea and Donna,Desmond Dekker you can hate on all them because thats what i rock hawaii loves ub40 i dont sorry
Strange that Ali sells less tickets than the band HE left behind... I saw them last week and they are great and love what they are doing. Ali is nothing less than a lying person.
Load of crap - Ali STOP telling lies. YOU know that the real reason was you wanted to go solo - UB40 was their own management, they made all their own decisions, you were invited to meetings, I know *I* made the phone calls and the Emails to you, but were always 'too busy' to come. The property deals were for tax purposes, which were quite legit - speculate to accumulate - each member to spend roughly £80,000 pounds, to save £65,000 in tax
@pocahangun what you talking about understand music they are a cover band Hello they ruined every song i loved and they try to claim paris hilton use the beat from kingston town so they tried to sue her those guys didnt even right kingston town but they later retracted there law suit did you ever here the real version of out from under it was a nice song until ali butcherd it
it will never be the same without you dear ali love you respect
I remember first learning this news nearly right after it happened. I was shocked and I'm so grateful I got to see them live before he left. UB40 really can't be the same without Ali Campbell, but I'll continue to watch both him and the band and to be a supporter of all of them.
I must say I'm pleasently surprised at hearing his voice in speech. It sounds way deeper than when he sings. Strange how some singers can do that so well. He's really got a signature voice.
Peace and love!
Yup me too
His voice was UB40, same as every other band. Very few bands survive losing their lead singer. Their voice is the band. Looking forward to UB40 Grandslam
whatever he does Ali IS THE voice !!! Magnificent ! I'll listen to him always.
It will Never Be The Same without Ali!!!!! :(
עלי קמפבל אתה כוכב גדול נוצץ על במה עם שירים יפים מאוד כייף לשמוע אותם אתה זמר מעולה נפלא ונהדר ❤❤❤❤❤
No Ali dont retire hun,keep singing as long as you can!!!
BIG LOVE
Thank you so much for your comment and continues support 🎶 I appreciate it, god bless you and stay safe.
Back in 1978 my mom and dad remember great moments of watching them play at our local social club in Winson Green Bham best band ever so very sad what money does, but sometimes out of bad comes good and maybe a new start was the only way to carry on. Good luck and thanks for the wonderful music and yes, Ali to me IS UB40 x
this makes me so sad! He's THE voice of UB40 to me!!😭😭😭😭😭
He is the voice.
Without Ali Campbell UB40 does not exist.
We saw them yesterday at Rewind, it just wasn’t the same without Ali even though Matt Doyle was magnificent; but it was so sad
Everything happens for a reason. Good luck to both ub40...life is too short !
Rip 🙏 Brian Travers! X
omg..im sat ere with heavy heart..i grew up with ub40...ive seen them live quite a few times..28yrs is one hell of a committment..i will miss ub40..and wish ali all the luv in future endevours....mwah..luv ya ali xxx
Is it still going or did he then start a ub40 tribute act when he realised his mistake.
bin watching ub40 since 1979, will never be the same ,in my family there are 4 generations of ub40 fans,good luck ali ,you are ub40
I could never understand why was he doing calibration with other artist what was all that about ? I dont know whether it was a lack of confidence on his part to bring in other celebrity singers in, in order to promote his new album. I think his first solo concert tours did not sell well as expected. and now in the present Ali is using UB40 name as his own band at the disgust of his former Ex band members so now we have a two UB40''s bands, its kind of funny really verging on the absurd.
Personally I feel Ali made the choice to leave the band to do his own thing musically. Its like having a divorce because you cant stand your partner but you still want to live in the same house that your shared.
His talking voice sounds totally different from his singing! Never heard him talk before and it's pretty cool. He looks and sounds like the usual Brit you would see on the street but when he starts singing and showing off his talent, POW! LOL
UB40 is not the same! i went to the UB40 concert a few weeks ago & i miss Alis' voice
For all you haters of Ali, you don't know what you're talking about, you have never been in his shoes and never will!!!! So just stop hating and let the man be. Ooohhh!!! But Duncan, Duncan has some very very very huge shoes to fill. Good on you Ali, wish you all the best.
Ali IS UB40. The sound and vibe is not the same without Ali.
I love ub40 and I understand people have choices but Ali by him self will never atain the fame and shine of the whole group ub40,I wish him well in his solo act
oh but he has and will continue hes in a much higher better place than the left over old band are ....go and check were they play back street venues lol weres ali mickey n astro all over the world nuff said
ive watched them since 83 and been 27 gigs so absoluteley gutted.....
flying high a good album so at least we still got the voice
Love Ali Campbells voice he is the best in the old group. Wish him the very very best wishes. May God bless him on his decisions. Go for it Ali, you can do it better on your own.
You are a happy smiling singer. God be with you.
Quién es Ali Campbells? 😂
Ali was UB40. UB40 was Ali. Without him they will disappear like mist vanishes into air.
theres only one Ali Campbell and always will be xxx
That is so sad he split from the group it takes a team to make UB40 what is today.
100% behind ya Ali love your new solo album
cant wait to see ya at Royal Albert Hall xxx
Fantastic talent HOWEVER NOT UB40 NOW...somethings missing
He's back to UB-40 or not? I saw him with Cas Halley on American Got Talent.
Ali u r UB40...3 generations of Listening to UB40,and jammin with it, will never b the same without u...UR IT ALI...
Spencer pennington..I couldn't agree more. Well said x
Neither are as good without each other..but of course still excellent.
dood ali campbell u r the bom dood it doesnt matter about them its all about u and i think ur doin better by ur self i love ur song out from under u r the man ali campbell keep up wat ur doing
He sounds good to me he may get some more hits going on his own,good luck man.
blesin in disguise.we got 3 solo albums off ali,a live dvd off ali(runnin free.flyin high.great british songs.royal albert hall)and we got labour of love 4 off ub40.seen ub in mayo last year and were class and goin ta c ali in wexford at de end of de month.big looooooooooooooooove big lo lo lo lo lo lo lo lo lo lo lo lo loooove big love
saw Ali just recently, Brilliant, he was UB40 no doubt,
Thank you so much for your comment and continues support 🎶 I appreciate it, god bless you and stay safe.
UB40 without Ali is like the Stones without Jagger. They may as well change their name, because it is no longer UB40.
i totally agree with you,im going to see him on saturday at the 02 arena.Gonna be good.
I love you Ali but sitting here watching this some 14 years later is just so sad. You now no longer talk to any of your brothers, you didn’t go to either of your parents funerals and let’s be honest the career path you thought was going to happen never really took off did it and your brothers and the rest of UB40 are still going strong which is testimony to the music of THE BAND and NOT down to any one person. I’ve had the honor of seeing UB40 in its original format three times plus I’ve witnessed the band without you and I’ve seen the UB40 which you currently perform with and let’s just say I know which version is far better it goes without saying. Life is really too short Ali and the music of UB40 will be there forever but the foundation and the heart of the original band has long since died. Pick up the phone Ali and work it out with ALL of your brothers in the band and bring the magic back, now that would be very special indeed.
💯 agreed. ❤❤ fellow Brummy, I love them all
Would love to know who u are!! Lol
he should have left the band about 20 years ago. He has a wonderful & unique voice. I wish he had been given some better songs to sing to. It's still not too late.
Ali has a voice u recognise instantly 👍
ub40 is gonna be at cocoa this saturday, allie campbell will be there also...
will he sing lead???
Dont forget to thank the lord ali. For the talent he has gave you :)
When are you coming tooo Scotland
if ub40 got back together they'd get rich and just put all this management crap behind themselves for the love of the music they make, the fans who love them and if its money they want, there's plenty to be had. JUST GET BACK TOGETHER - its called forgiveness Ali and UB40. if God forgave you , why can't you forgive eachother?
ali you are ub40 without you the bands finished but good luck mate
ali campbell,l'anima del gruppo,il carisma
now listen here k behave k people ...ali is the man thats it lol ...bless
UB40 today are just a tribute band to the band they was in the 80's with Ali Campbell
No. Ali has spent the past decade in a UB40 tribute band. Sad.
Even hid voice is melodious
their ali aint nutin out their like ub40..true legends...well sometimes a man gota do wat a man gota do...
Its a real shame,UB40 as the whole original group were sensational. Maybe if Ali had not fried his brains on drugs he would of had the sense to sack the management, lets face it it was Ali's unique voice that gave UB 40 that edge.
UB40 is nothing without Ali. .
weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee (me crying) TEARS FROM MY EYES KEEP ON FALLING! gutts the group broke up, Alis the man but i think he even knows it will never be as big as UB40. good luck ali
Ali campbell IS,WAS and will ALWAYS be UB40!!!!
No Ali Campbell No UB40 he is UB40
Exactly mate, well said.
Shame he fell out with his bros,didn't go to his parents funerals shocking! 😐
He was best pals with Brian Travers & didn't even attend his funeral! His ego & bitterness are boundless!
Weird ... one of my favourite bands of all time.
Damn thats like Bizzy leaving the thugs, cube leaving the nwa, peanut butter leaving jelly, nutella leaving crepes, hahah
+jyhit lol true true
jyhit wow a fellow true hip hop fan on a UB40 video. Awesome.
Ali is god , plain and simple !!
ALI COME BACK MAN BIG G WALTHAMSTOW
Without Ali.....UB40 is no more UB40
@pocahangun why do like ali cambell
He looks and talks like a gangster in a Guy Ritchie movie lol
u make UB40 ali wont be the same
Hope he can sue the corrupt management bastards!
The basis of the Catholic faith is love and forgiveness according to the Catholics.
Im so glad that I am one of the very few Black blokes in the U.K that is NOT a Catholic.
However, if what the Catholics state about their religion is true, then the Campell brothers should settle their bitter feud as that's what their Catholic faith teaches them.
After all, the entire Campbell family lived and breathed two things - ROMAN CATHOLICISM and REGGAE MUSIC.
Personally I dont care about
Roman Catholicism - but they should use both their love of their faith and the love of their music to unite together.
Incidently, they kept religion out of their music which was a wise choice.
I hope they all re-unite again as Astro went off with Ali - so the split was even worse than Robin is telling you.
As for their Catholic faith, I think that both Blacks and Whites can take their Catholic religion and shove it up their backside.
I will say exactly the same about other organised religions too.
They are all nonsense - but sometimes certain types of nonsense can be used in a tactical way to bind people together as long as those people share a common objective.
Ub40 love them when young love them when old, how you allow others to poison the mind and ruin a good thing tear up a family, gutted...
of course UB40 are wicked alirocksmyworld, but ali is still the voice on the new album. now michael virtue has gone as well, it wont be long before they all retire. i own every song they have ever done, and have seen them live 24 times, but now is the time to retire. its all of them, or nothing.
i thought Ali was the management !
Good for him.
Best voice..But all the brothers are talented to be fair.No ali no ub40
This Bums me out,I'm friggin saddened as if a "loved one" has passed!!
You loved ones can’t mean that much to you. Get a grip snowflake.
@dazuk37 I used to think exactly the same way, but i met them flying back from JA after sunsplash, and I asked them about the all the covers and they explained to me that they did the covers to get the royalty payments to those old old reggae artists who got ripped off by the producers of times. Say what what you wnat about the quality of the covers there ain't too may tits who'd do that for as many ppl as they they have.
skanker1000 it's true the original writer and singer for Kingston Town was there for the recording and finally got his royalties for the song. People get confused about UB40, most of their albums are original material, it's only the Labour Of Love album series that are tribute covers.
U r right Mzmissy215😭😭😭
okay, now I understand...
what a shame really, your voice is UB40 :(
Stewart Lee has let himself go.
Hasn't worked out like he thought it would has it?
He keeps changing his tune and thinks he is UB40. He left because he thought he'd have a successful solo career, when that didn't happen he trys to call himself UB40, even though he left the band. They carried on with his older brother on vocals. He walked out of the band. They might not be the band that they was but to me its obvious that Robin's side of the story is the real one.
ali campbell tu musica me gusta mucho sigue aaaaaaaaaaaaaiiiiiiiiii
ub 40 TE AMO AAAAAAAAAAAAAAIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII
No Ali no ub40 period.
ali campbell dropping a cinchilla jacket mans flossing. no ali no ub40 simples.
UB40 ARE the management, they all make decisions on an equal ground, they own their own label, they own their own studios (2 x 48 track digital mixers)... shall I go on?
Ali you are a bullshitter and a dreamer, you are getting fat, you're bank balance won't be !,
I saw the rest of the band in December last year and they have bounced back larger than ever. They have gone from strong to stronger and the whole crowd welcomed Duncan with open arms...
Poor show Ali... Dream on!
ngoziroots Bullshit. It's a karaoke band now. Robin should have listened to his brother and kept it tight.
go bk ali 2 ub40. love u anyway
lol trolls ..... ali is and always will be the voice of ub40 hes brothers are old wonnabes who wouldnt know family loyalty if it bit em on the face ali did the right thing walking away from ppl who are snakes and getting on with hes own life and amazing singing career and all u haters will just have to hate lol
agreed
He didn't go to his own dad's funeral...
ali the mannn
@ub40jojo i just herd he left i wanted to see why and go ahead and rip on people i love Jacob miller,delroy wilson,Johnny nash,Cornel cambpell,Wailing Souls,Mikey dread,yellowman and Fathead,the Itals,the Gladiators,Bunny Wailer,Twinkle Brothers,Innavision,Peter broggs,Black Uhuru,Midnight,bamboo Station,Nasio fontaine,baringhton leavy,Isreal Vibrations,Jimmy Cliff,David Lindley,Althea and Donna,Desmond Dekker you can hate on all them because thats what i rock hawaii loves ub40 i dont sorry
A raccoon died to bring you Ali’s coat.
sux now coz ali don't sing with da ub40 anymore.
ub40 best raggae band
Swear they lost all there money through signing it all over somehow unsure tho
Strange that Ali sells less tickets than the band HE left behind... I saw them last week and they are great and love what they are doing. Ali is nothing less than a lying person.
I wonder if he has regrets? he never reached the heights he thought he would going solo.
hey he ain`t lost his brummagem accent huh
@8haiden Yeah bob marley's my long lost brother come on
helll...yea...ub40 aynt nothing without ali...sooo..ima stick to the old school...if it wasnt for ali campbell there wouldn't no ub40...
Load of crap - Ali STOP telling lies. YOU know that the real reason was you wanted to go solo - UB40 was their own management, they made all their own decisions, you were invited to meetings, I know *I* made the phone calls and the Emails to you, but were always 'too busy' to come. The property deals were for tax purposes, which were quite legit - speculate to accumulate - each member to spend roughly £80,000 pounds, to save £65,000 in tax
Duncan Campbell is a worthy replacement; big up UB40. Shame about Ali but he couldn't get past his issues.
Big love to both x
lol he does doesnt he?
Wagwan!!
Ali is ub40
@pocahangun what you talking about understand music they are a cover band Hello they ruined every song i loved and they try to claim paris hilton use the beat from kingston town so they tried to sue her those guys didnt even right kingston town but they later retracted there law suit did you ever here the real version of out from under it was a nice song until ali butcherd it
there all bitter and arguing over money, how pathetic, Ali campbells is a big head and up himself, time to call it a day, well past sell by date.