UB40 Feat Ali Campbell: The Big Love Tour

UB40 featuring Ali Campbell bring The Big Love Tour to Co-op Live in Manchester, with Katchafire and Bitty McLean also on the bill. The evening draws on the pop, reggae and dub of one of Birmingham's best-known bands.

UB40 is a British band formed in Birmingham in 1978, whose music blends pop, reggae and dub. Ali Campbell, an English singer and songwriter from Birmingham, born in 1959, is a co-founder of the group and has been active since 1979. His first release on Cooking Vinyl was the album Big Love in 1995, the title this tour takes its name from.

Katchafire is a roots reggae band, active since 1997 and formed as a group in 2000. Its first album, Revival, was released in 2003. Bitty McLean, a British reggae and dancehall singer born in Birmingham in 1972, released the first album Just to Let You Know in 1993. Both acts appear on the bill alongside UB40 and Ali Campbell.

Co-op Live is a concert and performance venue in Manchester. The evening suits listeners who follow the band's pop, reggae and dub catalogue, Campbell's solo work, or the roots and dancehall reggae of the other artists on the bill.