UB40 Re-Release 30th Anniversary Edition Of 'Signing Off' & UK Tour
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Tuesday, 26 October 2010 |
Written by Jon Stickler
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UB40 are to celebrate the 30th anniversary of their seminal debut album, ‘Signing Off’, with a Special Edition re-release and by performing the whole album live during a tour of intimate venues across the UK throughout October and November 2010.
Taking its name from the unemployment form, ‘Signing Off’ was heralded as a landmark album when it was released in late August 1980. Considered by many as one of the greatest reggae albums ever released by a British band, ‘Signing Off’ was well received amongst many music fans, including followers of punk and the 2 Tone movement, and struck a chord amongst a large proportion of the UK’s disaffected youth. Mixing reggae and dub, ‘Signing Off’ chronicled the times, and wider social and political issues, as well as the plight of communities throughout the country during the early Thatcher years.
‘Signing Off’ went on to attain Platinum status after spending 71 weeks in charts, peaking at Number Two. The album features hit singles ‘King’/‘Food For Thought’ and ‘I Think It's Going to Rain Today’ ( Number Four & Number Six on the UK singles chart, respectively), along with other UB40 classics such as ‘Tyler’, ‘Madam Medusa’ and ‘Burden of Shame’.
The album artwork for ‘Signing Off’ also famously depicted a replica of the bright yellow unemployment card from which the Birmingham-based band took its name:Unemployment Benefit, Form 40.
Since the release of ‘Signing Off’, UB40 have become one of the most successful reggae groups of all time, with over forty UK Top 40 hit singles and sales of 80million records across the world.
The ‘Signing Off’ Special Edition double-CD includes the original album remastered, all the dub mixes and b-sides, as well as a DVD featuring previously unreleased Rock Goes To College footage.
Tracklisting:
CD1: (Remastered)
Tyler
King
12 Bar
Burden Of Shame
Adella
I Think It’s Going To Rain Today
25%
Food For Thought
Little By Little
Signing Off
CD2:
Madam Medusa
Strange Fruit
Reefer Madness
My Way Of Thinking – 12” Version
I Think It’s Going To Rain Today – 12” Version
The Earth Dies Screaming – 12” Version
Dream A Lie – 12” Version
BBC Radio One John Peel Session: 12/12/79
Food For Thought
25%
King
BBC Radio One Kid Jensen Session: 11/02/80
I Think It’s Going To Rain Today
My Way Of Thinking
To celebrate its 30th anniversary, the band will step away from their comfortable habitat of arenas and undertake an intimate 19-date tour in much smaller venues. In addition to performing ‘Signing Off’ in it’s entirely, UB40 will perform a second set on the evening featuring some of the band’s most loved tracks.
UB40 UK dates are as follows:
October 25th - Liverpool Philarmonic
October 26th - Birmingham Symphony Hall
October 27th - Wolverhampton Civic Hall
October 29th - London Troxy
October 30th - London Shepherds Bush Empire
October 31st - Brighton Dome
November 2nd - Tue 2 Newcastle City Hall
November 3rd - Edinburgh Usher Hall
November 4th - Glasgow Royal Concert Hall
November 7th - Manchester Bridgewater Hall
November 8th - Preston Guildhall
November 10th - Southend Cliffs Pavillion
November 11th - Cardiff St David’s
November 12th – Kentish Town, HMV Forum
November 15th - Leicester De Mont Fort Hall
November 16th - Cambridge Corn Exchange
November 18th - Ipswich Regent
November 19th - Southampton Guildhall
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