WHICH WAS A COLLAB WITH DJ KHALID AND LITTLE BABY. WHEN I SAY RED RED WINE, YOU PROBABLY
START TO SING THE SONG THAT MADE
WHAT WAS MADE FAMOUS BY THE
OUP UB 40. YOU MAY ALSO KNOW I
CAN’T HELP FALLING IN LOVE WITH
YOU. OR HERE I AM. I LOVE THAT
SONG. NOW THE FAMOUS BAND IS
BACK WITH A NEW SINGLE CHAMPION
. TAKE A LISTEN. FAST FIRST
STRONGER. BIG BAD PEOPLE LONGER.
IF YOU TAKE THE BEST AND PRISONS
LATEST RELEASE FOR YOU BEFORE HE
AND WILL BE ON THEIR UPCOMING
ALBUM, UB 45 JOINING US NOW OUR
FOUNDING MEMBER ROBIN CAMPBELL,
AND LEAD SINGER MATT DOYLE. GOOD
MORNING TO YOU BOTH. GOING IN.
GOOD MORNING. SASSY WE’RE HAVING
GREAT TROUBLE HEARING YOU. OKAY
SO I WILL SPEAK UP. HOW ABOUT
THAT? DOES THIS BETTER? THAT’S A
LITTLE BIT BETTER. ALRIGHT WELL,
YOU WILL BE IN DETROIT AT THE
ARETHA AMPHITHEATER FRIDAY NIGHT
. YOU DON’T TOUR IN THE US
OFTEN. WHAT DO YOU ENJOY ABOUT
COMING HERE? OH IT’S A GREAT
PLACE TO TOUR. YOU KNOW, IT’S A
IT’S ONE OF THE PLACES YOU HAVE
TO GO. IF YOU’RE GONNA TOUR YOU
MUST GO TO THE STATES AND, OF
COURSE FOR MATT DOYLE AND USING
ER. IT’S HIS FIRST TIME IN THE
STATES, SO HE’S LOOKING FORWARD
TO EVEN MORE SO. WELL I’M SURE
WE WILL SHOW YOU GUYS A GOOD
TIME. YOUR UPCOMING ALBUM IS UB
45 TO CELEBRATE THE BENDS 45TH
ANNIVERSARY ROBIN WHEN YOU
HELPED FORM THE BAND COULD YOU
HAVE IMAGINED HAVING A SONG GO
DOUBLE PLATINUM LIKE RED RED
WINE. OF COURSE NOT. I GUESS I
IMAGINED. YEAH BUT YOU KNOW,
IT’S A KIND OF STUFF THAT DREAMS
ARE MADE OF, AND WHO COULD
POSSIBLY KNOW THAT WOULD STILL
BE HERE CELEBRATING THAT 45
YEARS LATER THAT YOU TOOK OVER
LEAD VOCALS LAST YEAR. IS THERE
PRESSURE COMING INTO A GROUP
THAT HAS A HISTORY LIKE THIS?
AND WITH WORLDWIDE FANS? UM YEAH
, THERE WAS A BIT OF PRESSURE AT
FIRST, BUT A LITTLE. IT’S A
LITTLE YOU KNOW, AT FIRST I WAS
A RABBIT IN HEADLIGHTS. BUT YOU
KNOW, YOU KNOW, FROM THE KIND OF
FOUR FICHAUD ONWARDS I’VE JUST
BEEN LOVING EVERY EVERY SECOND
OF BEING IN THIS BAND SINGING
THE SONGS THAT OF BURN UP
LISTENING TO SO VERY GOOD. SO
WHAT IS IT THAT DREW YOU TO
REGGAE MUSIC AS AN ARTIST? UM
FOR ME. IT’S JUST REGGAE HAS
ALWAYS BEEN AROUND, YOU KNOW,
LIKE, ESPECIALLY COMING FROM
BIRMINGHAM. IT’S EVERYWHERE YOU
OPEN YOUR CAR WINDOW, AND
THERE’S SOMEONE BLASTING YOU
BEFORE TEA OUT OF THEIR CAR
WINDOW, YOU KNOW, AND IT JUST
YEAH, IT GETS INTO YOU GETS INTO
YOUR BONES GETS INTO YOUR VERY
SOUL AND REGGAE HAS ALWAYS BEEN.
YOU KNOW THE SOUNDTRACK TO MY
LIFE, I GUESS. THAT MAKES A LOT
OF SENSE. WELL LET ME ASK YOU
THIS, ROBIN WHEN YOU’RE ON A
TOUR LIKE THIS, DO YOU WISH YOU
HAD A LITTLE MORE TIME TO SPEND
IN EACH CITY? OF COURSE, WHEN
YOU’RE TOURING, YOU DON’T GET
SOMETHING TO SPEND. YOU KNOW,
YOU DON’T GET TO TAKE IT EASY.
EVERYTHING IS TRAVELING AND
HOTELS AND SHOWS, YOU KNOW, SO
IT’S A KIND OF BECOMES A BIT OF
A TREADMILL, YOU KNOW, BUT YES,
YOU DO IT FOR THE SHOWS. THAT’S
WHY YOU DO IT. NOT FOR NOT FOR
THE TRAVELING AND YOU CAN’T. YOU
DON’T GET MUCH CHANCE TO BE A
TOURIST. YOU KNOW, IT’S A IT
WERE WORKING, SO THAT’S JUST THE
ONLY WAY YOU CAN LOOK AT IT. AND
THE REWARD IS THE GIGS. YEAH,
ABSOLUTELY. SO WHERE CAN PEOPLE
GET MORE INFORMATION ABOUT YOUR
SHOW AND YOUR MUSIC? ON ANY OF
THE SOCIAL MEDIA UB 40 OFFICIAL
. IF YOU GO TO OUR WEBSITE AT UB
40 DOT GLOBAL, UH, THAT WILL
GIVE YOU THE RUNDOWN OF ALL THE
SHOWS WERE DOING ACROSS THE
STATES WERE DOING 20-6 CONCERTS
IN THE SIX WEEKS. SO WOW, THAT’S
THAT’S SIX WEEKS IS A VERY
PACKED SCHEDULE, AND WE WISH YOU
THE VERY BEST WHEN YOU COME HERE
TO DETROIT ON FRIDAY, AND FOR
YOUR ENTIRE TOUR. THANK YOU BOTH