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UB40 24. Januar 2017 Stuttgart Im Wizemann Play SIGNING OFF in Its Entirety and More UB40 24. Januar 2017 Stuttgart Im Wizemann play SIGNING OFF in its entirety and more Reggae Legende UB40 kommt endlich wieder nach Deutschland. Und dies mit nichts geringerem im Gepäck, als ihrem ersten Album ‘Signing Off’, welches Sie für Ihre Fans zusammen mit vielen weiteren Hits zum Besten geben werden. Erinnerungen werden wach, wenn man das grell-gelb-leuchtende Album mit dem Arbeitslosenformular vor sich liegen sieht. Nicht nur Musikliebhaber ertappen sich dabei es wieder und wieder anzuhören. Jetzt kommt die Gelegenheit dieses Wunderwerk zum ersten Mal live zu hören und zu erleben. Die Chance dazu gibt es bei 10 Shows in Deutschland und weiteren in ganz Europa. ‘Signing Off’ wurde bereits bei seinem Erscheinen, im August 1980 als ein Meilenstein angekündigt. Gefeiert als DAS größte Reggae Album, das je von einer britischen Band veröffentlicht wurde, haben es außerdem viele Musik Fans anderer Genres positiv angenommen. Dies schloss Anhänger des Punk und auch des ‘2 Tone Movement’ ein. Berührt und wie vom Blitz getroffen war vor allem die damals desillusionierte Jugend. Mit einem Mix aus Reggae und Dub beschreibt ‘Signing Off’ die Ära und spiegelt die umfangreichen sozialen und politischen Probleme wieder. Ebenso befasst es sich mit der Miesere, in der sich die Gesellschaft in den frühen ‘Thatcher Jahren’ befand. ‘Signing Off’ erlangte nach 71 Wochen in den Charts den Platin Status, zur Spitzenzeit war das Album auf Platz 2 zu finden. Das Album beinhaltet Hit Singles wie ‘King’/‘Food For Thought’ und ‘I Think It’s Going to Rain Today’ (#4 & # 6 in den UK single charts), zusammen mit anderen UB40 Klassikern wie zum Beispiel ‘Tyler’, ‘Madam Medusa’ and ‘Burden of Shame’. Das Album Artwork, welches berühmt ist für seinen strahlend gelben Abdruck des Arbeitslosenformulars in UK bekannt als “Unemployment Benefit, Form 40” ist nicht nur unverkennbar in sich, sondern auch der Grundstein für den Namen der in Birmingham ansässigen Band. UB40 Gründungsmitglied und Saxophonist Brain Travers sagt, “2010 tourten wir mit den ‘Signing Off’ Album durch Großbritannien um unser 30jähriges Bestehen zu feiern, aber dies ist das erste Mal, dass wir mit dieser Tour auch auf das Europäische Festland kommen.” “Die eigentliche Idee dahinter war zu unseren Anfängen zurückzukehren, sozusagen ‘downtown’ aufzutreten in den Städten und an den Veranstaltungsorten unserer ersten Shows, dann dort unser erstes Album komplett zu spielen – etwas das wir noch nie zuvor gemacht haben. Jeden Abend schauen wir zum anderen und fragen uns - Warum haben wir das nicht schon vor Jahren gemacht?” Natürlich wird UB40 zu Ihrem Debüt Album ‘Signing Off’ viele ihrer ‘Greatest Hits’ präsentieren und dabei einmal mehr unter Beweis stellen, warum sie seit dem Release ihres ersten Albums mit über 100 Millionen Plattenverkäufen weltweit zu einer der erfolgreichsten Reggae Bands aller Zeiten geworden sind. ub40.global Music Circus Concertbüro – Charlottenplatz 17 – 70173 Stuttgart – www.musiccircus.de Pressekontakt: Tel. 0711 / 62008025 – eMail [email protected] .
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