âWe were politicisedâ ⦠UB40 in 1984. Photograph: Sipa Press / Rex Features
The Brummie reggae stars are back, but in two rival groups. They talk about clocking up 39 hits, partying hard and the bitter split
Thu 6 May 2021 01.00 EDT
UB40 are remembering the days when they were dangerous. âMI5 were tapping our phones, watching our houses, all sorts,â says drummer Jimmy Brown. âWe thought, âHavenât they got criminals to catch?â We were just a bunch of potheads, smoking weed and playing music. We werenât planning the revolution, but if the revolution happened, we knew what side we were going to be on.â
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THE president of Musselburgh Sea Cadets’ unit management committee has put her best foot forward to help the group fundraise after recovering from heart surgery. Jane Fairnie, 75, has joined in the cadets’ virtual sponsored walk, which took them from their base in Musselburgh to the organisation’s HQ on Lambeth Road, London, and back home. She has clocked up more than 4,000 steps in the garden of her home on Promenade, completing 400 steps around her garden daily with the aid of a walking stick. Mrs Fairnie, whose father-in-law Robert Fairnie MBE BEM founded the local cadet unit along with Jimmy Brown, underwent a heart bypass and valve replacement in February last year, spending about seven weeks in hospital.