UB40 ft Ali Campbell to appear at Ludlow Castle

UB40 featuring Ali Campbell have been added to the list of acts due to perform at Ludlow Castle in 2027.

The reggae group, set up by the band's original lead singer and founder will appear on 18 July.

The Live at Ludlow concerts, which started in 2023, will also feature McFly and Becky Hill, with more names due to be announced in the coming weeks.

This summer, 50,000 people visited over two weekends, to see artists including Snow Patrol, Paul Weller, The Human League, Tom Grennan, The Streets, Rick Astley, Richard Ashcroft and Scissor Sisters.

UB40, famous for hits including Red Red Wine, Kingston Town and One in Ten sold more than 100 million records worldwide and toured for three decades with their original line-up before Campbell and keyboard-player Mickey Virtue left in 2008 following a dispute over their management and direction.

In 2014, Campbell and Virtue got back together with former bandmate Astro. Virtue left in 2018 and Astro, whose real name was Terence Wilson, died at the age of 64 in 2021 after a short illness. UB40 featuring Ali Campbell continues to tour.

They will be joined by support acts DJ David Rodigan and General Levy, and The Marley Experience.

Tickets will go on sale to people in the Ludlow area from 21 October and then on general sale from 23 October.

The concerts at the castle have a capacity of 6,000 and have gradually increased in number since the events started.

An agreement was signed this summer to continue them until at least 2033 and the company behind the events, Futuresound, said they brought more than £1m into the town in 2025.

Correction 22 October: An earlier version of this article stated that UB40 were touring with their original line-up. It has been updated to make clear that the band in this article are UB40 featuring Ali Campbell as UB40 are a different band who make music and tour separately.

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