Performers include Roy Wood, UB40, The Moody Blues, Electric Light Orchestra and Robert Plant.

Some major UK acts include The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin, Queen, Elton John, Pink Floyd, David Bowie, Deep Purple, Sex Pistols, Eric Clapton, The Clash, Van Morrison, Dire Straits, The Police, Fleetwood Mac, Genesis, George Michael, Pet Shop Boys, Phil Collins, Rod Stewart, The Who, Eurythmics, Dusty Springfield, The Cure, Black Sabbath, Iron Maiden, Def Leppard, Duran Duran, Oasis, Radiohead, Coldplay, Muse, Gorillaz, Robbie Williams, Seal, Bee Gees, Spice Girls, UB40, Adele, Jessie J Amy Winehouse ... Other popular European musicians are U2 ( Ireland ), Björk ( Iceland ), ABBA ( Sweden ), a-ha ( Norway ), Andrea Bocelli ( Italy ), Julio Iglesias ( Spain ), Nana Mouskouri ( Greece / France ), Kati Wolf ( Hungary ), Boney M. ( Germany ), Daft Punk ( France ), Charles Aznavour ( France ), Johnny Hallyday ( France ), Modern Talking ( Germany ), Scorpions ( Germany ), Rammstein ( Germany ), Ace of Base ( Sweden ), t. A. T. u.

It has hosted a number of music concerts: events include UB40, supported by The Pogues, in 1989, Duran Duran in 2005, and the 2002 Party in the Park, featuring Westlife and Sugababes among others.

On the other hand, some arts prospered, especially music: Birmingham had thriving heavy metal ( with bands such as Black Sabbath, Napalm Death and Judas Priest ) and reggae scenes ( notable locals including Steel Pulse, Pato Banton, Musical Youth, and UB40 ).

Later Musical Youth, UB40, the first truly mixed-race UK dub band, and Pato Banton found commercial success, as did 2 Tone band The Beat who drew their influences from Jamaican ska music.

Artists such as Ace of Base, Chaka Demus & Pliers and Pato Banton ( with the help of UB40 ), took their radio-friendly " pop / reggae " hits to the top of the UK charts for weeks.

* " Reefer Madness ", a song by UB40 from Signing Off

UB40 caught their first break when Chrissie Hynde saw them at a pub and gave them an opportunity as a support act to her band, The Pretenders.

The Nelson Mandela Concert was the largest such event since 1985's Live Aid and the line-up also featured: Dire Straits, George Michael, Eurythmics, Joe Cocker, Ashford & Simpson, Natalie Cole, Tracy Chapman, Wet Wet Wet, Bee Gees, UB40, Chrissie Hynde, Hugh Masekela, Jerry Dammers, Whitney Houston, Meat Loaf, Salt-N-Pepa, Stevie Wonder and many more.

* UB40 and Chrissie Hynde-" I Got You Babe ", 3 August 1985

* UB40 and Chrissie Hynde-" I Got You Babe ", " Breakfast in Bed ", " Sing Our Own Song "

It was reported by some Birmingham newspapers on 13 March 2008, that Maxi Priest would be the new lead singer of UB40 and had recorded a cover of Bob Marley ’ s " I Shot the Sheriff " with the band, based on information from an unnamed " source close to the band.

Another local newspaper reporting that Maxi Priest would be the new UB40 frontman, also included a statement from band spokesman Gerard Franklyn which contradicted this claim: " Maxi is collaborating with the band to record material but there is no decision been made to replace Ali Campbell with one definitive singer.

Maxi Priest and UB40 mimicked the song's melody and chord progression in their 2008 collaboration " Dance Until the Morning Light ", from the UB40 album TwentyFourSeven.

Another local newspaper, the Express & Star that had reported that Priest would be the new UB40 frontman, included a statement from band spokesman Gerard Franklyn which contradicted the claim, stating " Maxi is collaborating with the band to record material but he won't be the new lead singer, that will be Duncan Campbell, the brother of Ali and Robin Campbell.

" Priest had joined UB40 on their arena tour in 2007, culminating in sell-out shows at the NEC Birmingham in December.

The UK was one of the two main countries in the development of rock music, and has provided global acts including The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin, The Who, Pink Floyd, Queen, Elton John, David Bowie, Black Sabbath, Deep Purple, The Kinks, Yardbirds, Sex Pistols, The Clash, Van Morrison, Eric Clapton, Dire Straits, Bee Gees, Rod Stewart, The Animals, Iron Maiden, Def Leppard, Whitesnake, Motörhead, Phil Collins, Duran Duran, Billy Idol, ELO, The Hollies, Sting, Annie Lennox, George Michael, Genesis, The Cure, Siouxsie and the Banshees, The Police, UB40, Ozzy Osbourne, The Smiths, Joy Division, Foreigner, Elvis Costello, Dusty Springfield, Status Quo, Cat Stevens, Judas Priest, Bonnie Tyler, Pet Shop Boys, Joe Cocker, T. Rex, Depeche Mode, Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Roxy Music, The Jam, Rainbow, Kate Bush, Peter Gabriel, Seal, Eurythmics, Free, King Crimson, Moody Blues, The Troggs, Steve Winwood, Robert Palmer, Cream, The Foundations, Herman's Hermits, Procol Harum, Yes, The Pretenders, Simple Minds, Marillion, Nazareth, The Sweet, Human League, Supertramp, Tears for Fears, New Order, Bad Company, Brian Johnson, The Stone Roses, Pulp, Suede, Manic Street Preachers, Travis, Oasis and Blur.

It was reported in some newspapers in the Birmingham area, including the Birmingham Mail on 13 March 2008, that Priest would be replacing Ali Campbell as the new lead singer of UB40, and that he had recorded a cover of Bob Marley ’ s " I Shot the Sheriff " with the band, based on information from " an unnamed source close to the band.

" Priest had joined UB40 on tour in 2007, culminating in sell out shows at the National Exhibition Centre ( NEC ) in Solihull in December.

Past seasons have featured acts such as the Russian National Orchestra ; Dave Koz ; Robert Cray ; Michael McDonald ; The Doobie Brothers ; Los Lonely Boys ; Earth, Wind & Fire ; Gretchen Wilson ; John Michael Montgomery ; Lynyrd Skynyrd ; UB40 ; Vince Gill ; Amy Grant ; Carrie Underwood ; Randy Travis ; Bryan Adams ; George Thorogood ; Peter Frampton ; B.

At the end of April 1999 while he was on home leave from prison, Adair was shot at and grazed by a bullet in the head at a UB40 concert in Belfast which he had attended with his wife.

In " Towering Alan " he claims to have a broad taste in music ; he is a fan of Kate Bush, the Electric Light Orchestra, UB40, Def Leppard and particularly ABBA, the music of which is a recurrent theme in Knowing Me, Knowing You.

It was also the time when dub made its influence known in the work of harder edged, experimental producers such as Mikey Dread with UB40 and The Clash, Adrian Sherwood and the roster of artists on his On-U Sound label.

Better-known bands such as The Police, The Clash and UB40 helped popularize Dub, with UB40s Present Arms In Dub album being the first dub album to hit the UK top 40.

UB40 are a British reggae / pop band formed in 1978 in Birmingham.

One of the world's best-selling music artists, UB40 have sold over 70 million records.

The name " UB40 " was selected in reference to the document issued to people claiming unemployment benefit from the UK government's Department of Health and Social Security ( DHSS ) at the time of the band's formation.

The designation UB40 stood for Unemployment Benefit, Form 40.

Brian Travers saved up and bought his first saxophone whilst working as an electrical apprentice for NG Bailey, leaving after a few years to become a founding member of UB40 alongside Jimmy Brown, Earl Falconer and Ali Campbell.

Before some of them could play their instruments, Ali Campbell and Brian Travers travelled around Birmingham promoting the band, putting up UB40 posters.

As UB40 grew in popularity, they encouraged and supported local musicians and bands from Birmingham such as, Beshara, by taking them on a tour.

Three years later UB40 performed at the Birmingham Heart Beat Charity Concert 1986.

In 1987 Ray " Pablo " Falconer, producer of UB40 music, died in a car crash.

UB40 toured South Africa in July 2007 and headlined the Live Earth concert at the Cradle of Humankind, near Johannesburg.

In 2002, the Virgin Records compilation album Young Gifted & Black featured sleeve notes by Robin Campbell from UB40.

During the 2009 U. S. Tour UB40 offered fans live concert recordings on USB wristbands.

As the previous Labour of Love albums had been the most commercially successful albums for UB40.

Other regular collaborators include actor Robert Silverman, art director Carol Spier, sound editor Bryan Day, film editor Ronald Sanders, his sister, costume designer Denise Cronenberg, and, from 1979 until 1988, cinematographer Mark Irwin.

His other musical collaborators include Michael Moorcock, Brian Eno, Arthur Brown, Jim Capaldi, Steve Pond, Inner City Unit, Vivian Stanshall, Nektar, John Greaves, Adrian Wagner, Amon Düül II, and Spirits Burning ( posthumously ).

Other recurring collaborators include Gilliam's cinematographers Roger Pratt ( Brazil, The Fisher King, 12 Monkeys ) and Nicola Pecorini ( Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, The Brothers Grimm, Tideland, The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus ), and his co-writer McKeown ( Brazil, The Adventures of Baron Munchausen, The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus ).

His regular collaborators include the cinematographer Giorgos Arvanitis, the screenwriter Tonino Guerra and the composer Eleni Karaindrou.

The AK also conducted retaliatory operations to assassinate prominent Nazi collaborators and Gestapo officials in response to Nazi terror tactics imposed on the civilian population of Poland ( notable individuals assassinated by AK include Igo Sym and Franz Kutschera ).

While his collaborators include famous or notable figures such as Alexander Calder, Frank Stella, Lin Utzon, Victor Vasarely, Norman Carlberg ( a fellow but later student of Josef Albers ), and many others, by far the most important of the collaborators was his mentor Albers.

They include Joe following the making of Little Britain series 2, which was screened on BBC Three and is included on the Little Britain Series 2 DVD ; a video diary of his brief cameo as a zombie, which appears on the UK Shaun of the Dead DVD ; and ' Hot Fuzz ': The Fuzzball Rally, where he followed his friends and collaborators, Edgar Wright, Nick Frost and Simon Pegg on the US press tour for their film, Hot Fuzz.

Leading contributors include Gunduz Caginalp ( Editor of the Journal of Behavioral Finance from 2001 – 2004 ) and collaborators including 2002 Nobelist Vernon Smith, David Porter, Don Balenovich, Vladimira Ilieva and Ahmet Duran, and Ray Sturm.

The end credits include the line " With love, Ferdi & Rob ", his frequent collaborators the Bollands.

The firm's collaborators may also be profiled, which may include various suppliers, distributors and other channel partners, joint venture partners, and others.

Angels of Light include many New York City collaborators, including Dana Schechter of Bee and Flower, Kid Congo Powers of The Cramps, Larry Mullins aka Toby Dammit, Bliss Blood of The Moonlighters, Thor Harris of Shearwater, and most recently the Brooklyn band Akron / Family as well as Berlin-based Swans guitarist Christoph Hahn and freak-folk musician Devendra Banhart.

Other collaborators include U. N. K. L. E, Brian Eno, Eurythmics, and German Neue Deutsche Welle band Trio.

BIT's strategic collaborators include eleven Chinese provinces and direct-controlled municipality, as well as forty city or county level governments.

Finn's frequent collaborators include librettist James Lapine, director Graciela Daniele and singers / actors Stephen Bogardus, Carolee Carmello, Stephen DeRosa, Alison Fraser, Keith Byron Kirk, Norm Lewis, Michael Rupert, Mary Testa, and Chip Zien.

Other frequent collaborators include writer Noah Baumbach ( who co-wrote The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou and Fantastic Mr. Fox, with Anderson co-producing his film The Squid and the Whale ), Owen Wilson ( who co-wrote three of Anderson's feature films ), cinematographer Robert Yeoman ( A. S. C.

Confirmed collaborators include Tiki Taane, Ruban and Kody Neilson from the Mint Chicks, Julia Deans from Fur Patrol, Anika Moa, Shayne Carter of Dimmer / Straitjacket Fits fame and Ladi 6 .. " The Adults " was released as a full-length album in New Zealand in June 2011.

Authors and collaborators include Roland Barthes, Michel Foucault, Maurice Blanchot, Jacques Derrida, Jean Cayrol, Jean-Pierre Faye, Julia Kristeva, Bernard-Henri Lévy, Marcelin Pleynet, Maurice Roche, Philippe Sollers, Tzvetan Todorov, Francis Ponge, Umberto Eco, Gérard Genette, Pierre Boulez, Pierre Guyotat, Severo Sarduy, and Shoshana Felman.

Notable collaborators include Glenn Spearman, Thurston Moore, Sonic Youth, Mr. Bungle ( with whom he toured in support of their albums Disco Volante and California ), Secret Chiefs 3, Mondo Cane and Oingo Boingo.

Other collaborators include Maria Muldaur, Nick Gravenites and John Lee Hooker.

Recent collaborators include filmmaker Usama Alshaibi, Cock E. S. P., M. V.

The art director is Lasse Erkola and some of the frequent collaborators include Miikka Lehtonen, Tero Lehtiniemi and Jukka O. Kauppinen.

Song titles include " The Alphabutt Song ," " Seven Hungry Tigers ," " Little Monster Babies ," " Wiggle My Tooth " and " Pee Pee in the Potty ," and collaborators include former Third Eye Blind guitarist Kevin Cadogan and a number of Dawson's other musical friends and their children.