UB40, with Ali, Astro and Mickey, are back together and ready to perform their legendary hits plus new tracks from their forthcoming album. They will be performing at St David’s Hall on April 15 2015.

With over 70 million records sold and 50 singles in the UK chart their contribution to pop music is extraordinary.

Hailed as Britain’s greatest reggae artists, the three founding members are set for a huge world tour, which the fans have been crying out for, playing music from forthcoming album ‘Silhouette’ out this October.

The summer of 1978 saw the eight members of the Birmingham band, soon to become UB40, drawn together by their love of Jamaican reggae. Taking their name from a notorious British unemployment form, the band played their first local gig in Birmingham in 1979, and spent the rest of the year performing at pubs and clubs around the UK.

British radio legend John Peel was so impressed with the group's first demo tape that he invited them to perform on his Radio One show in 1980. At the same time, the band was also asked to support The Pretenders on their triumphant national tour.

They released a Top 5 single in the UK in February 1980 and, in 1981, released a brace of albums, 'Present Arms' and 'Present Arms In Dub'. Their breakthrough came with the hit single, 'Red, Red Wine'. The song topped the British singles charts in 1983 and, after renewed promotion following the 1988 Nelson Mandela Concert at Wembley; the single reached the number 1 spot in the US.

Touring America and Canada in 1985, the group celebrated another hit single with 'I Got You Babe', recorded with Chrissie Hynde of The Pretenders. In 1986 they finished 'Rat In The

Kitchen', and further recording in 1987 and 1988 was complimented by a world tour.

1993's platinum selling album, 'Promises And Lies', spawned the hit 'Can't Help Falling In

Love', which topped the U.S. pop chart for seven consecutive weeks. The subsequent tour culminated in a series of shows in South Africa, with them dedicating their anti-apartheid anthem, 'Sing Our Own Song', to President Nelson Mandela.

The band's initial line up lasted for 30 years from the band's formation in 1978 until front-man Ali Campbell’s departure from the band in 2008. Since that time, two other founding members (Mickey Virtue and Astro) have also left the band, and the trio of Campbell, Virtue, and Astro have since formed UB40.

Tickets are available now online at www.stdavidshallcardiff.co.uk or at their box office on 02920 878444.