was also an arranger and lyricist. He had suffered from cancer since 2019 and he died in August 2021. Travers was a founding member of the socialist Workers Party of Britain in 2019. UB40 featuring Ali Campbell and Astro In January 2014, Astro, with other former UB40 members Ali Campbell, and Mickey Virtue, announced plans to reform and record under the UB40 name. The band released their new song, "Reggae Music" as a free download in January 2014. In February, with the original band and the newly formed splinter group both due to perform in Dubai under the name UB40 within a few months of each other, the new group announced a name change to 'UB40 Reunited'. Then the splinter group changed their name again, settling on 'UB40 featuring Ali, Astro, and Mickey', until late 2018 when Virtue departed the band, after which they continued touring and recording as 'UB40 featuring Ali Campbell and Astro'. Astro died on 6 November 2021 after recording tracks for the band's new album Unprecedented. The first single from these sessions, "Sufferer", was released in February 2022, with the album due to be released by UMC on 17 June 2022. Matt Hoy Ali Campbell's UB40 splinter group also featured the vocalist Matt Hoy until he quit in July 2021. On the week of 20 March 2022, Hoy's new single "We Are One" appeared on the countdown as shown on The Heritage Chart Show with Mike Read, one place above his former bandmates new single "Sufferer", with Hoy invited to perform his song live in the studio on the programme as broadcast of Talking Pictures TV on 10 April 2022. Discography Signing Off (1980) Present Arms (1981) UB44 (1982) Labour of Love (1983) Geffery Morgan (1984) Baggariddim (1985) Rat in the Kitchen (1986) UB40 (1988) Labour of Love II (1989) Promises and Lies (1993) Guns in the Ghetto (1997) Labour of Love III (1998) Cover Up (2001) Homegrown (2003) Who You Fighting For? (2005) TwentyFourSeven (2008) Labour of Love IV (2010) Getting Over the Storm (2013) For the Many (2019) Bigga Baggariddim (2021) See also List of best-selling music artists List of dub artists Gary Tyler – biographical subject of a song by UB40 References External links UB40 official web site UB40 featuring Ali, Astro and Mickey UB40 at Rolling Stone UB40 discography at Discogs 1978 establishments in England A&M Records artists British reggae musical groups