A music icon from the 80s criticised Oasis in a new interview ahead of the Gallagher brothers' upcoming reunion tour as he said his own band don't get the recognition they need
UB40 star Ali Campbell has criticised Oasis ahead of their upcoming tour as he said the band "can't catch a cold outside of England."
"We probably sold twice as many records as they've sold – and we don't get that recognition. In documentaries about music of the Eighties, UB40 might get mentioned in passing at the end of Part Two – whereas Madness, The Specials, Adam and the Ants get more cover than we do." But UB40 is also enjoying a renewed success, having sold out at Wembley Arena, and Ali said of their resurgent popularity: "It's what should have been happening for the last 15 years." He then went on to blame past management as he said: "Somebody else was in charge, and they weren't doing a brilliant job."
Oasis recently confirmed they will be heading Down Under for a string of dates in Melbourne and Sydney, Australia. On Tuesday, the band have announced more shows to their world tour. They will be performing in Argentina for two nights at Bueno Aires' Estadio River Plate, before heading to Chile, then wrapping in Brazil next November.
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