UB40’s Robin Campbell accuses former bandmate Ali of ‘STEALING’

Last week Day & Night reported that Ali had branded Robin and his younger brother Duncan “embarrassing” for continuing to sing his songs, despite leaving the band more than a decade ago.

Now Robin, 61, who, like Ali, 59, continues to perform as UB40, insists his brother has no business continuing to use the band’s name.

“There was no battle when Ali left.

“He spent five years performing under his own name.

“It’s only in the last couple of years that he’s trying to steal our name, basically,” says Robin, who explains that his original band never stopped performing and simply replaced Ali as the frontman with Duncan, 58.

Ali resigned. He didn’t start the band.

“We were a democratic band that he chose to leave, thereby leaving the remaining members to carry on as UB40 and that is what we did.

“He never owned the name and we never split up. We carried on performing and recording as UB40 and for Ali, five years later, to decide that he can use our name is ludicrous.”

The Can’t Help Falling In Love singer Ali has since teamed up with fellow former bandmates Mickey Virtue and Astro and their new album A Real Labour Of Love hit the shops yesterday.

Surely they could just make up over a glass of Red Red Wine?