Four members of reggae veterans go bust after band’s management company goes under
UB40 have been declared bankrupt.
Four members of the reggae veterans Brian Travers, Jimmy Brown, Terence Oswald and Norman Hassan were revealed to have gone bust by a judge at Birmingham County Court.
The case follows the failure of the bands record firm and management company DEP International and a bitter bust-up over band finances which forced frontman Ali Campbell to quit the band in 2008.
The court order lasts for a year and means that tax officers could seize property to pay off any outstanding debts, reports the Daily Telegraph.
Campbell whose brother Duncan now fronts UB40 said he tried to warn his bandmates about the impending fin…
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