UB40 Declared Bankrupt

UB40 have been declared bankrupt, it has been announced.

Four members of the reggae band - Brian Travers, Jimmy Brown, Terence Oswald and Norman Hassan – have now been declared bankrupt by a judge at Birmingham

County Court.

The news follows a bust-up over band finances, which saw frontman Ali Campbell quit the band in 2008, following the collapse of their management company

DEP International.

The court order will last a year and means that tax officers can seize property belonging to the band to pay off their outstanding debts, reports the Daily Telegraph.

A spokesman for frontman Ali Campbell said in a statement: 'It is ironic that the very week they celebrate their first gig they have been declared bankrupt, after administration began in 2006, vindicating both Ali and Mickey Virtue's decision to leave UB40.'

via gigwise.com