UB40: The Russell Club, Manchester

HOPEFULLY, UB40 will help English reggae slip sneakily back into its true direction. The effects of the past 12 months of 2 Toned overkill are beginning to tell on us all. We must be grateful for the live action but certainly not for those albums packed with clean, neat sounding re-writes that couldn't and wouldn't stray outside of their expected fashion traps. Frankly, we've been skarred to death.