{"id":281273,"date":"2022-07-17T03:09:54","date_gmt":"2022-07-16T21:39:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nagalandpost.com\/?p=281273"},"modified":"2022-07-17T03:09:55","modified_gmt":"2022-07-16T21:39:55","slug":"ub40-releases-commonwealth-games-anthem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/2022\/07\/17\/ub40-releases-commonwealth-games-anthem\/","title":{"rendered":"UB40 releases commonwealth games anthem"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>English reggae and pop band, UB40 released \u201cChampion,\u201d the first single from their upcoming 2023 album titled \u2018UB45\u2019, a celebration of the band\u2019s 45 years with new and reworked music.<br>Featuring two of Birmingham\u2019s most respected emcees, Gilly G and Dapz on the Map alongside new frontman Matt Doyle, \u201cChampion\u201d is also the official anthem of the 2022 Commonwealth Games, hosted by UB40\u2019s diverse hometown of Birmingham, England from July 29th through August 28th.<br>\u201cChampion\u201d is the first UB40 single to feature new frontman Matt Doyle (formerly of Kioko), who is holding the torch for Duncan Campbell after his retirement following a stroke. \u201cI wish the absolute best for Duncan and I hope that he makes a full and speedy recovery,\u201d says Doyle. \u201cI have loved UB40\u2019s music for as long as I can remember. The audience has welcomed me with love and open arms and I can\u2019t wait to hear them singing the classics back to me.\u201d<br>The band has sold more than 100 million records worldwide.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>English reggae and pop band, UB40 released \u201cChampion,\u201d the first single from their upcoming 2023 album titled \u2018UB45\u2019, a celebration of the band\u2019s 45 years with new and reworked music.Featuring two of Birmingham\u2019s most respected emcees, Gilly G and Dapz on the Map alongside new frontman Matt Doyle, \u201cChampion\u201d is also the official anthem of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":281333,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[688],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-281273","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-infotainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/281273","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=281273"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/281273\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/281333"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=281273"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=281273"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nagalandpost.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=281273"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}