UB40, Gin Blossoms

Garden State Arts Center, Holmdel, NJ....

Why in hell were UB40 and the Gin Blossoms playing together? Likely because they were both on the same record label--and in this article you get a taste of the record label insanity lurking behind most decisions in the music industry.


my ticket stub from the show


 

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