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UB40 concert... absolutely magical
The Island
|October 16, 2025
The UB40 concert at The Warfield, in San Francisco, in the USA, on Friday, 26th September, 2025, was part of their Relentless Tour, and taking in the scene was Mahesha Manjuka Warusawitharana who described the concert as absolutely magical; “More than I ever expected.”
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She went on to say that seeing UB40 live at the Warfield, in SF, was something else!
“Growing up in Sri Lanka, in the '80s, I loved their music, and that night I felt like I was transported back home. singing every lyric, feeling every beat.
“My cousin Samanthika and her husband Bharatha were with me and the three of us were totally in the zone, like time hadn't passed at all. It brought back so many memories ... old school days, cassette tapes, and those chill evenings back home; pure nostalgia. It's a night I'll always remember.”
Mahesha went on to say that Warfield is a historic theatre with great acoustics, and that particular night it felt electric.
This story is from the October 16, 2025 edition of The Island.
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