Astro street art Portrait Birmingham

astro street art mural Birmingham 

British vocalist and former member of UB40 Terence Wilson, better known by his stage name Astro, has died aged 64.

Astro, who performed in the reggae pop band for more than 30 years, died after a short illness, his current band confirmed.

"We are absolutely devastated and completely heartbroken," said a statement on Ali Campbell and Astro's Twitter account.

"The world will never be the same without him."

Astro joined UB40 in 1979 - shortly after the band was formed - but left in 2013 and went on to perform with breakaway group UB40 featuring Ali Campbell and Astro, which had played some concerts this year and was due to go on tour in 2022.

The original band broke through in the early 1980s with their unique take on British reggae and found success with hits like Red Red Wine and Can't Help Falling In Love.

The Birmingham-based group - named after the then government's unemployment benefit form - sold more than 70 million records and had three UK number one hits

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Graffitis Art at the Selly Oak Bournbrook Skate Park Birmingham

Graffitis Art at the Bournbrook Skate Park

Bournbrook

Recreation

Ground, Selly Oak

Bournbrook wall has a history for graffiti, artists, creativity. It is behind an old bowling green, turned soldiers sanctuary after WWII, in a prime city location on the Selly Oak High Street

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Selly Oak - A voluntary youth project was established in 1984 to work with graffiti

artists and oversee a live permission wall. It hasn’t been actively managed since

1994 and residents report tagging ‘spread to every available surface in the park

Many of the participants were unclear, but it

appears that a recreation park in Selly Oak

was made a legal graffiti zone by Birmingham

City Council in 1984. The site itself was a wall

at the back of the park, by the baseball courts,

overlooked by a cul-de-sac. A voluntary

youth project was set up to work with graffiti

artists and an informal code of conduct was

developed. Prior to undertaking the graffiti,

sketches had to be submitted to the

youth worker for approval. The site was

cleaned annually.

Although initially successful, the project has

not been actively managed since 1994 and

anecdotal feedback from residents suggests

it has made the problem worse. Tagging has

now spread to almost every available surface

in the park and there are more kids than ever

before hanging around.

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