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Courtesy of the Press Association:

It is the song that made their fortunes, but chart veterans UB40 have revealed they are sick of Red, Red Wine.
The reggae act admit they are "bored to tears" of the track which became their first chart-topper in 1983, and they can't stand rehearsing it.
Guitar Robin Campbell, about to kick off a UK tour with the band next month, said they cannot bring themselves to practise the song. However, he said the band continue to play it because they know the fans still love it.
He said: "We hate rehearsing Red Red Wine, we're bored to tears of it.
"Very often in rehearsals we'll just skip it because we're so bored of it, but the second you do it to an audience, it changes."
He added: "That's one of the songs they're there to hear, and you can be as tired of it as you like, but they're not. They haven't heard you sing it for several years. It takes on a new life again."

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Quite common

I remember Sheryl Crow bitching about having to play 'All I Wanna Do' around 2-3 years after it made her famous.

I imagine UB40's main beef is that they didn't write the song, but still have to play it

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robram | 21 October 2009 - 1:38pm
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