The Collection featured 14 singles from Ultravox’s run of Chrysalis Records releases—Vienna (1980), Rage in Eden (1981), the George Martin-produced Quartet (1982), and Lament (1984)—and sold more than ...
Scottish rock musician Midge Ure thought his first solo acoustic tour of the United States six years ago would also be his last. “At the time, it was to make a point,” says Ure, the former Ultravox ...
“I was reticent about how people might take this,” says Midge Ure. On his way to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on the midwest leg of his Band in a Box tour, Ure has been revisiting the music of his former ...
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. David Chiu is a freelance music writer based in New York. By 1979, the Scottish musician James “Midge” Ure had played in the bands ...
Midge Ure has been playing music professionally for more than 50 years, so hitting the studio or going on the road for a North American tour at age 70 is as natural as “blinking or breathing.” “At the ...
But not Midge Ure for his solo tour. The former Visage and Ultravox frontman, the man partly responsible for one of the biggest charity hits in history — Do They Know It’s Christmas? — is travelling ...
Revisited with deep attention to detail, Midge Ure and co’s imperial phase reissue is a genuine audio-visual banquet ...
You might not have heard Midge Ure's name before, but you've certainly heard his music. The leader of new wave pioneers Ultravox, as well as a solo artist in his own right, Ure hasn't scored many ...