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Midge Ure

Since 1953

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Thu Oct 22 Christchurch, New Zealand · James Hay TheatreMidge Ure: Catalogue The Hits Tour Tickets
Fri Oct 23 Wellington, New Zealand · meow NUI Tickets
Sat Oct 24 Auckland, New Zealand · Powerstation Tickets
Fri Nov 20 York, United Kingdom · York Barbican Tickets
Sat Nov 21 Derby, United Kingdom · Vaillant Live Tickets
Sun Nov 22 Hull, United Kingdom · Connexin Live Tickets
Mon Nov 23 The City Of Brighton And Hove, United Kingdom · Brighton Dome Tickets
Wed Nov 25 Cardiff, United Kingdom · DEPOT Tickets
Thu Nov 26 Llandudno, United Kingdom · Venue Cymru Tickets
Fri Nov 27 Watford, United Kingdom · Watford Colosseum Tickets
Sun Nov 29 Coventry, United Kingdom · Butterworth Hall Tickets
Mon Nov 30 Guildford, United Kingdom · G Live Tickets
Tue Feb 23 Den Haag, Netherlands · PAARD Tickets
Wed Feb 24 Eindhoven, Netherlands · Effenaar Tickets
Thu Feb 25 Frankfurt, Germany · Zoom Frankfurt Tickets
Sat Feb 27 Köln, Germany · Stadthalle Köln-Mülheim Jülich GmbH Tickets
Sun Feb 28 Hamburg, Germany · MarkthalleMidge Ure and Band Electronica Tickets
Tue Mar 2 Hannover, Germany · Theater am Aegi Tickets
Wed Mar 3 Berlin, Germany · Metropol Tickets
Fri Mar 5 Karlsruhe, Germany · Substage Tickets
Sat Mar 6 Winterbach, Germany · Salierhalle Tickets
Mon Mar 8 München, Germany · Muffathalle Tickets
Tue Mar 9 Erlangen, Germany · Heinrich-Lades-Halle Tickets

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About

James Ure (; born 10 October 1953) is a Scottish singer-songwriter and record producer. His stage name, Midge, is a phonetic reversal of Jim. Ure enjoyed particular success in the 1970s and 1980s in bands including Slik, Thin Lizzy, Rich Kids, Visage, and as the second bandleader of Ultravox after John Foxx had left, carrying the band into high chart positions for the six following years before disbanding it. In 1984, he co-wrote and produced the charity single "Do They Know It's Christmas?" for the supergroup Band Aid, which he organised with Bob Geldof. He acts as a trustee for the charity. The single sold 3.7 million copies in the UK at first release, has become a staple of Christmas song compilations ever since, and is the second-highest-selling single in UK chart history. He also organised the events Live Aid and Live 8 with Geldof, and serves as an ambassador for Save the Children.

Ure is the producer and writer of several synth-pop and new wave hit singles of the 1980s, including "Fade to Grey" (1980) by Visage and the Ultravox signature songs "Vienna" (1980), "Hymn" (1983) and "Dancing with Tears in My Eyes" (1984). He achieved his first UK top 10 solo hit in 1982 with "No Regrets". In 1985, his solo debut studio album The Gift reached number two in the UK Albums Chart and yielded the UK singles chart number-one single "If I Was". He also co-wrote Phil Lynott's "Yellow Pearl", which served as the theme of Top of the Pops for much of the 1980s.

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Midge Ure, né James Ure, le 10 octobre 1953 à Cambuslang, Lanarkshire en Écosse, est un musicien, auteur-compositeur-interprète britannique. Son nom de scène, Midge, est un anacyclique phonétique du diminutif de son prénom, « Jim ».

Il connaît le succès dans les années 1970 et 1980 au sein de plusieurs groupes (Slik, Rich Kids, Thin Lizzy, Visage, Ultravox) puis en solo, explorant divers styles musicaux (punk, post-punk, new wave/synthpop et hard rock). Avec Bob Geldof, il est à l'origine du Band Aid et co-auteur de la chanson Do They Know It's Christmas?.

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