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“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 ...

Ultravox bass player Chris Cross – best known as the co-writer of the hit song Vienna – has passed away aged 71, according to a message shared on the band’s social media channels. Midge Ure, frontman ...

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 ...

Best known for Ultravox, Visage, Solo, Thin Lizzy, Rick Kids, Band Aid, recipient of five honorary university degrees, OBE honor from the Queen of Great Britain, and still being relatively unknown in ...

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 ...

Chris Cross, the musician who shot to fame as the bassist for the band Ultravox, has died at age 71. Bandmate Midge Ure announced the news in an Instagram post and referred to his fellow bandmate and ...

Suave Brit singer Midge Ure is on his way to Mount Dora in a few days to play the Mount Dora Music Hall on his “Band in a Box” tour. Worth the drive, we’d say. Ure, who came to fame fronting sleek ...

Chris Cross, the bassist who rose to fame as a member of the new wave band Ultravox, has died aged 71. The news was announced by his bandmate Midge Ure, who paid tribute to “the glue that held the ...

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