Midge Ure and Ultravox news 2005

December 2005

Merry Christmas
and a Happy New Year

Midge Ure receives lifetime achievement award

21 November 2005 - Midge Ure has been presented with a lifetime achievement award at the Tartan Clef Awards.
Band Aid co-founder and former Ultravox singer Midge Ure received the accolade at a ceremony in Glasgow.
The lifetime achievement awards are organised by the Nordoff-Robbins Music Therapy charity, which helps people with disabilities.
The Tartan Clef Awards go from strength to strength each year, raising an astonishing amount of money for the charity.

Midge Ure DVD 'Hammer Summer 2005'

8 November 2005 - The Midge Ure DVD 'Hammer Summer 2005' will go on sale in the shop next Tuesday (15 November) at 10am UK time and will be priced at a very reasonable GBP 10.
The first 100 copies will be signed personally by Midge Ure himself.
Go to the website of Midge Ure: www.midgeure.com
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'If I Was...The Autobiography'

8 November 2005 - The new Autobiography of Midge Ure 'If I Was...The Autobiography'
is out now!
Order The Autobiography of Midge Ure at Amazon.co.uk

Live 8 DVD

The Live 8 DVD box is available.
Order the Live 8 DVD's at Amazon.co.uk.

Midge Ure OBE

20 October 2005 - Live Aid co-founder Midge Ure said he felt fantastic' as he collected his OBE from the Queen on 18 October.
Midge Ure was awarded the accolade for both his music and charity work.
"It's fantastic. It's wonderful. I've had many awards in my time but nothing so official, so prestigious," he said.
The Scottish musician was accompanied at the investiture by his wife Sheridan and daughters.
Midge Ure wore a plain black kilt with matching black shirt, jacket, socks and a silver tie, to pick up his honour.
"The Queen said something about it. I can't remember what but I think it was a gracious comment rather than 'What on earth are you wearing?'"

Honorary degree for Midge Ure

12 October 2005 - Musician and humanitarian Midge Ure has received an Honorary Degree of Doctor of Arts from Dundee's University of Abertay and formally opened a new Student Centre on October 12th.
He said: "Having left school at the age of 15, I never expected to receive such an accolade."

Midge on Richard & Judy show

04 October 2005 - On Tuesday November 15th Midge Ure will be interviewed on Channel 4's Richard & Judy chat show, talking about the re-issue paperback of his autobiography 'If I Was'.

Dutch Fan meeting in Essen (Germany)

28 August 2005 - Instead of the yearly Dutch Voxgate, we are going to the gig of Midge Ure at the Zeche Carl, Essen, Germany, on 18 October 2005.
We will meet each other at the 'Kneipe Malakow' van Zeche Carl in the afternoon of 18 October.

Midge Ure at the Night of the Proms in Germany

14 August 2005 - From the managment of Mige Ure: "We are pleased to announce that Midge Ure will be performing at the Night of the Proms in Germany ONLY."
Tourinfo for all the data.

Official live 8 book available

1 August 2005 - This official live 8 book contains a foreword by Bob Geldof and over 300 colour photographs, including backstage images, exclusive photographs from the concerts around the world and reflections and quotes from the many performers.
Live 8 includes text and pictures reminding us exactly what the day was about and what is now required in the battle towards making poverty history.
Price: GBP 15.99 and for every copy sold GBP 5 will go to Live8.
Order the official live8 boek

Pictures of Midge Ure in Hamm

On 8 July 2005, Midge Ure played at the Hammer Summer in Hamm, Germany.
Go to our pictures of the concert of Midge Ure at Hamm, Germany

Concert Midge Ure in Hamm

On 8 July there was a great concert of Midge Ure in Hamm, Germany.

Midge played the following songs:
I see Hope, Fade to Grey, Dear God, Call of the Wild, No Regrets, Just for You, One Small Day, Man of the World, Supernatural (surprise track), Breathe, If I Was, Vienna, Love's Great Adventure, Monster, Cold Cold Heart, Dancing with Tears in my Eyes en Hymn.

Live 8 DVD

30 June 2005 - EMI and Live 8 have concluded a unique agreement whereby EMI will provide the Live 8 organisation with a major financial contribution in return for the worldwide DVD rights to its 2 July concerts.
In November, EMI expects to release locally tailored Live8 DVDs around the world.
Bob Geldof said: "I hope this will be the biggest selling DVD of all time. It deserves to be. More importantly perhaps, it should be, for it will help us achieve our goal of changing the lives of the extreme poor for the better and making our generation the one that helped end the disgrace of poverty."

OBE for Midge Ure

12 June 2005 - Mide Ure in honoured with OBE (Officer of the British Empire) for his services to music and charity, after helping Bob Geldof plan this year's LIVE 8 concerts and organise Live Aid 20 years ago.

LIVE 8 concert in Edinburgh.

11 June 2005 - On 6 July there will be an anti poverty concert in Edinburgh's Murrayfields Stadium.
You will find the latest news about the LIVE 8 concerts on
The Astradyne.org LIVE8 page
The LIVE8 website

LIVE 8 confirmed

31 May 2005 - The free LIVE 8 event will be held in London and concerts in Philadelphia, Paris, Rome and Berlin on 2 July 2005.
Unlike the original Live Aid in 1985, LIVE 8 is not a charity event, but aims to draw attention to world poverty.

LIVE 8 will also be shown live on BBC TV and radio.

Read all about LIVE 8
On our LIVE 8 page
On the LIVE 8 website

Ivor Novello Award for Do They Know It's Christmas?

27 May 2005 - The single Do They Know It's Christmas?, written by : Bob Geldof and Midge Ure and performed by Band Aid 20 won the Ivor Novello Award for 'Best Selling UK Single'.

'Live Aid Remembered'

'Live Aid Remembered' is a three hour documentary for BBC2 to mark the 20th anniversary of the greatest rock concert in history: Live Aid in 1985.
Scheduled for broadcast in July 2005.

RE*LIVE, Sampled Looped and Trigger Happy CD

The RE*LIVE, Sampled Looped and Trigger Happy on tour is officially released on May 2nd on Hypertension.
There's a DVD of the concert and also a separate CD taken from a different night of the tour and featuring some different tracks.
On the CD the song 'New Europeans', which is not on the DVD, and also a new instrumental called 'Tomorrow'.
The officially released DVD is a different version to that available on www.midgeure.com with more interview footage and remixed audio.
The CD will be available in the shop of www.midgeure.com for pre-orders from Monday 25th April and the first 250 will be signed by Midge Ure himself!

There will also be a new range of merchandise to complement the release; willow polo shirts, backpacks and a solid gold Midge signature pin. These will come in a presentation box and have a signed certificate of authenticity.

Go to the website of Midge Ure: www.midgeure.com
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The legendary Visage is back

20 April 2005 - Steve Strange formed a new band with three new members: Sandrine Gouriou (synthesiser), Steven Young (synthesiser) and Rosie Harris (bass). Old Visage songs are being remixed and updated and new tracks are being written.

Astradyne Shop

14 April 2005 - New on Astradyne: The Astradyne Shop
Order here your Midge Ure & Ultravox albums!

Nomination 'Do They Know It's Christmas?' for Ivor Novello awards

13 April 2005 - The Ivor Novello awards are held in honour of Ivor Novello, the British musician and songwriter who died in 1951.

Nominations INTERNATIONAL HIT OF THE YEAR:
Behind Blue Eyes (Writer: Pete Townshend. Performed by Limp Bizkit);
Do They Know It's Christmas? (Writers: Bob Geldof, Midge Ure. Performed by Band Aid 20);
Vertigo (Writers: Bono, The Edge, Adam Clayton, Larry Mullen Jr. Performed by U2).

Nominations BEST SELLING UK SINGLE:
All This Time (Writers: Wayne Hector, Steve Mac, Ali Tennant. Performed by Michelle McManus);
Do They Know It's Christmas? (Writers: Bob Geldof, Midge Ure. Performed by Band Aid 20);
Call On Me (Writers: Steve Winwood, Eric Prydz, Will Jennings. Performed by Eric Prydz).

The 50th Ivor Novello Awards will be held in London on 26 May.

Midge Ure presented with Inspirational Hero award

Band Aid founder Midge Ure was on 21 March 2005 presented with the Daily Record's inaugural Inspirational Hero award.
The entrepreneur sponsored the category at our second Our Hero awards and said Midge Ure's relentless mission to help the world's poorest nations was an inspiration.
The Inspirational Hero is a person who is an outstanding Scot who has dedicated a huge part of his life to helping others.
'This person (Midge Ure) has spent 20 years trying to raise awareness of the plight of the world's poorest nations. He has quite literally helped save the lives of thousands of children and is truly an inspiration to all of us.'

Re*Live CD

28 February 2005 - The 'Re*Live - Sampled Looped and Trigger Happy on Tour' CD and DVD from Midge Ure will be released on 25 April 2005.

Tracks on CD:
Astradyne, If I Was, Passing Strangers, (You) Move Me, Edo, Reap the Wild Wind, Lament, Vienna, Beneath a Spielberg Sky, Sleepwalk, White China, New Europeans, All Stood Still, Monster, Fade to Grey, The Voice, Tomorrow.

Tracks on DVD:
Astradyne, If I Was, Passing Strangers, (You) Move Me, Alone, Edo, Reap the Wild Wind, Lament, Vienna, Beneath a Spielberg Sky, One Small Day, No Regrets, Breathe, Sleepwalk, White China, All Stood Still, Monster, Fade to Grey, The Voice.
Extra features: a 40 min interview with Midge Ure, a 40 min 'on the road documentary' and multi camera angle options for 'The Voice'.

'If I Was - Sampled Looped and Trigger Happy DVD

16 January 2005 - The DVd 'If I Was - Sampled Looped and Trigger Happy on Tour' is now available on the shop of www.midgeure.com
This PAL DVD features 19 songs in 5.1 surround sound (recorded at the Sampled Looped and Trigger Happy Tour in 2002) plus extra features of interview footage, backstage nonsense and a rockumentary!
Go to the website of Midge Ure: www.midgeure.com
Go directly to the shop of www.midgeure.com

John Foxx single 'Mr No' available

5 January 2005 - The single 'Mr No' from John Foxx is now available at Music Non Stop.
See also the News section at the official John Foxx website:
www.metamatic.com
www.musicnonstop.co.uk


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