Midge Ure and Ultravox News 2009

The Rich Kids

28 November - The Rich Kids “HUNG ON YOU”
Former Rich Kids members Glen Matlock and Midge Ure have come together to organise a benefit concert for the family of Rich Kids guitarist Steve New who has battled with cancer for the past year. The event will take place at the O2 Academy, Islington, London on Thursday 7th January 2010.
Guests confirmed are The Illuminations (featuring Clive Langer, Steve Allen and Ian Broudie), TV Smith (from the Adverts), Viv Albertine (from The Slits), Carbon Silicon (featuring Mick Jones and Tony James), Patti Paladin and Gary Kemp (from Spandau Ballet).
Glen and Midge will perform solo slots on the night and Steve New will play with his band Beastellabeast before all four of the Rich Kids which will include original drummer Rusty Egan take to the stage. Special guests will no doubt join in at the end !

More Ultravox gigs 2010

November 2009 - Twenty gigs Ultravox Return to Eden part 2 tour in 2010
For all the dates:
Tourinfo Midge Ure

Two more Ultravox gigs in April 2010

23 September 2009 - Two gigs have been added to the Ultravox tour of April 2010.
Zurich on April 15th, and Amsterdam on April 26th.

Ultravox gig, Duisburg, Germany

The webmaster of Astradyne.org went to the concert of Ultravox in Duisburg, Germany on 7 August 2009
go to the report of the Duisburg gig

New Ultravox on tour dates

8 August 2009 - New Ultravox on tour dates, confirmed at the Meet and Greet before the gig at Duisburg (Germany) on 7 August.

The dates are:
17 April 2010: München, TonHalle (Germany)
18 April 2010: OffenBach, Capitol Theater (Germany)
19 April 2010: Köln, Musical Dome (Germany)
21 April 2010: Hannover, Capitol (Germany)
23 April 2010: Hamburg, Grosse Freiheit 36 (Germany)
24 April 2010: Berlin, Admiralspalast (Germany)

New Ultravox CD and DVD: The Very Best of Ultravox

6 April 2009 - the release of a tour tie-in album: The Very Best of Ultravox.
It's a CD+DVD package, which takes The Collection (album and video) as its basis and extends it to include not only singles and videos from U-Vox.
This release will contain the 'uncut' version of Vienna (with the spider) and the 'uncensored' version of Visions in Blue (with the scantily clad girls.

Tracks:
Disc 1: CD The Very Best of Ultravox:
Sleepwalk / Passing Strangers / Vienna (Single Version) / All Stood Still (Album Version) / The Thin Wall (Single Version) / The Voice (Single Version) / Reap The Wild Wind (Single Version) / Hymn (Single Version) / Visions in Blue (Single Version) / We Came to Dance (Single Version) / One Small Day / Dancing With Tears in My Eyes (Single Version) / Lament (Single Version) / White China / Loves Great Adventure / Same Old Story (Single Version) / All Fall Down / All In One Day (Single Version).

Disc 2: DVD The Very Best of Ultravox:
Sleepwalk (Recorded live at St Albans, 16 Aug 1980) / Vienna (Recorded live at St Albans, 16 Aug 1980) / Passing Strangers / Vienna (the 'uncut' video) / All Stood Still (Top of The Pops, 11 Jun 1981) / The Thin Wall / The Voice / Reap The Wild Wind / Hymn / Visions in Blue (the 'uncensored' video) / We Came to Dance / One Small Day / Dancing With Tears in My Eyes / Lament / Love's Great Adventure / Same Old Story / All Fall Down.

MIDGE URE PURE+BREATHE

Midges albums Pure and Breathe get repackaged with many extra tracks by Edsel Records for release on April 6th

Track Listings:
Disc 1: album Pure
I See Hope in the Morning Light / Cold, Cold Heart / Pure Love / Sweet 'n Sensitive Thing / Let It Go? / Rising / Light in Your Eyes / Little One / Hands Around My Heart / Waiting Days / Tumbling Down / Flowers (Bonus Tracks) / Supernatural (Bonus Tracks) / I See Hope in the Morning Light (single remix) (Bonus Track) / The Man I Used To Be (Bonus Track) / Madame de Sade (Bonus Track) / Dear God (live) (Bonus Track) / Just For You (live) (Bonus Track).

Disc 2: album Breathe
Breathe / Fields of Fire / Fallen Angel / Free / Guns and Arrows / Lay My Body Down / Sinnerman / Live Forever / Trail of Tears / May Your Good Lord / The Maker / Breathe (live) (Bonus Track) / Man of the World (live) (Bonus Track) / No Regrets (live) (Bonus Track) / Cold, Cold Heart (live) (Bonus Track) / Trail of Tears (live) (Bonus Track) / Tor (Bonus Track).

Ultravox to reform and tour in 2009

Following recent speculation, we are very pleased to announce the most exciting Ultravox news in over twenty years - and as Ultravox.org.uk subscribers, you're hearing it first! Warren Cann, Chris Cross, Billy Currie and Midge Ure - all four members of the 1980s Ultravox lineup - will come together for the first time since performing at Live Aid in 1985, for a UK tour in 2009. Entitled Return to Eden, the tour will kick off on April 10th.

10 April: Edinburgh Playhouse, 18-22 Greenside Place, Edinburgh, Scotland
11 April: Glasgow Clyde, Finnieston Street, Glasgow, Scotland
13 April: Newcastle City Hall, Northumberland Road, Newcastle Upon Tyne
14 April: Manchester Apollo, Stockport Road, Manchester, Lancashire
15 April: Sheffield City Hall, Barkers Pool, Sheffield
17 April: Birmingham Symphony Hall, Broad Street, Birmingham
19 April: Bristol Colston Hall, Colston Street, Bristol
20 April: Cardiff St. David's Hall, The Hayes, Cardiff, Wales
21 April: Nottingham Royal Theatre, Theatre Square
23 April: Brighton Dome, 29 New Road, Brighton, East Sussex
24 April: London Hammersmith Apollo, 45 Queen Caroline Street, London
26 April: Bournemouth International Centre, Exeter Road, Bournemouth
27 April: Plymouth Pavillion, Millbay Road, Plymouth
28 April: Portsmouth Guildhall, Guildhall Square, Portsmouth, Hampshire

02 May :Dublin Olympia Theatre, 72 Dame St, Dublin 2, Ierland
03 May: Belfast Waterfront, 2 Lanyon Place, Belfast, County Antrim, Noord Ierland

13 June: Isle of Wight Festival
07 August: Theater am Marientor, Duisburg, Germany
08 August: Lokerse Festen, Grote Kaai, Lokeren, Belgium

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