Midge Ure

James "Midge" Ure, OBE (born 10 October 1953, Cambuslang, Lanarkshire, Scotland) is a Scottish guitarist, singer, keyboard player, and songwriter. His stage name, Midge, is a phonetic reversal of Jim, the diminutive form of his real name.

Ure enjoyed particular success in the 1970s and 1980s in bands including Slik, Thin Lizzy, The Rich Kids, Visage, and most notably as frontman of Ultravox. Ure co-wrote and produced the charity single "Do They Know It's Christmas?", whose reissue won an Ivor Novello Award in 2005 for Best Selling UK Single. Ure co-organised Band Aid, Live Aid and Live 8 with Bob Geldof. Ure acts as trustee for the charity, and serves as ambassador for Save the Children.

Born to a working-class family in Cambuslang, he attended Cambuslang Primary School and Rutherglen Academy in Glasgow until he was 15 years old. After leaving school Ure attended Technical College and then began to work as an engineer, training at the National Engineering Laboratory, (NEL), in nearby East Kilbride. He started playing music in a Glasgow band called Stumble (c. 1969 – c. 1971), that included a girl-singing duet, Christine and Agnes. The band's line-up included lead guitar John McMenemy, Alan Wright on harmonica, Fraser Spiers on bass, Kenny Ireland on drums, Alec Baird on vocals Gordon Appacellie.

Ure, Midge Filmography

Play in Full Screen The Christmas Number One Story

2012, role: actor , character name: Himself
Play in Full Screen The Nation's Favourite Christmas Song

2012, role: actor , character name: Himself - Co-writer & Producer, Do They Know It's Christmas?
Play in Full Screen Hello Quo

2012, role: actor , character name: Himself
Play in Full Screen Starsuckers

2009, role: actor , character name: Himself
Play in Full Screen Impact: Songs That Changed the World - Band-Aid: Do They Know It's Christmas?

2007, role: actor , character name: Himself
Play in Full Screen Buzzcocks... Imagine a Mildly Amusing Panel Show

2007, role: actor , character name: Himself
Play in Full Screen UK Music Hall of Fame: Biggest Selling Artists of the 21st Century

2005, role: actor , character name: Himself
Play in Full Screen Live 8

2005, role: miscellaneous crew
Play in Full Screen Live Aid Remembered

2005, role: actor , character name: Himself
Play in Full Screen The 100 Greatest Christmas Moments

2004, role: actor , character name: Himself
Play in Full Screen Band Aid 20: Justice, Not Charity

2004, role: actor , character name: Himself
Play in Full Screen Who Killed Saturday Night TV?

2004, role: actor , character name: Himself
Play in Full Screen The Record of the Year 2004

2004, role: actor , character name: Himself
Play in Full Screen Steve Marriott: Astoria Memorial Concert 2001

2004, role: actor , character name: Vocals
Play in Full Screen The Band Aid Story

2004, role: actor , character name: Himself
Play in Full Screen Strike: When Britain Went to War

2003, role: actor , character name: Himself - Ultravox
Play in Full Screen 100 Greatest Number One Singles

2001, role: actor , character name: Himself
Play in Full Screen 80s Mania

2001, role: actor , character name: Performer
Play in Full Screen Top of the Pops: The True Story

2001, role: actor , character name: Himself
Play in Full Screen Hunting Venus

1999, role: actor , character name: Himself
Play in Full Screen Went to Coney Island on a Mission from God... Be Back by Five

1998, role: composer
Play in Full Screen October 22

1998, role: composer
Play in Full Screen The Rocker: Thin Lizzy's Phil Lynott

1996, role: actor , character name: Himself
Play in Full Screen Boca

1994, role: composer
Play in Full Screen Comic Relief: The Invasion of the Comic Tomatoes

1993, role: actor , character name: Himself
Play in Full Screen The Bogie Man

1992, role: actor , character name: Angus McCurdie
Play in Full Screen Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute

1988, role: actor , character name: Himself
Play in Full Screen The Prince's Trust Rock Gala

1988, role: actor , character name: Himself
Play in Full Screen The Hunting of the Snark

1987, role: actor , character name: The Banker
Play in Full Screen Now That's What I Call Music 7

1986, role: actor , character name: Himself
Play in Full Screen Max Headroom

1985, role: composer
Play in Full Screen Live Aid

1985, role: actor , character name: Himself
Play in Full Screen The Prince's Trust Rock Gala

1982, role: actor , character name: Himself
Play in Full Screen The Secret Policeman's Other Ball

1982, role: actor , character name: The Secret Policeman Choir

photo: AP / Koji Ueda

Police rescue team members search through damaged houses to check possibility of trapped people in Mashiki, Kumamoto prefecture, southern Japan, Friday, April 15, 2016.

New earthquake hits southern Japan

Edit Al Jazeera 15 Apr 2016

A magnitude 7.4 earthquake hit southern Japan on Friday and a tsunami warning was issued, according to the US Geological Survey ... More soon.... ....

photo: AP / Rex Features

Liverpool players celebrate at the end of the game after the UEFA Europa League Quarter Final Second Leg match between Liverpool and Borussia Dortmund played at Anfield

Istanbul 2005 Final Inspires Liverpool to Beat Dortmund in Seven-goal Thriller

Edit Community news 15 Apr 2016

11 years ago after Liverpool triumph in Turkey, Liverpool survived to another huge scare before winning one of the most entertaining Europa League knockout phase of the day to seal a 5-4 on aggregate win over Dortmund. Dortmund had managed the perfect start to the match ... Just after the break, Origi well tried and hit back at (48', 1-2) ... d'ALMEIDA. ....

photo: Creative Commons / Pavel

Sicklefin lemon shark (Negaprion acutidens) in the Sydney Aquarium (Selachimorpha), Australia

500-Pound Shark Snatches Sailfish From Anglers’ Hook

Edit Breitbart 15 Apr 2016

A group of anglers and tourists went out off the Miami shore looking to make big catch. The anglers made one, hooking a large sailfish ... Bouncer Smith told WPTV....

photo: AP / Willis Glassgow

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a campaign event at the Myrtle Beach Convention Center on Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2015, in Myrtle Beach, S.C.

NY Post Editorial Board Endorses 'Rookie' Donald Trump In Republican Primary

Edit WorldNews.com 15 Apr 2016

Despite citing a few qualms, the editorial board of the New York Post endorsed Republican frontrunner Donald Trump in an editorial on late Thursday, the first major New York publication to do so, CBS News reported. "Trump is now an imperfect messenger carrying a vital message ... better informed on policy, more self-disciplined and less thin-skinned," the editorial read....

photo: NASA/JPL-Caltech

2006/01/10 The Milky Way Center Aglow with Dust - Milky Way Poster Our Milky Way is a dusty place. So dusty, in fact, that we cannot see the center of the galaxy in visible light. But when NASA´s Spitzer Space Telescope set its infrared eye

In A Constellation Far, Far Away, This Galaxy Is A Ruthless Cannibal Eating Its Neighbors

Edit Inquisitr 15 Apr 2016

Space is a ruthless place. An image captured by the Very Large Telescope in Chile has revealed a cluster of galaxies 65 million light years from Earth — and one of them is in cannibal, swallowing the others. The cannibal galaxy was found in the Fornax cluster, which contains a menagerie of galaxies of a variety of shapes and sizes ... In the middle of Fornax is a beast called NGC 1399, which is a cD galaxy — or cannibal....

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Watch a behind-the-scenes video of Gary Barlow, Tony Hadley and more for the Eddie the Eagle soundtrack

Edit Digital Spy 15 Apr 2016

... pop icons record original songs in the style of the era.  So the likes of Tony Hadley, Nik Kershaw, Go West and Midge Ure can all be seen at a photoshoot and at the album launch concert last month....

Irene Rae - Acoustic Duo at The Cavern, Raynes Park

Edit Skiddle 04 Apr 2016

The Cavern in London. Wednesday 6th April 2016. 9.00pm til 11.00pm. Minimum Age. 18. Irene Rae acoustic duo live at The Cavern, Raynes park, London. with guitarist Stuart Dixon. Event Info. Venue.   ... with guitarist Stuart Dixon ... Irene Rae has reached a wide and loyal fanbase throughout the UK which has seen her support artists that include Midge Ure, Hazel O'Connor, John Power, The Levellers (acoustic), The Jigantics and Declan Bennett ... 18....

Music review: 80s Invasion Tour, Edinburgh Playhouse

Edit Scotsman 26 Mar 2016

80s Invasion Tour . Rating . *** . Edinburgh Playhouse ... Proceedings took a turn for the pretentious and proggy with the arrival of Midge Ure, zipping through a set of solo and Ultravox hits, plus Fade to Grey, the new romantic classic he wrote and produced for Visage, and a so-so Starman tribute to David Bowie ... ....

How 'Eddie the Eagle' Made an Imaginary Eighties Pop Soundtrack

Edit Rollingstone 22 Mar 2016

Anyone who watched the 1988 Calgary Winter Games on TV remembers ski jumper Michael "Eddie" Edwards ... Sidebar ... pop, including Tony Hadley of Spandau Ballet, Marc Almond of Soft Cell, Holly Johnson of Frankie Goes to Hollywood, Paul Young, Kim Wilde, Andy Bell of Erasure, Midge Ure of Ultravox, Nik Kershaw, ABC, Go West, Howard Jones and Heaven 17 ... Vaughn ... But guys like Howard Jones, Midge Ure — they've got the old equipment still ... ....

Gary Barlow: Eddie the Eagle soundtrack project was a dream come true

Edit Digital Spy 21 Mar 2016

We don't blame OMD's Andy McCluskey for thinking an email from Gary Barlow about working on an Eddie the Eagle movie soundtrack was a wind-up ... Tony Hadley, Nik Kershaw, Holly Johnson, Go West and Midge Ure are just some of the synth stars working with the Take That frontman on the album ... 'Can't tell you' ... It was just a remarkable series of events ... Gary replied ... ....

Sting and The Police come under critical reassessment in new book

Edit The Examiner 15 Mar 2016

The personality clashes, the drugs, the groupies ... We also discover how Boomtown Rats front man Bob Geldof masterminded the memorable holiday single “Do They Know It’s Christmas” with Ultravox guitarist Midge Ure and a cast of British pop stars (including Sting, Bono, George Michael, and Simon Le Bon), and how said single ballooned into the Live Aid concerts (where Sting performed with the continent-hopping Phil Collins)....

80's Invasion Tour

Edit Skiddle 12 Mar 2016

Featuring Big Country, Midge Ure, Altered Images and Curiosity Killed The Cat ... Big Country, Midge Ure, Altered Images and Curiosity Killed ......

George Martin hailed as ‘our finest ever producer’ and a music pioneer

Edit The Guardian 10 Mar 2016

The world of music paid homage to the late Sir George Martin on Wednesday, with Midge Ure remembering a man who was “a cross between your favourite schoolteacher and a father” ... Related. Sir George Martin, Beatles producer, dies aged 90 ... ... A Giant . ....

Midge Ure: 'We all learned from George Martin'

Edit ITV 09 Mar 2016

Producer and singer Midge Ure has spoken about the death of Sir George Martin, describing him as ......

Midge Ure pays tribute to George Martin: 'He was one of the most wonderful people I'd ever met'

Edit Digital Spy 09 Mar 2016

Midge Ure is the latest name to pay tribute to the late Sir George Martin, who passed away at the age of 90. The Ultravox singer praised the "wonderful" producer for his "legendary work" with The Beatles. Midge told Good Morning Britain....

Midge Ure pays tribute to George Martin: "He was one of the most wonderful people I'd ever met"

Edit Digital Spy 09 Mar 2016

Brian Wilson, Nigel Godrich, Tony Visconti Remember George Martin

Edit Rollingstone 09 Mar 2016

Ultravox's Midge Ure, who worked with Martin on the synthpop band's 1982 LP Quartet, tells Rolling Stone, "George was the quintessential Englishman, the maverick producer and the loveliest man ever ... "After working with legendary German producer Conny Plank on two albums, Ultravox were looking for a radical change and approach to recording and Sir George Martin was in our sights," Ure said....

Gary Barlow is hosting a massive '80s music night for the Eddie the Eagle movie soundtrack

Edit Digital Spy 09 Mar 2016

Holly Johnson - 'Ascension' Howard Jones - 'Eagle Will Fly Again' Marc Almond - 'Out of the Sky' Tony Hadley - 'Moment' Midge Ure - 'Touching Hearts and Skies' Nik Kershaw - 'The Sky's the Limit' ABC - 'Living Inside My Heart' Kim Wilde - ......

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New earthquake hits southern Japan

Istanbul 2005 Final Inspires Liverpool to Beat Dortmund in Seven-goal Thriller

500-Pound Shark Snatches Sailfish From Anglers’ Hook

NY Post Editorial Board Endorses 'Rookie' Donald Trump In Republican Primary

In A Constellation Far, Far Away, This Galaxy Is A Ruthless Cannibal Eating Its Neighbors

You can search using any combination of the items listed below.

Watch a behind-the-scenes video of Gary Barlow, Tony Hadley and more for the Eddie the Eagle soundtrack

Irene Rae - Acoustic Duo at The Cavern, Raynes Park

Music review: 80s Invasion Tour, Edinburgh Playhouse

How 'Eddie the Eagle' Made an Imaginary Eighties Pop Soundtrack

Gary Barlow: Eddie the Eagle soundtrack project was a dream come true

Sting and The Police come under critical reassessment in new book

80's Invasion Tour

George Martin hailed as ‘our finest ever producer’ and a music pioneer

Midge Ure: 'We all learned from George Martin'

Midge Ure pays tribute to George Martin: 'He was one of the most wonderful people I'd ever met'

Midge Ure pays tribute to George Martin: "He was one of the most wonderful people I'd ever met"

Brian Wilson, Nigel Godrich, Tony Visconti Remember George Martin

Gary Barlow is hosting a massive '80s music night for the Eddie the Eagle movie soundtrack