Midge Ure will release a live album ‘Midge Ure Royal Albert Hall 04.10.23’ on November 8 available for pre-sale here. Ure celebrated his seventieth birthday in October of last year with a one-night only concert at the iconic venue celebrating his entire catalogue including playing Ultravox’s Vienna album in full. Joined by his long-time Band Electronica and special guests, cellist Caroline Dale (London Metropolitan Orchestra, Peter Gabriel, David Gilmour, Sinéad O’Connor), and composer Ty Unwin who worked with Midge on his 2017 Orchestrated album.
Midge talks about the recording: “This album was never meant to happen. The restrictions involved when playing a prestigious venue like the Royal Albert Hall were so great that recording audio or video was out of the question, or so I thought. Modern mixing desks have the capability to multitrack record these days so we tend to record most shows, so finding out we had a recording of that magical evening was a relief. A deal was struck with the venue and this is the result. A little moment captured forever.”
Listen to ‘Fade To Grey’ below:
Midge Ure has also been added to the 2025 Cruel Fest Line-Up, taking place in Pasadena, California May 17. “Having seen most of my musician friends play Cruel World I was feeling a little ‘left out’ but with the success of my ‘Band in a Box Tour’ of North America this year I felt this was the right performance format and the perfect time to step up and play some of those Ultravox, Visage and solo tunes.” He adds “‘Band in a box’ is me and long time keyboard sidekick Charlie Round Turner jumping between guitars and synths, loops and samples to bring the audience the sound and feel those classic tunes deserve.”
Midge Ure is also still hosting his Backstage Lockdown Club giving fans exclusive access to a series of intimate, musical events on a monthly subscription basis.
Midge Ure has an impressive catalogue fronting the groundbreaking electrorock band Ultravox as well as being a member of such notable bands as Visage and Thin Lizzy. He helped form Band Aid where he produced and co-wrote the smash charity single ‘Do They Know It’s Christmas,’ still one of the biggest singles in UK music history. He was also one of the principle creators of Live Aid and Live 8 along with Bob Geldof. Ure has spent most of his career touring the globe playing solo and with Ultravox who reformed in 2009. He served the notable role of MD for the Princes Trust at the Royal Albert Hall with a cast of the usual suspects including Queen, Eric Clapton, Phil Collins and Mark King. Ure is now working on three albums including a follow-up to Fragile, an Orchestrated Pt. 2 in addition to a totally instrumental album.
Midge Ure Royal Albert Hall 04.10.23 Tracklist:
CD1/LP 1:
Dear God
Lament
Breathe
The Maker
Guns And Arrows
Yellow Pearl
If I Was
Glorious
Reap The Wild Wind
The Thin Wall
No Regrets
Rage In Eden
CD2/LP2: (Vienna album in full)
Astradyne
New Europeans
Private Lives
Passing Strangers
Sleepwalk
Mr. X
Western Promise
Vienna
All Stood Still
CD3/LP3:
I Remember (Death In The Afternoon)
Fade to Grey
Dancing With Tears In My Eyes
Serenade
The Voice
Hymn
