"I don’t want to burst the Edge’s bubble”: Midge Ure talks The Edge missing Band Aid and Thin Lizzy
In 1979, Thin Lizzy were a band finally riding high. Their ninth album, the Waiting For An Alibi and Do Anything You Want To ...
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Thin Lizzy guitarist and Live Aid mastermind Midge Ure was asked to join the Sex Pistols – but he didn’t think twice about turning them down
Ure claims he was scouted for his look by Pistols manager Malcolm McLaren and his punk co-conspirator (and later, the Clash ...
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Midge Ure’s a god of 80s electronic rock
Not many musicians have pulled it off, but Midge Ure has. He’s not only one of the pioneers of electro or synthesiser rock, ...
When Midge Ure joined Thin Lizzy on a make-or-break US tour, he had just one day’s notice and no rehearsals
The Live Aid orchestrator and Ultravox synth-pop pioneer looks back at his trial by fire with Thin Lizzy, swapping out his ...
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Band Aid 40: Where the original singers are now as Do They Know It's Christmas? returns for 2024
It has long been considered a classic Christmas song and now Do They Know It’s Christmas? is receiving a refresh to mark its 40th anniversary. Originally released in 1984, the song – and the ...
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It was described as 'The Day Rock and Roll Changed the World' but how did that unforgettable day on 13 July 1985 come about. Band Aid... It all started when Bob Geldof, who had seen Michael Buerk ...
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Virgin Radio to broadcast Band Aid 40th anniversary documentary
Bob Geldof, for the Band Aid Trust, says: “It is extraordinary that 40 years after Midge and I knocked off, as quickly as we could, what we thought was an ok-ish little Christmas song, a whole series ...