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[jester1470]

Midge Ure (plus support) plays the Lemon Treee on Fri 16th Sept, it's an unplugged show and should be a great night.

Musical success is seldom measured in time spans of more than a few years, if not Andy Warhol's oft quoted "fifteen minutes", so the fact that by the time Midge's single "If I Was" went to No1 in 1985 he had already crammed several musical lifetimes into a 10 year professional career speaks volumes - Slik, The Rich Kids, Thin Lizzy, Visage, Ultravox and of course the most famous one off group in musical history Band Aid had by then all had the guiding hand of his musical navigation.

Then you have to take account of Midge's musical directorship of a series of rock concerts for The Prince's Trust, Wicked Women for Breakthrough and in honour of Nelson Mandela; a Lord Provost award for services to Scottish music; record production for Phil Lynott, Steve Harley and countless others; his video direction of memorable hits by the Fun Boy Three, Bananarama and others, or a whole swathe of landmark singles by Ultravox; TV, theatre and film music credits ranging from 'Max Headroom' to stage and big screen.

This year is the 20th anniversary of Band Aid, and unlike many other artists, his career has not only survived that epoch, but continues to go from strength to strength. Midge is the master of re-invention, secure in the knowledge that there will always be a market for a good song, sung with passion! Equally comfortable in a variety of formats, this time he has chosen to perform an intimate acoustic show combining a selection of his own hits from Vienna via If I Was to Dancing with Tears In My Eyes, with some of his favourite songs by other artists such as Queen, Travis and Fleetwood Mac.

The “Uncovered” show gives him chance to explore his musical roots and share some of the anecdotes and journeys that his career has followed. Like the man himself, it does what it says on the tin...

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Having caught 3 or 4 shows on this tour already this will be a really enjoyable evening for anyone who is interested in acoustic music and who remembers and appreciates the 80's as a time for some great music.

Cheers

Stuart

I wish they'd actually play acoustic when they promote things as 'unplugged'.

[jester1470]

Originally Posted by Zeenat Aman

I wish they'd actually play acoustic when they promote things as 'unplugged'.

Well an acoustic guitar plugged through an amp Its close enough, and very different from a musician who made his name throguh a lot of synth based pop and rock,

Cheers

Stuart

[misterdale]

Midge Ure plus support
Friday 16 September 2005 - Café
Tickets £16.50 (£11 concessions & regulars)
Doors Open: 7.30pm
Show Starts: 8pm

Midge Ure really needs no introductions; his career speaks for itself. Grammys, Ivor Novellos, BASCAPs, gold and platinum discs and a variety of other accolades, can all grace his 'mantelpiece'.

This year is the 20th anniversary of Band Aid, and unlike many other artists, his career has not only survived that epoch, but continues to go from strength to strength. Midge is the master of re-invention, secure in the knowledge that there will always be a market for a good song, sung with passion! Equally comfortable in a variety of formats, this time he has chosen to perform an intimate acoustic show combining a selection of his own hits from Vienna via If I Was to Dancing with Tears In My Eyes, with some of his favourite songs by other artists such as Queen, Travis and Fleetwood Mac.

The 'Uncovered' show gives him chance to explore his musical roots and share some of the anecdotes and journeys that his career has followed. Like the man himself, it does what it says on the tin....

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[jester1470]

This is tonight !!! Is anyone going ?

The support is Emma Forman and Dusty Valentino and I will be on the merch desk so come up and say hello

Cheers

Stuart