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Ultravox
Following the success of 2020’s deluxe reissue of Vienna, on 30 September Chrysalis Records will release a boxset of Utravox’s second album with Midge Ure, Rage In Eden. Originally released in October 1981,…
Ultravox – The Complete Guide
From their origins as art-rock innovators with John Foxx to their seminal success as synth-pop saviours with Midge Ure, Ultravox may have changed their sound and their line-up but their…
John Foxx: Howling Into The Void
In 1980, John Foxx predicted a terrifying dystopian future with his incredible synthetic masterpiece Metamatic. The future he predicted is now here, and it’s worse – far worse –…
Early Ultravox! concert recording to be released after 44 years
This February, some 44 years after the original lineup of Ultravox! supported their Island Records label mates, Eddie And The Hot Rods at the Rainbow Theatre, Finsbury Park, London, Island/UMC…
Making Vienna – Ultravox
John Foxx was out, Midge Ure was in for Ultravox: Vienna… By Mark Lindores Were it not for Ultravox: Vienna sleeve designer Glenn Travis’ bold typography reassuring fans that the…
Classic Pop Issue 62 is on sale now
In Classic Pop Issue 62, we speak to Simple Minds’ Jim Kerr and Charlie Burchill about the madness of Street Fighting Years and how they’re planning to return to their…
Ultravox Interview: ‘We were only two narcissists down but we still had three left’
Wildly inventive, fearlessly experimental and ahead of their time, the first three Ultravox albums cleared a trail that many others would follow. Four of those who were there – John…
Q+A: Midge Ure
John Earls talks to Midge Ure about his 2020 touring plans and new boxset that covers the former Ultravox frontman’s entire career… Midge Ure is celebrating his past with new…
Lost & Found: Midge Ure – The Gift
A brilliant chorus and a newly- acquired global reputation as a humanitarian meant that Midge Ure couldn’t possibly fail with his signature single, If I Was, in the summer of…
Top 100 Singles of the 80s: 20-16
20 David Bowie: Ashes to Ashes We’ve come across several singles in the Top 100 that bridged the gap between Eighties pop and Nineties pop. And this was the one…