"Just as Steve Jones and Paul Cook had been Phil’s link with punk, so I became his connection to the po-faced electronic ...

Scottish singer-songwriter and record producer Midge Ure, whose career has spanned several ... and played a pivotal role in putting together the legendary Band Aid ensemble, marking him as a ...

Credit: Getty Images/Ullstein Bild In a new interview with Guitar World, pop frontman Midge Ure digs deep into ... zip-mouthed partner on the Band Aid project, his musical history runs a little ...

Joking aside, Bob — alongside fellow musician Midge Ure, promoter Harvey Goldsmith ... Rats frontman and Live Aid mastermind Bob. Midge — who wrote Band Aid’s festive smash Do They Know ...

Sir Bob Geldof and Midge Ure masterminded the first ever Band Aid single, Do They Know It’s Christmas, nearly 40 years ago PA Wire “We're dealing with the result of that and the result is ...

Away from Band Aid though, James ‘Midge’ Ure’s own musical story has also been paved with success. His early days saw him perform as part of bands such as Slik, Thin Lizzy, Rich Kids and ...

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was first recorded 40 years ago when musicians Bob Geldof and Midge Ure brought an incredible lineup of stars together as Band Aid for Ethiopian famine relief. The single became that year's ...

Credit: Lorne Thomson/Redferns/Getty Images Midge Ure was ... find to put that band together. I would have ruined it somewhat.” As to what the pair were doing in Ure's native Glasgow – well ...

Midge Ure on playing the 2025 Cruel Fest Line ... such notable bands as Visage and Thin Lizzy. He helped form Band Aid where he produced and co-wrote the smash charity single 'Do ...