Midge Ure

But now that he's finally off the mark, do you see, uh, Robbie Ewers sort of...

I ke- I keep calling him Midge Ure for some reason.

I have to remember Robbie Ewers.

Midge Ure, you know, is an, is an artist, but I keep calling him Midge Ure.

Yeah, so Robbie Ewers.

And now that he's got his goal, he's, he's off the mark, do you think, you know, he's gonna continue that streak? He's got this confidence and especially in a team that's lacking a, a sort of clear goal scorer.

And he said, "Look, we wanna...

Me and Midge Ure have got a record we're putting together, a song we're putting together, and we wanna recruit all our mates to come along and sing on it." And the guy said to me, you know, "We've seen Bob," and he said...

I said, "Yeah.

All right.

Steve Strange at the door turning people away, going, "No, sorry, you don't look quite right." [laughs] Just from, turned away Mick Jagger one night.

It was ridiculous.

And then you had Midge Ure would be coming in and all sorts of Depeche guys.

Quite incredible days really, those days.

British singer who was on the Honeycombs 1964 chart-topping song, Have I the Right.

Midge Ure was born in 1953.

Scottish musician and singer who fronted the group Ultravox also co-wrote the single Do They Know It's Christmas for Band-Aid and also, along with Bob Geldof, co-organized Live Aid.

He just doesn't get as much credit as he deserves because Bob Geldof hogged all the credit, essentially.

Um, and the idea is that you're, they're going to do it to raise money for projects across Africa.

So the Perth Mint s- Mint says that it's gonna be releasing these special edition collectible coins in December, and each will come with an original vinyl of Do They Know It's Christmas signed by, um, Midge Ure and Bob Geldof.

Midge Ure, of course, fronting the '80s synth pop band Ultravox, who certainly didn't get the attention as much as Bob Geldof did for, uh, for Live Aid.

But of cou- of course, Live Aid was one of the biggest broadcasts in TV history, reaching almost two billion people, a hundred and fifty countries, and now they basically want to raise more money.

They say that so far they've raised about two hundred and seventy-five million dollars for projects in Ethiopia and some African countries, some other African countries.

Um, and now they're also wanting to do it almost to inspire future generations about this being a potential to make money.

That's what we've heard from Midge Ure, who said basically the coins offer a way to tell that story to future generations and, um, basically to put mo- more money into the causes that they're continuing to support, part of this broader effort as well to engage new audience.

We're also hearing as well that Live Aid musical is going to be coming to Australia late next year, and that some of the ticket sales of that are going to go into some, funding some of these projects as well.

Is it...

So I've g- but this is, this is, this is Midge, right? So I'm, I'm assuming this is Midge, your stuff, right?

Yeah.

But I, I-

Right

...

Midge stuff.

But the, but, but Robbie knows there's something very special about-

Really?

... gonna go and see Midge her, Midge Ure on the 16th of October.

Oh.

I'm gonna try and get to Midge.

It's this weekend.

And, uh...

Friday the 16th.

Yeah.

Wings of love.

Midge Ure is getting ready to release Chapters: The Best of Midge Ure, which features some of his classic tracks along new recordings, including a new version of Fade to Grey.

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Before we drop into the planet, let's set the scene with what was on the radio.

The number one single that week was If I Was by Midge Ure.

It's his first week at the top of the official chart as a solo artist, and Jennifer Rush is waiting at number two with The Power of Love.

Bowie and Jagger are still hanging around at number three with Dancing in the Street.

Keep those numbers in your head because we'll come back to them when we give our own scores.

Before the game, a quick look at the telly because that's what you'd have had on, uh, in the background while the tape loaded.

Uh, on this Thursday night, BBC had Top of the Pops with Gary Davies and Paul Jordan presenting, and Midge Ure performing If I Was on the same show that had just gone to number one.

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