Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. David Chiu is a freelance music writer based in New York. By 1979, the Scottish musician James “Midge” Ure had played in the bands ...

Taking the same attitude to keyboards that he’d first taken to guitar, Midge Ure regards his best 80s work as “synth prog” – ...

The Collection featured 14 singles from Ultravox’s run of Chrysalis Records releases—Vienna (1980), Rage in Eden (1981), the George Martin-produced Quartet (1982), and Lament (1984)—and sold more than ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. He laughs heartily. "Suffice to say I was on the plane home the next day! It was fine, though; I had to be honest. They were ...

Ultravox bassist Chris Cross, who co-wrote the U.K. new wave group’s 1981 smash “Vienna,” has died. He was 71. The English bassist, born Christopher Allen, was a founding member of Tiger Lily, the ...

“I was reticent about how people might take this,” says Midge Ure. On his way to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on the midwest leg of his Band in a Box tour, Ure has been revisiting the music of his former ...

Chris Cross, bassist for new-wave band Ultravox, has died aged 71. The death of Chris Cross was announced last night (April 1) by lead vocalist Midge Ure. Cross passed away on March 25; no cause of ...

Taking the same attitude to keyboards that he’d first taken to guitar, he regards his best 80s work as “synth prog” – and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Items from Ultravox’s Live Aid performance nearly 40 years ago are to go under the hammer. Bass player Chris Cross’s guitar from ...