It’s not all soft focus and wheat fields. Love songs can be about hate, fear, envy, lust and anger, because that’s part of love as well.
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Midge Ure
b. 1954
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Born on the outskirts of Glasgow, Midge Ure, 69, had a UK No 1 with his band Slik in 1975. He joined Rich Kids and then became frontman of Ultravox, whose hits included 1981’s Vienna. In 1980, he co-wrote and produced Fade to Grey for Visage, and in 1985 he had a solo hit with If I Was. In 1984, he collaborated with Bob Geldof to record Do They Know It’s Christmas? for Ethiopian famine relief, which led to Live Aid. On 4 October he celebrates seven decades of music with a concert at the Royal Albert Hall. He is married with four daughters and lives in Somerset.
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