Midge Ure

Midge Ure (b. James Ure, 1953) is a British singer, musician and songwriter from Lanarkshire, Scotland. Although most noted for his role as frontman in the group Ultravox from 1980, and as a solo artist from 1982 onwards, he had also previously played in and written songs for various groups including Slik, Rich Kids, Thin Lizzy and Visage. He also founded the Band Aid charity supergroup project with Bob Geldof in 1984. As a solo artist he scored a number one hit in the UK in 1982 with 'If I Was'.

Links to Peel
Ure recorded two sessions for Peel when with the Rich Kids. He also penned the Thin Lizzy track 'Get Out of Here' from the album Black Rose, played by Peel on at least two occasions. The only Ultravox track featuring Ure to be played on his show appears to be the 1980 single 'Sleepwalk', although it was played Paul Gambaccini, not by Peel himself. Peel introduced the Ure-fronted Ultravox a few times on Top of the Pops and Ure as a solo artist twice, although only via promo videos. The song 'Yellow Pearl', used as TOTP theme music during Peel's years as presenter, was written by Ure and Phil Lynott.

Shows played

 * TOTP
 * 01 July 1982 (TOTP): No Regrets (video)
 * 25 December 1985 (TOTP): If I Was (video clip)