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“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 ...

The post Chris Cross, Ultravox Bassist, Dead at 71 appeared first on Consequence. Chris Cross, best known as the bassist in the English new wave band Ultravox, has died at 71 years old. According to ...

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 ...

Midge Ure has been playing music professionally for more than 50 years, so hitting the studio or going on the road for a North American tour at age 70 is as natural as “blinking or breathing.” “At the ...

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 ...

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 ...

Chris Cross, the musician who shot to fame as the bassist for the band Ultravox, has died at age 71. Bandmate Midge Ure announced the news in an Instagram post and referred to his fellow bandmate and ...

Back in the 1980s and early ’90s, Midge Ure and Paul Young were a regular presence on the U.K. singles charts, with each racking up several top 20 hits. Ure led the sleek new wave band Ultravox, while ...

The film of the Hot Rods show catches the nature of their audience. Long-ish hair, denim, male – not punk, not tribal, nothing to do with fashion. The band's set drew heavily from Teenage Depression ...