Midge Ure

British musician

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association with Geldof

  • Bob Geldof
    In Bob Geldof

    …Christmas?” with his writing partner Midge Ure, front man of the band Ultravox. Geldof then recruited some of the biggest names in the British pop scene—Simon Le Bon of Duran Duran, George Michael, Sting, Bono, Phil Collins, Boy George, and others—to contribute to the recording, which was marketed under the…

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organization of Live Aid

  • Freddie Mercury at Live Aid
    In Live Aid

    …Bob Geldof and Ultravox vocalist Midge Ure, the event drew an estimated 1.5 billion television viewers and raised millions of dollars for famine relief in Ethiopia.

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