Midge Ure Returns To USA This Week - West Coast Dates Announced for 2017

Midge Ure Returns to N. America For Fall Tour This WeekNew West Coast Dates Added for 2017'Live and Electric' Featuring Songs from His Solo Catalogue, Ultravox, Visage, and More Richard Lloyd of Television Supports on Select Dates
"A true unsung hero." Boston Globe
"Ure combines elegant melodies, eloquent lyrics and pure, exceptionally expressive vocals, all enhanced by lush and imaginative production."   San Jose Mercury News
 September 27th, 2016, New York, NY: Grammy and Brit Award winning musician Midge Ure returns to North America this week, playing with a full band for the first time since the Retro Futura Tour in 2014. Playing along with Midge will be former Right the Stars drummer BC Taylor and L.A. based keyboard player Tony Solis  "I have been fortunate enough to meet up with some brilliant American musicians over the last few years and will be working with a couple of them on this tour. Both are multi instrumentalists and will cover drums, bass and electronics"  Richard Lloyd from Television will support on select dates.  This run of dates will be mosty East Coast with West Coast dates planned for early 2017. Last year saw Ure playing acoustic on the Fragile Troubadour Tour not only playing but traveling completely solo and recording the whole experience himself for a documentary released late last year. The film highlights the realities facing the modern touring musician. Ure explains how the idea came to be: "After I was asked to do a masterclass at Paul McCartney's Liverpool Institute of Performing Arts I realised that talking about multi album record deals and world tours would be something most of the students would never experience so I set about doing the six week tour completely alone. No crew. No tour manager. No musicians. I wanted to show the reality of what they might face, if they pursue a career in the current music industry."  Watch the trailer here (Press screenings available):
 Midge will be performing Ultravox, Visage and solo material as well as playing songs from his highly acclaimed album  Fragile , released in 2014. Listen here via Billboard Magazine. Very much plugged in, this tour features Ure on electric guitar and synthesizer recalling the groundbreaking, innovative sound he is known for. Ure is constantly in the studio when breaks in touring allows working on new material with hopes for a new full-length album to be done by late next year. He has also contributed a song for the accompanying album to the movie ‘Fly’ about the Olympic ski underdog Eddie the Eagle released in the UK and US earlier this year.  The song  Touching Hearts and Skies  while contemporary is steeped in the essence of the early 80’s Ultravox/Visage sound. Listen here (Cleared for posting.)   Midge has also just appeared in a new highly acclaimed BBC TV show looking for ‘part time’ bands, exploring unsigned bands who perform just for the she joy of it. He travelled across Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales with a film crew choosing artists to perform at a concert in Manchester where the audience would select their favorite band. New Order's Peter Hook and Soul to Soul's Jazzy Bcovered other parts of the UK. Unlike other ‘talent shows’ there is no record deal, music equipment or blank cheques awarded. The prize is appearing on the show and the platform it gives them. Another recent UK happening saw Midge reunite with some old friends...After meeting up with old Rich Kids bandmate ex Sex Pistol Glen Matlock at the prestigious Q Awards the pair decided to get together with drummer Rusty Egan and do a ‘one off’ show to commemorate  the 40th anniversary of the birth of UK punk. The band performed the London show with Spandau Ballets Gary Kemp helping out on guitar.  Midge Ure Tour Dates: *with Special Guest - Richard Lloyd of Television
September 30 - Amityville, NY - Revolution*October 01 - Pawling, NY - Daryl's House*October 02 - New York, NY - Gramercy Theater*October 04 - Bethesda, MD - Bethesda Blues & Jazz*October 05 - Philadelphia, PA - World Cafe*October 06 - Northampton, MA - Iron HorseOctober 07 - Rochester, NY - Montage Music HallOctober 08 - Toronto, ON - Opera HouseOctober 09 - Ferndale, MI - Magic BagOctober 10 - Cleveland, OH - Music Box Supper ClubOctober 12 - Chicago, IL - MartyrsOctober 13 - Milwaukee, WI - Shank HallOctober 14 - Louisville, KY - The New VintageOctober 15 - Atlanta, GA The Earl Leg 2 - 2017January 5 - Vancouver, BC - RickshawJanuary 6 - Seattle, WA - Triple DoorJanuary 7 - Portland, OR - Doug FirJanuary 9 - Sacramento, CA - Harlow’sJanuary 10 - Petaluma, CA - Mystic TheaterJanuary 11 - San Francisco, CA - Social HallJanuary 12 - Orange County, CA - Coach HouseJanuary 13 - Los Angeles, CA - The RoxyJanuary 14 - San Diego, CA - The RoxyJanuary 16 - Salt Lake City, UT - Grand at The ComplexJanuary 18 - Denver, CO - Soiled DoveJanuary 20 - Austin, TX - 3TenJanuary 21 - Denton, TX - Dan’s Silver LeafJanuary 23 - Nashville, TN - City Winery