Midge Ure OBE (born James Ure on October 10, 1953 in Cambuslang, Lanarkshire, Scotland) is a pop and rock and roll musician from Scotland, known for his particular success as a guitarist and singer-songwriter in the 70s and 80s His stage name, "Midge", is a phonetic reversal of his real name, "Jim" Beginning his career in the pop rock band Slik, he would go on to play for power poppers Rich Kids and temporarily for Thin LizzyThings kicked into high gear when he replaced John Foxx as the singer of the famous electronic music group Ultravox in 1979 Shortly afterwards, the New Wave band had a huge UK hit with "Vienna", and it became one of Britain's most popular groups for several years As well, later... read more