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What are your views on the 'Ure' Ultravox being re-united then?

UK Tour in April 2009.....I'll be there!

I think its great news.I'm hoping to go to Edinburgh & Brum.

Strange thing is I was into Urevox before I discovered Foxxvox but over the years I've come to like the FoxxVox albums more than the Urevox ones.

If it wasn't for Urevox I'd not be sitting here in a hotel room in Leeds waiting (we were waiting ) for John Foxx's Quiet man show.

I know its an Impossible Dream but it would be really nice once the Ultravox anthology is completed that they do a joint Foxxvox/Urevox tour.

Would be truly amazing.

Even if it is just a one off.I've never seen FoxxVox live,seen John & Louis a few times though.

Brian

I looked at the ticket link but no info earlier,

I may go to the Edinburgh Playhouse, I am considering it, but I'd better not hang around too long, hmm, I wonder how much a ticket will cost?

You can bet that it will be £40-£50 or more.

I'm a Foxx diehard, and I'll admit to otherwise only being familiar with the Vienna album (which I like very much) and being little more than a passing stranger to Rage in Eden.

Superb job on the re-masters, and while this re-union is excellent news (and of far more significance than most of the other recent 80s revivals - Yazoo anyone??) - I'll say this before anyone else does.

I wish them the very best, and its great news for all fans of the band, but, cringe... I'm afraid that otherwise "it means nothing to me..."

Sorry - someone had to say it :p

Well if its like Simple Minds (sold out in Glasgow) impending outing at £35 a ticket, then with MidgeVox I may also well be:
"Dancing (at home) With Tears In My Eyes"

I feel the same way too, Martin. I'm off before Maryann sees this.....

Im telling! :p

I think Foxxvox and Midgevox are both the best group(s) of the 20h century, at least to me. Theres a statement! So im just pleased that Billy, Chris, and Warren will be back onstage, just has John and Midge are often. Its almost irrelevant which Vox reformed, as long as most of the family's back from long ago.

I would go (for a reasonable price) - if they come to Hamburg after the UK tour.
Travelling to UK, I do only for John. But it would be interesting to see them live. I never saw them before - and they stood every year in Hamburg at their time. If they come again I would go this time.
I bought the both remastered CD's - was the first time I bought them on CD. As Martin said; they are well made. Cerise and Rob did a great work on it. For me as a non fan the CD's give me a good taster of their music.

It's great for all the fans on Extreme Voice they are back. I'm sure they feel the same as I did as John came back . Wish they all much fun! They waited so long for this day...

You are so right about that.

I'm intrigued as to what their live set will be like.

Will they have written any new songs?
Or will this just be a cash-in 'greatest hits for people who were teenagers in the 80s' affair?

Will they still be using cutting edge electronic equipment or will Billy Currie just have an iMac on stage? etc etc

That's what I want to know too. To paraphrase something someone said recently; are they "a living, electrical language - has to be alive and moving forward..." or will it be ..."dead"?

Ultravox were the original Underworld; crossing dance, rock and experimentation fluidly - it will be interesting to hear if they update that ideal once again.

is that Billy in the background praying his grand piano 'works'?


..nice carpet.

Would be interested to see the press release, all the major news sites are reporting the same line that Midge took over from "Dennis Leigh". Hmm, not exactly wrong, but....

It is Billy, limbering up before the 'Vienna' performance.
Hes a keyboard god, so has no need to pray.

Got my tickets today...what a relief!

Birmingham here I come!

H

As cited on BBC's teletext pages

Ultravox announce UK tour plans

"1980s Electro pop band Ultravox are to reform
for a UK tour next year it has been announced

Warren Cann, Chris Cross, Billy Currie and singer Midge Ure will play 14 dates including Plymouth, London and Glasgow starting in April

It is the first time the bands 1980's line-up have performed together since Live Aid in 1985

Ultravox enjoyed their biggest success under the
leadership of Ure, who replaced frontman John Foxx in 1979"

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7719795.stm

(As Solenoid said even BBC originally had "Dennis Leigh" , but then the page was updated a few hours back :p )

Amen to that sentiment.

Got 2 tickets for the Birmingham show today. Cost £71.75 all-in, which is a bit steep compared with under £20 for 2 Metamatic tickets last year. But hey, this is probably a once in a life-time opportunity, so I'm not complaining

Ultravox, here we come!!

I notice tickets are already available on e-bay at a suitably extortionate price

I imagine some venues are getting close to a sell-out already.

And the guy on the street corner the night of the concert is now replaced by the internet.