Metamatic Forums John Foxx Ultravox Birmingham Ultravox gig,pictures,spoilers & setlist

What a fantastic night.

It was great to meet Cerise & Feorag for the first time in the Tap & Spile before hand for a pint & a natter.

Also nice to see Rob.

Turned out that H was sitting directly in front of me in the venue so he introduced himself.

Also bumped into Chris Curran when I was buying a program.

Your lighting was magnificent as usual matey.

Last time I saw Ultravox play was 1986 at the NEC.
It was sad because that version was missing a vital part of its machinery,Warren Cann.

Last night I witnessed a rebirth with all the cogs.

The Ultravox machine is fixed & the good news is that it sounds even better than ever.

Dont let the comments about the sound mix put you off.The power & the glory is still there. :excited:

If you have not bought your ticket yet you ought to get a move on.

The set list has also changed from other shows.It was as follows:-

Astradyne
Passing Strangers
We stand alone
MR X
Visions in Blue
Thin Wall
Death in the Afternoon
RIE
Lament
One Small Day
All Stood still
Your name has slipped my mind again
Vienna
Reap the wild wind
DWTIME
Hymn

==== Encore ====
Sleepwalk
The Voice

I think it probably works better in this order.

After the show we went back to the Tap & Spile where I bumped into H again.

Finally got back to the carpark to get stuck in an almightly traffic jam for half an hour.

This was not bad news though because who should be walking up the ramp but Warren Cann.

So I got out of my car to say a quick hello & got my picture taken with him.

What an end to the night. :woohoo:

I took quite a few pictures.Here are a few:-








Here is a slideshow of the best images:-

http://s293.photobucket.com/albums/mm79/mateybloke/ultravox%20brum%20170409/?albumview=slideshow

Wish I was going again

Great photos Brian, thanks for posting the link, I love the look of the stage lights behind the guys, certainly seems like a very dynamic performance going on.

Cheers mate,they were very dynamic,they've all still got it

Stage lights were very similar to what I saw at Stereophics gig I went to a few months back.

They were a mosaic that would show video or images.Sometimes they show Billy's hands playing keyboards (dont know if this was a live or pre-recorded feed though).

Here are a few more taken by my brother Kerry on his HD camcorder.

He was constantly getting told off for using it but he was mostly taking stills.

That's a fantastic set of photographs. Incredible clarity!

Midge looks like a baddie from Thunderbirds!

I totally agree Mark he so does

Also reminds me of the Buggles (Trevor Horn was it)

MIdge in flowers. Did he have a wardrobe malfunction a the last minute?!

Nice photos, Brian.
Thanks for it!

Sounds like you had a great night. If they come to Hamburg this (or next) year I will go to see them too.

Cheers Andreas

If they come to Hamburg we could visit you!

Say hi to Peter if he's still there.

It's a great idea and if John and Louis ever find the way to Hamburg one day, we could do the same too...
Peter is home again now - were great 2,5 days...

Thanks Ultravox, it was a fantastic night. We didn't have time to meet up in the pub before the gig which was a shame. The train was a bit late and we arrived at the venue at 19:30 so we had a drink in the bar.

The years rolled back and the sound was superb. We were worried at first as we were on the front row to the right of the stage. Thankfully (for us), it was not too loud.

A wonderful night. We were "requested" by security not to use flash. Most of the photos still came out ok. Here are a few photos.

Mr Billy Currie & Warren Cann (background)


Mr Midge Ure


Mr Chris Cross


Ultravox stage

Thanks Future Daze.
Great Photos too.

Great photo's Brian. Thanks for sharing. Can't wait until Friday.

Peter

Great photos everyone!

I cannot wait either, Peter. This past week has felt like an eternity.

3 days until Brighton..........4 until London.......im really going to see them in my lifetime!

I've compiled a quick video featuring some of the pictures I took at the Birmingham gig and also a few low res video clips took on my digital camera. Plus some added effects for good measure.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b3v_QYYy9gU

Hope you like it ‏

This is the last word on Brum.

Kerry's wonderful footage of Astradyne.

Stay with it.It gets better & better & better as it goes.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f001Y-jFf1g

Finally got round to putting Kerry's pictures up.

http://s293.photobucket.com/albums/mm79/...?albumview=grid

Thanks for sharing, Brian and Kerry.

The shows were truly unforgettable.