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‘If you wrote my life story as a film-script or soap opera no one would believe it, and as the most amazing things continue to happen to me I have decided to share all these moments in an updated enhanced version of my book.’

Midge Ure is one of the most successful and innovative musicians of a generation.

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 ‘If you wrote my life story as a film-script or soap opera no one would believe it, and as the most amazing things continue to happen to me I have decided to share all these moments in an updated enhanced version of my book.’

Midge Ure is one of the most successful and innovative musicians of a generation.  This updated and candid biography covers more than four decades’ worth of life at the cutting edge of the music business, as well as providing a new and very personal insight into Midge as a family man, his battles with alcoholism and his ability to survive in a notoriously fickle industry.

Few musicians have had a career of such variety: he has sold more than twenty million albums and been on a rollercoaster ride through the rock and roll business.

Produced by Midge, the single sold over 3 million copies in the UK and led to Live Aid, the 1985 concert which featured the world's greatest music acts and raised millions for charity.In 2004, 'Do They Know It's Christmas?' was back at the top of the charts and in 2005 a global audience watched the world's biggest artists at the Live 8 concerts.In this fully updated edition, Midge Ure candidly gives his side of the story of Band Aid, Live Aid and Live 8 and talks honestly about his rise to fame and his collaborations with some of the greatest figures in music.If I Was...

From Number 1 hits with the pop band Slik, via Ultravox – one of the most influential bands to come out of the age of electronica and leaders of the New Romantic movement – to sell-out solo world tours, Midge has a unique perspective on the world of pop music. The trick is to sustain momentum, try and edge forward and not let it drag you to the bottom.'

If I Was… is a true testament to the talent and energy of a man who remains as vibrant today as when he first set out to become a musician forty years ago.

This enhanced edition contains embedded video, photographs and links to YouTube footage of Midge’s earlier gigs.

On 25 November 1984, Midge spearheaded one of pop music's most historic events when 36 artists, collectively known as Band Aid, recorded 'Do They Know It's Christmas?', a song Midge had written with Bob Geldof in response to the famine in Ethiopia. With his band Ultravox, Midge consistently combined massive popular chart success with credibility, influence and respect.On 25 November 1984, Midge spearheaded one of pop music's most historic events when 36 artists, collectively known as Band Aid, recorded 'Do They Know It's Christmas?', a song Midge had written with Bob Geldof in response to the famine in Ethiopia.

the Autobiography

Midge Ure is one of the most successful and innovative musicians of the last 25 years.

Midge Ure. If I Was... Some ePub readers will not be able to display this content.

He played a key role in the phenomenon that was Live Aid and the making of the classic charity record Do They Know It's Christmas, which sold in excess of twelve million copies. This updated and candid biography covers more than four decades’ worth of life at the cutting edge of the music business, as well as providing a new and very personal insight into Midge as a family man, his battles with alcoholism and his ability to survive in a notoriously fickle industry.

Few musicians have had a career of such variety: he has sold more than twenty million albums and been on a rollercoaster ride through the rock and roll business.

he played a key role in the phenomenon that was Live Aid and the making of the classic charity record Do They Know It's Christmas, which sold in excess of twelve million copies. 

This updated book covers the reforming of the classic eighties Ultravox line-up and the subsequent Brilliant album generated from the reunion, as well as the ongoing battles with the record labels, and even Midge’s involvement with 'reality' TV.

As Midge says, 'sometimes my life feels like running up an ever quickening down escalator, but its an escalator of my own design and choosing.

The trick is to sustain momentum, try and edge forward and not let it drag you to the bottom.'

If I Was… is a true testament to the talent and energy of a man who remains as vibrant today as when he first set out to become a musician forty years ago.

This enhanced edition contains embedded video, photographs and links to YouTube footage of Midge’s earlier gigs.

In this fully updated edition, Midge Ure candidly gives his side of the story of Band Aid, Live Aid and Live 8 and talks honestly about his rise to fame and his collaborations with some of the greatest figures in music. In 2004, 'Do They Know It's Christmas?' was back at the top of the charts and in 2005 a global audience watched the world's biggest artists at the Live 8 concerts.

From Number 1 hits with the pop band Slik, via Ultravox – one of the most influential bands to come out of the age of electronica and leaders of the New Romantic movement – to sell-out solo world tours, Midge has a unique perspective on the world of pop music.

This updated book covers the reforming of the classic eighties Ultravox line-up and the subsequent Brilliant album generated from the reunion, as well as the ongoing battles with the record labels, and even Midge’s involvement with 'reality' TV.

As Midge says, 'sometimes my life feels like running up an ever quickening down escalator, but its an escalator of my own design and choosing.

is a true testament to the talent and energy of a man who remains as vibrant today as when he first set out to become a musician twenty years ago.