Ever since I missed out on seeing James Brown at Oxegen, I decided that anytime I have a chance to catch a legend playing, I'll take it.
This means I've seen the likes of Lionel Richie, Jimmy Somerville, Christina Aguilera, The Sugarhill Gang and many others. Not exactly my normal taste in music, but all were great gigs.
Anyway, this time it was the turn of Midge Ure and he was definitely my style of music! Earlier in the summer, he'd annouced he was playing the Olympia Theatre in Dublin, so I obviously booked a ticket!
On the night, he played tracks from his Visage, Ultravox and his solo careers. All sounded brilliant live. Oh and in a class move, he started the night with a nod to Phil Lynott cover, Yellow Pearl. You may or may not be aware, but he played with Thin Lizzy for a short spell!
Check out the set list below.
This means I've seen the likes of Lionel Richie, Jimmy Somerville, Christina Aguilera, The Sugarhill Gang and many others. Not exactly my normal taste in music, but all were great gigs.
Anyway, this time it was the turn of Midge Ure and he was definitely my style of music! Earlier in the summer, he'd annouced he was playing the Olympia Theatre in Dublin, so I obviously booked a ticket!
On the night, he played tracks from his Visage, Ultravox and his solo careers. All sounded brilliant live. Oh and in a class move, he started the night with a nod to Phil Lynott cover, Yellow Pearl. You may or may not be aware, but he played with Thin Lizzy for a short spell!
Check out the set list below.
- Yellow Pearl
- Visage
- Blocks on Blocks
- The Dancer
- In The Year 2525
- Mind of a Toy
- Glorious
- Fade to Grey
- Astradyne
- New Europeans
- Private Lives
- Passing Strangers
- Sleepwalk
- Mr. X
- Western Promise
- Vienna
- All Stood Still
- Passionate Reply
- Dancing With Tears in My Eyes
- The Voice
- Hymn
Last night was the end of this leg of his tour, but there are morfe European dates coming up and I'd really recommend catching him live.
Check out the photos below:
