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Midge Ure starts a UK tour in April (with Band Electronica) and talks here about bands that left an impression and what he’s learnt about live performance. This includes …

 

… audiences “wanting their pound of flesh”.

 

… lessons learned from watching Derek Nimmo in panto.

 

… “cheesy” stage effects - eg Bowie’s mirrorball in Space Oddity.  

 

… Stan Webb of Chicken Shack charging offstage at Green’s Playhouse in Glasgow with a 100 foot guitar lead.

 

… being “a human jukebox” at Clouds discos playing Jo Jo Gunne and Sparks covers.

 

… seeing “The Marmalade” at a Radio 1 roadshow when he was 14.

 

… memories of Taj Mahal, Skid Row, Colosseum and the Sensational Alex Harvey Band.

 

… 10,000 people blocking Sauchiehall Street to get tickets for Deep Purple.

 

… and headliners who didn’t turn up.

 

Midge’s tours dates here: https://www.ents24.com/uk/tour-dates/midge-ure


@midgeure1

 

http://www.midgeure.co.uk/


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