Tag Archives: Midge Ure

Dreams stay with you – in conversation with Mark Brzezicki

Posted on September 29, 2016 by writewyattuk

Four shows into Big Country’s latest anniversary tour, Mark Brzezicki was back home this week, between dates at Holmfirth’s Picturedrome and The Warehouse, Falkirk. And three decades after his primary band’s commercial peak, he can confirm there’s still plenty of love … Continue reading →

Posted in Music | Tagged Abba, Big Country, Bruce Foxton, Bruce Watson, Dunfermline, ESP, From The Jam, Kate Bush, Marcus Hummon, Mark Brzezicki, Midge Ure, Mike Peters, Pete Townshend, Phil Collins, Prince's Trust, Procol Harum, Queen, Scott Whitley, Simon Hough, Simon Townshend, Skids, Steve Lillywhite, Stuart Adamson, The Cult, The Seer, Tom Chaplin, Tony Butler, Tony Lowe | 6 Comments

Me and Mr Jones – the Howard Jones interview

Posted on February 5, 2016 by writewyattuk

Can it really be more than 30 years since Howard Jones first arrived on our TV screens, with that cutaway t-shirt and distinctive split-level dyed-blond spiky hair, amid a bank of synthesisers performing New Song on Top of the Pops? … Continue reading →

Posted in Books Films, TV & Radio, Comedy & Theatre, Music | Tagged Breaking Bad, Cardiff, China Crisis, David Bowie, Duncan Sheik, Eddie the Eagle, Elise Yuill, Engage, Epstein Theatre, Gary Barlow, Hide and Seek, Howard Jones, Human's Lib, Jed Hoile, Keith Emerson, Live Aid, Liverpool, Manchester, Midge Ure, Morriston Orpheus Choir, New Song, Rewind, Royal Northern College of Music, Taunton | 4 Comments

Into 2016 … and 103,000 hits can’t be bad

Posted on January 4, 2016 by writewyattuk

As the hands reached midnight on New Year’s Eve, the minions behind the scenes at writewyattuk.com polished off the last of the Irish cream (explaining at least one of those empty bottles that next morning) and got to work on … Continue reading →

Posted in Books Films, TV & Radio, Comedy & Theatre, Music | Tagged Alan Davies, Bill Bailey, Buzzcocks, Cast, Dodgy, Dubious Brothers, Echo and the Bunnymen, Elkie Brooks, Graeme Garden, Gretchen Peters, Happy Mondays, Heaven 17, Ian McNabb, Julian Cope, Mark Radcliffe, Martha reeves, Midge Ure, Mike Harding, Noel Fielding, Public Service Broadcasting, Rick Wakeman, Slade, Smoke Fairies, Squeeze, Status Quo, The Chameleons, The Jam, The Rolling Stones, The Stranglers, The Undertones, Tom Robinson, Wolf Alice | Leave a comment

Time to Breathe Again, in the company of Midge Ure

Posted on October 10, 2015 by writewyattuk

If you were to condense the history of popular music from the mid-’70s to the turn of the ’90s into a few pages, Midge Ure would still get a pretty impressive showing. Not just in the footnotes either, despite being … Continue reading →

Posted in Books Films, TV & Radio, Music | Tagged Band Aid, Bob Geldof, Breathe, glasgow, If i Was, India Electric Co., Malcolm McLaren, Midge Ure, Phil Lynott, Rich Kids, Slik, Steve Strange, Thin Lizzy, Ultravox, Visage | 5 Comments

Here She Comes (again) – The Hazel O’Connor interview

Posted on November 28, 2014 by writewyattuk

Hazel O’Connor has lived ‘up in the hills’ of County Wicklow for around 25 years now, based just under an hour from Dublin. She has Irish roots, Hazel’s Dad having left Galway for Coventry, where he worked at a local … Continue reading →

Posted in Books Films, TV & Radio, Music | Tagged Breaking Glass, Clare Hirst, Coventry, David Bowie, George Michael, Glenn Matlock, Hazel O'Connor, Hugh Cornwell, Ian Dury, Mick Jones, Midge Ure, Phil Daniels, Robert Smith, Sarah Fisher, The Flys, The Rich Kids, The Stranglers, Toyah Willcox, Will You | 1 Comment

Hollow Horse riding to success in the Valley – just ask Midge and Dodgy

Posted on March 28, 2014 by writewyattuk

For those of us based in the North West, thoughts of Lancashire’s Ribble Valley might bring to mind an area rich in heritage and quaint market towns, among a scenic backdrop of lush hills and fells. But while there’s no … Continue reading →

Posted in Music | Tagged Carl Barrow, Dodgy, Elbow, Guy Garvey, Hurst Green, Ian McNabb, Icicle Works, Midge Ure, Nick Harper, Ribble Valley, Ribchester, The Travelling Band | 5 Comments

Tag Archives: Midge Ure

Dreams stay with you – in conversation with Mark Brzezicki

Me and Mr Jones – the Howard Jones interview

Into 2016 … and 103,000 hits can’t be bad

Time to Breathe Again, in the company of Midge Ure

Here She Comes (again) – The Hazel O’Connor interview

Hollow Horse riding to success in the Valley – just ask Midge and Dodgy

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