Midge Ure at The Royal Albert Hall

Hi guys, welcome back to Big Blog Theory, hope you’re all doing well. Yesterday, I went to see Midge Ure at the Royal Albert Hall. If you don’t know who he is, basically, he was in this group in the eighties which was called Ultravox and they were involved in the new romantics scene. I’ve mentioned this band a few times on this blog and I’ve talked about their music. I went to see him play with my family yesterday and it was absolutely amazing. The music was incredible, he gave us a fantastic performance, he completely owned the stage. He sang all my favourite songs, I’m so glad they did Reap The Wild Wind, The Voice, Hymn, Dancing with tears in my eyes, great songs. I can’t forget to mention Vienna, Vienna is one of their best, iconic songs, the floor literally shook when he started singing it, I had goosebumps, it was incredible. He also did songs like Yellow Pearl which was Phil Lynott from Thin Lizzy but he originally wrote the song, it’s a great song. It was also used for the TV programme, Top of The Pops a little while later. He also did the song, Fade To Grey which is Visage, he wrote the song too, I had no idea he wrote those songs, the geezer’s a genius.

He still sounds great after all this time. It’s just great to see these guys doing their thing. He also talked about the first group he was in, it’s called Slick and he was in this group way before he was even in Ultravox, they did a lot of stuff that sounded like The Bay City Rollers, it’s really good music.

There were some really funny things that happened during the gig that I would like to share with you guys. Every time we go to the Royal Albert Hall, something weird happens, some weird crap, there’s always someone. About a few seats down from us, there was this woman who just couldn’t stop screaming, so she was just deafening us left right and centre, she was cheering more for the supporting act more than Midge. It just got so annoying and irritating, just constant. And then, there was this geezer in front of us egging this couple on to buying tickets, he was saying that if you sit at the front, they get the women to come up on stage. Then, he was looking at pictures of this bloody motorbike, I’m like ” What the bloody hell is going on?” then there were these two people dancing in the corner, I bet they had a few drinks, I bet they didn’t even know who Midge was. One drop of alcohol and you lose it. Just a bunch of drunk people moving their hands around and not knowing what on earth is going on. It was a great experience, for sure. The supporting act was great too, they were so creative, so talented, I think they were called, The Electric Company, I’ll definitely look out for them, they’re great.

It was a great day, we all walked away absolutely buzzing, great music and it really lived up to my expectations. It’s really cool to see the oldies still doing their thing. I definitely had an opportunity to listen to more of his music, it’s just amazing. It’s one thing when you hear their music but seeing them live is completely different ball game.

Thank you so much for reading my post, I hope you all enjoyed it. I hope you all have a lovely day, love you guys

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