Midge Ure in 2017 - Pollstar News

Midge Ure plans to keep on touring in early 2017. Booked through mid-December with shows on both sides of the Atlantic, the Ultravox frontman has added January gigs in the U.S., plays the United Kingdom and Ireland in February and heads to Australia in May.

Ure, who co-wrote “Do They Know It’s Christmas?” with Bob Geldof, and helped organize Band Aid, Live Aid and Live 8 with the Boomtown Rats singer, has been keeping busy. His 2016 “Fragile Troubadour Tour” featured the musician traveling as a solo act. Ure filmed the experience for a documentary released last year.

“After I was asked to do a masterclass at Paul McCartney’s Liverpool Institute Of Performing Arts, I realised that talking about multi-album record deals and world tours would be something most of the students would never experience so I set about doing the six week tour completely alone,” Ure said. “No crew. No tour manager. No musicians. I wanted to show the reality of what they might face, if they pursue a career in the current music industry.”

Midge Ure:Fragile Troubadour from midge ure on Vimeo.

What can fans expect from Ure’s current road trip? Word is he’ll be performing solo material, including songs from his Fragile album mixed with selections from his years with Ultravox and Visage.

Here’s Ure’s 2017 calendar:

Jan. 5 – Vancouver, British Columbia, The Rickshaw Theatre
Jan. 6 – Seattle, Wash., The Triple Door
Jan. 7 – Portland, Ore., Doug Fir Lounge
Jan. 9 – Sacramento, Calif., Harlow’s Night Club
Jan. 10 – Petaluma, Calif., Mystic Theatre
Jan. 11 – San Francisco, Calif. Social Hall SF
Jan. 12 – San Juan Capistrano, Calif., The Coach House
Jan. 13 – West Hollywood, Calif., The Roxy Theatre
Jan. 14 – San Diego, Calif., The Casbah
Jan. 18 – Denver, Colo., Soiled Dove Underground
Jan. 20 – Austin, Texas, 3Ten Austin City Limits Live
Jan. 21 – Denton, Texas, Dan’s Silverleaf
Jan. 23 – Nashville, Tenn., City Winery Nashville
Feb. 16 – Winchester, England, Theatre Royal
Feb. 17 – Maesteg, Wales, Town Hall
Feb. 18 – Wakefield, England, Unity Works
Feb. 22 – Belfast, Northern Ireland, Belfast Waterfront
Feb. 23 – Cork, Ireland, Cork Opera House
Feb. 24 – Galway, Ireland, Town Hall Theatre
Feb. 25 – Dublin, Ireland, Pavilion Theatre
Feb. 26 – Dublin, Ireland, The Helix
March 8 – Subiaco, Australia, Regal Theatre
March 9 – Hindmarsh, Australia, Governor Hindmarsh Hotel (The Gov)
March 10 – Thombury, Australia, Thornbury Theatre
March 11 – Sydney, Australia, The Basement
March 12 – Newstead, Australia, Triffid
May 11 – Ishoj, Denmark, Ishoj Kultur Café
May 12 – Goteborg, Sweden, Konserthuset
May 13 – Stockholm, Sweden, Sodra Teatern

Visit MidgeUre.com for more details.