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You may think Ultravox were a synth-pop band. They know they were prog
By Chris Roberts published
Midge Ure and Billy Currie aimed to create timeless music by crossing previously-closed musical borders – and they argue that their biggest hit worked because of human imperfections rather than digital precision

"It better not be s**t!" Producer reveals Bob Geldof's words of warning ahead of the recording of new album from the cast of Live Aid musical Just For One Day
By Paul Brannigan published
Just For One Day - The Live Aid Musical (Original Cast Recording) will features covers of timeless anthems from artists who made history at 1985's legendary Live Aid concert

The albums produced by George Martin you should listen to but only one is by the Beatles
By Bill DeMain published
Legendary producer and 'fifth Beatle' George Martin combined an adventurous sense of musicality with suit-and-tie professionalism

Steven Wilson remixes Ultravox's 1984 album Lament
By Jerry Ewing published
Ultravox will release eight-disc 40th anniversary deluxe box set of Lament in Septmber

Ultravox bassist Chris Cross has died, aged 71
By Jerry Ewing published
Ultravox bandmate Midge Ure hails Cross as "the glue that held the band together"

From underground trailblazing to commercial success: Ultravox's Quartet saw George Martin take them further into the mainstream – but at what cost?
By Julian Marszalek published
Ultravox – Quartet (Deluxe Edition): Steven Wilson burnishes art-poppers’ watershed 1982 album

"The Nice and ELP are, for me, where things went too far. Very good musicians don’t interest me. Proficiency blocks you off from real adventure": John Foxx on prog, punk and the problems of being a pioneer
By Paul Lester published
For 50 years, John Foxx has been making genuinely progressive music that defies categorisation. "My plan was always to make every record different from the last,” he says.

Ultravox announce Deluxe Edition of 1982's Quartet
By Jerry Ewing published
Six disc CD and DVD Ultravox set features new Steven Wilson remixes of the band's 1982 album Quartet
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