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Midge Ure on reinvention, legacy and the Brexit backlash

IT would be fair to describe Midge Ure as a music legend. Born in Cambuslang, he joined the Glasgow band Stumble in 1969

The National (Scotland)

The 5 synths that gave us synth-pop

These are the machines that rocked the 1970s and popped the 1980s…

MusicRadar

Remembering Rusty Egan's Blitz Club: a place to 'avoid the mob and the homophobes', where the New Romantics were born

As he releases new vinyl boxset, 'Blitzed!', Wallpaper* meets DJ Rusty Egan to talk about London's scene-building Blitz club – the antidote to the late 70s punk scene and a hot-bed of experimental fashion

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"Spandau Ballet, Visage, Ultravox… there's some good music going down": In 1981, Rush's Geddy Lee was ready to blow the boundaries of progressive rock wide open

From Led Zeppelin copyists to sword and sorcery maestros to purveyors of über-prog, Rush have always pushed the envelope

Louder

Ultravox bassist Chris Cross has died, aged 71

Ultrabox bandmate Mide Ure hails Cross as "the glue that held the band together"

Louder

"It was the machine that made electronic music accessible": The 5 vintage synths that gave us synth-pop

These are the machines that rocked the 1970s and popped the 1980s.

MusicRadar

“Look at Kate Bush or Queen: sometimes when you don’t do the norm, that’s what changes the world a little bit” - How Midge Ure finally embraced his prog tendencies

Ultravox’s Vienna and Band Aid might have made his name but Yes, Uriah Heep and ELP figured in his musical education - even if no one noticed

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What links Penelope Pitstop to the Visage frontman? The Saturday quiz

From the Iris trophy to the Naughtiest Girl: test your knowledge with the Saturday quiz

The Guardian - UK

Scottish eighties hit maker sells off song rights for 'undisclosed sum'

THE artist, who in his Ultravox days had one of the UK’s most famous number-two singles with Vienna, has sold income rights ...

The National (Scotland)

Couture season ends with disco, celebrity and classic glamor

The experimentalism and audacity of 1980s club kids inspired Valentino in one of the last high-octane shows of this Paris Fashion Week couture season

The Independent UK

Visage outside Blitz nightclub … Sheila Rock’s best photograph

‘Blitz was where all the New Romantics hung out. If you didn’t look good, you didn’t get in. Steve Strange is at the front of the shot – with big hair’

The Guardian - UK

'I shopped Aldi's SpecialBuys this week - and I can't believe what I found'

Here were my top five picks from this week's range.

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