Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. David Chiu is a freelance music writer based in New York. By 1979, the Scottish musician James “Midge” Ure had played in the bands ...

The Collection featured 14 singles from Ultravox’s run of Chrysalis Records releases—Vienna (1980), Rage in Eden (1981), the George Martin-produced Quartet (1982), and Lament (1984)—and sold more than ...

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Items from Ultravox's Live Aid performance nearly 40 years ago are to be sold at auction. The bass guitar played by Chris Cross at the 1985 Wembley concert, held to raise money for famine relief in ...

Ultravox bassist Chris Cross, who co-wrote the U.K. new wave group’s 1981 smash “Vienna,” has died. He was 71. The English bassist, born Christopher Allen, was a founding member of Tiger Lily, the ...

Items from Ultravox’s Live Aid performance nearly 40 years ago are to go under the hammer. Bass player Chris Cross’s guitar from the Wembley concert, his Live Aid security pass, ticket stub and ...

Ultravox! helped create new wave before the first wave of British punk had even landed. Despite recording a debut album before one British punk single had been released, the London-based group was ...

Its haunting melody and electronic beat gave Scots songwriter and musican Midge Ure one of his greatest hits. But remarkably the Ultravox song Vienna never topped the charts – until now, after it was ...

U.K. pop/rock outfit Ultravox's 1980s lineup will reunite for a 2009 tour, marking this version of the band's first performance since Live Aid in 1985. By Jonathan Cohen U.K. pop/rock outfit ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Chris Cross of Ultravox performs on stage at O2 Academy in Sheffield, England, in 2010. (Gary Wolstenholme / Redferns via Getty ...