Midge Ure has never been the type to sit back and let his legacy do the heavy lifting. For someone who helped define entire eras — from the icy synth drama of Ultravox to the cultural earthquake of Live Aid — reinvention is a habit, and in 2026, he’s stepping into yet another new chapter.
This May and June, Midge Ure launches A Man of Two Worlds, a tour that deliberately sidesteps the usual greatest‑hits format. Instead of lining up the classics and firing them off one by one, he’s building something more fluid and cinematic: a continuous, immersive performance where instrumentals and songs bleed into each other, shaping a story rather than a setlist. It’s a bold move, but it feels entirely in character.
The tour arrives alongside a brand‑new double album — his first new material in 12 years — released on 8 May, the very night the tour begins. The record mirrors the show’s structure, split cleanly down the middle: eight instrumental pieces and eight vocal tracks. It’s a format that highlights the two creative sides Ure has always carried with him, even if they haven’t always shared equal space.
“Almost every album I’ve made over the past 40+ years has featured at least one instrumental track,” he says. “For this album I wanted to explore that further, showing two sides of what I do.” That idea — the songwriter and the sound‑sculptor — sits at the heart of the whole project.
This new run of shows follows a particularly strong period for Ure onstage. His sold‑out 70th birthday celebration at the Royal Albert Hall in 2023 was a reminder of just how deeply fans still connect with his work, and the extensive UK tour that followed in 2024 showed a performer still pushing himself rather than settling into routine. A Man of Two Worlds continues that momentum, balancing nostalgia with a clear desire to keep moving forward.
Of course, Ure’s history is impossible to ignore. From glam beginnings with Slik to the punk‑edged spark of The Rich Kids, and then the synth‑driven reinvention that came with Ultravox and Visage, he’s been at the centre of several musical shifts. Add in the global impact of “Do They Know It’s Christmas?” and the organisation of Live Aid, and you have a career that most artists would happily rest on. But that’s never been his style.
With extra dates added for November due to demand, it’s clear that fans are ready to follow him into this next phase. A Man of Two Worlds isn’t just a tour or an album — it’s a reminder that Ure is still curious, still experimenting, and still capable of surprising the people who think they know him best.
A MAN OF TWO WORLDS Tour Dates
8-May-26 Bath Forum
9-May-26 Liverpool Philharmonic Hall
11-May-26 Leicester De Montfort Hall
12-May-26 Birmingham Symphony Hall
14-May-26 Oxford New Theatre
15-May-26 Plymouth Pavilions
18-May-26 Sheffield City Hall
19-May-26 Manchester Bridgewater Hall
20-May-26 Aberdeen Music Hall
22-May-26 Glasgow SEC Armadillo
24-May-26 Edinburgh Usher Hall
25-May-26 London Barbican Hall
26-May-26 Reading Hexagon
27-May-26 Bournemouth Pavilion Theatre
29-May-26 Bradford Live
30-May-26 Nottingham Royal Concert Hall
31-May-26 Cambridge Corn Exchange
2-Jun-26 Southend Cliffs
3-Jun-26 Portsmouth Guildhall
4-Jun-26 Milton Keynes Theatre
5-Jun-26 Gateshead Glasshouse
20-Nov-26 York Barbican
21-Nov-26 Derby Vaillant Live
22-Nov-26 Hull Connexin Live
23-Nov-26 Brighton Dome
25-Nov-26 Cardiff Depot
27-Nov-26 Watford Colosseum
29-Nov-26 Coventry Warwick Arts Centre
30-Nov-26 Guildford G Live
Tickets available from midgeure.seetickets.com/ & www.midgeure.co.uk
