{"id":10626,"date":"2025-10-10T06:55:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-10T04:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/orkus1.com\/happy-birthday-midge-ure\/"},"modified":"2026-07-29T16:04:44","modified_gmt":"2026-07-29T14:04:44","slug":"happy-birthday-midge-ure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/orkus1.com\/en\/happy-birthday-midge-ure\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy Birthday MIDGE URE!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-medium\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"550\" height=\"550\" src=\"https:\/\/orkus1.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/10-10-MidgeUre-ohne-550x550.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9540\" srcset=\"https:\/\/orkus1.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/10-10-MidgeUre-ohne-550x550.jpg 550w, https:\/\/orkus1.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/10-10-MidgeUre-ohne-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/orkus1.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/10-10-MidgeUre-ohne-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/orkus1.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/10-10-MidgeUre-ohne-636x636.jpg 636w, https:\/\/orkus1.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/10-10-MidgeUre-ohne.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We wish <strong>Midge Ure<\/strong> a happy 73rd birthday!<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Did you know?<\/strong><br\/>\u2022 <strong>Midge Ure<\/strong> enjoyed his greatest success in the 1980s with <strong>Ultravox<\/strong>, but he continues to enjoy success as a solo artist to this day.<br\/>\u2022 In 1984, he founded the charity project \u201cBand Aid.\u201d<br\/>\u2022 The British musician has been awarded several honorary doctorates for his social activism.<br\/>\u2022 How did James<strong>\u201cMidge\u201d<\/strong><strong> Ure<\/strong> actually come by that name? 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