Midge Ure was born in in Cambuslang, just outside Glasgow, in 1953, and originally worked as an engineer after training at East Kilbride’s National Engineering Laboratory.
He started playing in his first band, called Stumble, in 1969, but started to be a regular in the charts in the 1980s with Visage and Ultravox producing hit singles like Fade to Grey, Vienna, Dancing with Tears in My Eyes and No Regrets.
Most famously, in 1984, he co-wrote and produced Band Aid charity single Do They Know It's Christmas?, which has sold nearly four million copies in the UK alone, and co-organised the Live Aid concert with Bob Geldof.
His solo career includes the number two album The Gift and the hit singles No Regrets and If I Was (a UK number 1).
Still touring today, he’s one of Scotland’s all-time most successful musicians.
Here are 11 memorable quotes from Midge Ure.
5. Midge Ure...on liars
"I can't stand people who lie. I find it offensive on a variety of levels. They think you're an idiot and that you don't know they are lying. What they are saying to you is: I don't respect you." | Getty Images
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6. Midge Ure on...David Bowie
"We looked towards what he did, we are all still walking in his slipstream. We are still many, many yards behind what he was doing because he led the way. He was the leader, he was the guv'nor." | Getty Images
7. Midge Ure on...religion
"You think that religion is a thing that is there to help you and to see you through life, and then you wake up one morning and find the entire Irish situation, the civil war that's based on religion." | Getty Images
8. Midge Ure on...the music industry
"In the music industry, you meet some not very nice people, some very strange characters." | Getty Images