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Date: January 20th, 2009 9:01:25 a.m.

ULTRAVOX - RETURN TO EDEN 2009

Tuesday, 20 January 2009

Two dates have been added to the Return to Eden reunion tour, the Dublin Olympia on Saturday 2nd May and Belfast Waterfront on Sunday 3rd May. Today's MCD/Solo press release can be found in our Media Archive.

We are delighted to be able to bring you exclusive Ultravox.org.uk pre-sale links, which give you a 57 hour period to book tickets before they are made available to the general public. Tickets go on general sale from 9am Friday 23rd January at www.ticketmaster.ie.

Click the buttons below to book your seats early, from 9am today, Tuesday 20th until 6pm Thursday, 22nd January. The password for both is Vienna.

The full list of confirmed dates are below. For those without web access, the telephone numbers for each venue can be used to book directly.

APRIL 2009
10  Edinburgh Playhouse
      (0870 606 3424)
      18-22 Greenside Place, Edinburgh, Scotland EH1 3AA
11  Glasgow Clyde
      (0870 040 4000)
      Finnieston Street, Glasgow, Scotland G3 8YW
13  Newcastle City Hall
      (0191 261 2606)
      Northumberland Road, Newcastle Upon Tyne NE1 8SF
14  Manchester Apollo
      (0844 477 7677)
      Stockport Road, Manchester, Lancashire M12 6AP
15  Sheffield City Hall
      (0114 278 9789)
      Barkers Pool, Sheffield S1 2JA
17  Birmingham Symphony Hall
      (0121 780 3333)
      Broad Street, Birmingham B1 2EA
18  Bristol Colston Hall
      (0117 922 3686)
      Colston Street, Bristol BS1 5AR
20  Cardiff St. David's Hall
      (0292 087 8444)
      The Hayes, Cardiff, Wales CF10 1AH
21  Nottingham Royal Theatre
      (0115 989 5555)
      Theatre Square, Nottingham NG1 5ND
23  Brighton Dome
      (0127 370 9709)
      29 New Road, Brighton, East Sussex BN1 1UG
24  London Hammersmith Apollo
      (0844 844 4748)
      45 Queen Caroline Street, London W6 9QH
26  Bournemouth International Centre
      (0844 576 3000)
      Exeter Road, Bournemouth BH2 5BH
27  Plymouth Pavillion
      (0845 146 1460)
      Millbay Road, Plymouth PL1 3LF
28  Portsmouth Guildhall
      (0239 282 4355)
      Guildhall Square, Portsmouth, Hampshire PO1 2AB
30  London Roundhouse
      (0844 482 8008)
      Chalk Farm Road, London NW1 8EH

MAY 2009
02  Dublin Olympia Theatre
      Tel: (ROI) 0818 719 300 / 0818 719 330
      Tel: Northern Ireland 0870 243 4455
      72 Dame St, Dublin 2, Ireland
03  Belfast Waterfront
      Tel: (ROI) 0818 719 300 / 0818 719 330
      Tel: Northern Ireland 0870 243 4455
      2 Lanyon Place, Belfast, County Antrim BT1 3WH, N. Ireland

Dublin tickets will cost €55/€50/€45 Euros & booking fee.
Belfast tickets will cost £32.50/ £30.00 Pounds & booking fee.

If posting these details to another website or publication, please ensure that you quote Ultravox.org.uk as the source and DO NOT post details regarding the pre-sale date or links. Thank you.

BILLY CURRIE PODCAST & MESSAGE

Monday, 19 January 2009

Billy has recorded a podcast interview for Yamaha Download, where he talks in some detail about equipment, the reunion tour and what might happen after the UK dates (those outside of the UK will particularly want to listen to this). He also plays refrains from Vienna and Astradyne. In his news update, Billy says:

Hi People.

I have an interview here.
Hope you enjoy.

Ultravox are looking forward to the Tour.
I am really excited about it. Very pleased we got it together again.

I have a new Electric Violin.
Sounds F***ing Great!
Boy hasn't technology come on since I last bought one. 1983?

Eh!

Best. Billy.

Courtesy of billycurrie.com.

PRESS UPDATE

Sunday, 18 January 2009

Midge appeared in the Scotland Sunday Mail today, talking about the tour, the reissues and the Vienna song and how some of the video was filmed in Covent Garden in London.

The paper seems to have assumed that the band didn't go to Vienna at all, but some scenes were in fact filmed there, as hilariously chronicled by Paula Yates in her article Dearth in Vienna. Photographer Anton Corbijn took some fantastic images of the trip, one of which he kindly let us use on the cover of our final fanzine issue, Extreme Voice 20. In the same issue, the band talk about recording the album and filming the Vienna video; this extract can be found in our Media Archive.

A large version of the Sunday Mail article can be viewed in the Media Archive, or a text version on the paper's site.

Thanks to Stumcb for the scan.

EMI DEFINITIVE EDITION CDs

Monday, 19 January 2009

The third and fourth of the two-disc Ultravox Remastered Definitive Edition CDs, Quartet and Monument (release date Feb 16th 2009) are now available for pre-order at Amazon.co.uk. The first two, Vienna and Rage in Eden, are available to buy now.

AMAZON REVIEWS

Monday, 19 January 2009

If you love the Remastered Definitive Editions of Vienna and Rage in Eden, please do consider giving them a positive review at Amazon. The current customer reviews, whilst mostly positive, aren't always the best-informed - and it would be great to see more fan support there. So if you have a moment, please do pop along and have your say!

Vienna Remastered Definitive Edition at Amazon.co.uk
Rage in Eden Remastered Definitive Edition at Amazon.co.uk

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JOHN FOXX MAILING LIST

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MIDGE URE LIVE

Midge Ure is currently performing a rolling set of solo live dates which are constantly updated, so to keep up to date with these, please keep checking the News page on his website.

FORUM FUN!

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