'The ultimate gift for a musician, one which lasts for the rest of your life.”
The Scottish musician, who co-wrote Do They Know It’s Christmas? with Boomtown Rats frontman Sir Bob Geldof for Band Aid, will headline the one-night-only concert on October 4.
The star, who grew up in Cambuslang, said: “What do you get as a gift on your significant 70th? A birthday celebration show at the Royal Albert Hall of course. The Ivor Novello winner, who has also been nominated for a Grammy, had a number one single with If I Was in 1985 and success with numerous bands.
He then started performing with new wave band Ultravox, which released Reap The Wild Wind, Dancing With Tears In My Eyes, Love’s Great Adventure and Vienna.
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