Acting
Billy Currie
Born
1950-04-01 (76)
Place of birth
Huddersfield, Yorkshire, England, UK
Known for
Acting
Credits
6 titles
William Lee Currie (born 1 April 1950) is a British multi-instrumentalist and songwriter from Huddersfield, England. He is best known as the keyboard and strings player with new wave band Ultravox, who achieved their greatest commercial success in the 1980s. Currie was born in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire and had an interest in music from an early age. As a child he sang a lot and at the age of ten he got a guitar. In 1961 he picked up the violin at school and also sang in a choir. A year later he was in the school orchestra, but had to change instrument to viola to get a place at the Huddersfield School of Music, which he joined in 1965. In 1969 he had qualified for a place at the Royal Ac…
Known for
Riverside was a TV series broadcast on BBC2 in the United Kingdom featuring musicians, bands, actors, fashion designers, artists and comedians. It consisted of sketches, interviews and live performances. Guests included Alice Cooper, Steve Strange, Martin Rushent, Alan Adler, Clare Grogan, Paul Weller, Martin Fry, The Cure, The Smiths, New Order and Pauline Black.
Riverside
1982
7.8Live Aid was held on 13 July 1985, simultaneously in Wembley Stadium in London, England, and the John F. Kennedy Stadium in Philadelphia, United States. It was one of the largest scale satellite link-ups and television broadcasts of all time: watched live by an estimated global audience of 1.9 billion, across 150 nations. "It's twelve noon in London, seven AM in Philadelphia, and around the world it's time for Live Aid...!"
Live Aid
1985
NRThe live video to Ultravox's "Monument" album, recorded at the London Hammersmith Odeon during the band's 1982 "Monument" tour.
Ultravox: Monument
1983
The story of the reformation of the band in 2009 for the Return to Eden Tour, filmed, compiled, and assembled by Midge Ure. This documentary goes along with the live "Return to Eden" film.
Ultravox - Building Eden: The Reformation
2010
NRUltravox! Live at the Rainbow 1977
Ultravox!: Live at the Rainbow
1977
6.8Recorded during the band's 2009 sell out UK tour on April 30 at the legendary Roundhouse in London. The Return to Eden tour was the first time that the classic Ultravox line-up of Midge Ure, Billy Currie, Criss Cross and Warren Cann had performed together in over two decades, and was followed by a highly successful European and festival tour that ran through the summer and into the Autumn.
Ultravox: Return to Eden - Live at The Roundhouse
2010
Film credits
2010s · 2 titles
The story of the reformation of the band in 2009 for the Return to Eden Tour, filmed, compiled, and assembled by Midge Ure. This documentary goes along with the live "Return to Eden" film.
Ultravox - Building Eden: The Reformation
2010
6.8Recorded during the band's 2009 sell out UK tour on April 30 at the legendary Roundhouse in London. The Return to Eden tour was the first time that the classic Ultravox line-up of Midge Ure, Billy Currie, Criss Cross and Warren Cann had performed together in over two decades, and was followed by a highly successful European and festival tour that ran through the summer and into the Autumn.
Ultravox: Return to Eden - Live at The Roundhouse
2010
1980s · 2 titles
7.8Live Aid was held on 13 July 1985, simultaneously in Wembley Stadium in London, England, and the John F. Kennedy Stadium in Philadelphia, United States. It was one of the largest scale satellite link-ups and television broadcasts of all time: watched live by an estimated global audience of 1.9 billion, across 150 nations. "It's twelve noon in London, seven AM in Philadelphia, and around the world it's time for Live Aid...!"
Live Aid
1985
NRThe live video to Ultravox's "Monument" album, recorded at the London Hammersmith Odeon during the band's 1982 "Monument" tour.
Ultravox: Monument
1983
