Midge Ure still has such an iconic sound that hearing him sing Vienna and The Voice was something an audience he described cheekily as “slightly used New Romantics” would find hard to forget.

First up was Dear God – the perfect vehicle to bring in the presence of The (original) Voice. This was followed by his emotionally-charged Breathe, whose soaring notes – he admitted – were, at his age, too much of a challenge to be left to the end of the evening.

Midge may no longer be able to cope with top register but his level of enthusiasm was high for the whole 100 minutes, even when churning out those well-worn Ultravox favourites. And the fact the set, including such resounding, gigantic numbers as One Day and Thy Kingdom Come, stood up so well to being played solo, with just an acoustic guitar and a mike set to “echo”, was a ringing endorsement of the songwriting skill behind them.

As he said, becoming a musician used to be a matter of hard work, not of being voted in – leading you to wonder how many X Factor winners will reach the age of 60, as Midge has done, without their talent and songs fading to grey.