Midge Ure and Bob Geldof get together to Rewind

Midge Ure says he hopes that Band Aid’s milestone 30th anniversary this year doesn’t prove to be a disappointment.

The Ultravox (Ure) and Boomtown Rats (Geldof) frontmen were the driving forces behind the Do They Know It’s Christmas? single back in 1984 and the Live Aid concerts.

“It was a massive thing and I’m sure it will be commemorated this year,” Midge told The Sunday Post. “But I met Bob last week and it’s just speculation, nothing’s carved in stone.

“If you had the opportunity to get The Beatles back together, would you? Probably not, as the mystique is probably greater than the band ever were and it’d be bound to be a let down.

“Maybe doing another version of the Band Aid record would be the same. It wouldn’t get to No 1 and it would sully the memory.”

Midge remains a Band Aid trustee and says substantial sums are still raised annually for Ethiopia and elsewhere from the single.

“Every time it’s played it generates income. The cast of Glee did a Christmas album two or three years ago and that brought in $250,000.”

The two Band Aid founders will be reunited again this summer as both are on the bill of Rewind Scotland The 80s Festival.

This fourth event will take place at Scone Palace from Friday, July 18, to Sunday, July 20, with the cream of classic pop acts from the 1980s performing.

Headliners include Billy Ocean and Darryl Hall and John Oates.

Saturday’s stellar line-up features Jimmy Somerville, 10CC, Heaven 17, Nick Heyward and Midge among others.

Among Sunday’s showstoppers are Sir Bob’s Boomtown Rats, ABC, Marc Almond and T’Pau.

“I defy anyone to go to Rewind and not see something they like,” insists Midge, now 60.

Relaxed and friendly, Midge, who had a well-documented battle with alcoholism, admits he was very different at the peak of Ultravox’s success.

“If I went back in time and met my younger self I’d give him a clip round the ear,” he admits.

“You do stuff that, as a working class boy from Cambuslang, you said you’d never do, like buying a fleet of cars or living in a 10-bedroom house on your own.

“You get a bit too big for your boots and start to think you’re some sort of demigod!”

Midge is in Glasgow twice this week, with a gig at The Ferry and a talk about his early days in the city at Redeeming Our Communities at the Royal Concert Hall.

“I was a complete no-hoper and I try to give people a bit of insight. If my story isn’t going to give anybody hope, I don’t know what will.”

Rewind Scotland briefs, costing between £55 for an adult day ticket and £117.50 for a weekend ticket with camping pass, are on sale now at ticketline.co.uk or by calling 0844 888 9991.