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Ultravox: Lyceum, London

Richard Williams, The Times, 18 August 1980

IN THE SEARCH to perfect a commodity which is being touted as White European Dance Music, Ultravox now occupy the ground between Gary Numan, who has hundreds of thousands of fans, and Spandau Ballet, who have hundreds. If the success of their new album, Vienna, and last night's stylish Lyceum crowd can be taken as indices, they are on the way up to join Numan.

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