May contain a heavy dose of Jim Kerr
Billy chats to Jim and Charlie about next year’s Global World Tour and the making of New Gold Dream: Live at Paisley Abbey, among other things in what was an hour long middle section in Billy’s show that aired on Saturday, 30 September 2023. I have taken out the music so it’s just straight chat….
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Considering the content on this blog is somewhat lacking, with a few circumstances accounting for that … I would like to try and keep SOME kind of activity going here! So I have decided to rekindle the old Kerrsday Thursday by sharing some of the phots I have enjoyed seeing from this year’s tour so…
I wish I could believe this. I wish it felt this way for me, but it rarely has. There is a distinct and marked bias towards fans that have been around for a long time. To espouse the notion that there isn’t…? I myself don’t see it. I entered the Simple Minds fanbase with a…
Today’s post from Jim – much like yesterday’s…I can feel it ramping up. I get that he loves Italy…but I always feel like…something kind of ugly overtakes him whenever SM play there. Something … “unattractive” happens. All the bravado and the smugness creeps in. Today when I read the post I thought “Geez, you’re sounding…
There’s been no escaping the endless deluge of photos and videos from last night’s gig. I feel a fool for having not tried to move hell and high water to go. But, I convinced myself it wasn’t the “important place”. That it wasn’t the “be all and end all.” Birdy was kind. Telling me that…
Th is post features a video of Deacon Blue performing Someone Somewhere in Summertime at Edinburgh Castle. Click the post to view…
OMG!! I don’t think I’ve ever been so excited about something EVER IN MY ENTIRE LIFE!!! More details at the Simple Minds Official Facebook page (click on the source link to be taken there)
New vinyl acquisition!! Finally got a copy of the Celebrate album on vinyl. Have been keeping my eye out for a bargain one. This one was being sold on eBay for £20. It had one minor flaw (seen in the photos), that being small splits at the bottom of the both inner sleeves. The seller…
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Simple Minds News – Issue 23, 1988: Part One.
Listening to another live gig tonight. Sounding like a good one so far. Look at that date! What a Christmas present!!!