May contain a heavy dose of Jim Kerr
Yesterday saw the second anniversary of the release of Walk Between Worlds. Of course it was the day that Jim and Charlie appeared at the HMV in Argyle Street for an album signing. I was so, sooo nervous! Lol. Silly, really, as I had met them both before already, but the more it goes on…
My first gig of 2020 may already be the gig of the year! I arrived in the West End around 4.30pm and had a bite to eat at Mario’s Cafe on the Byers Road. After the meal I took a meander down to the Kelvingrove thinking it might be open for the concert goers to…
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And as we are now half-way through the first month of 2020, the other focus is on gigs and other events in the calendar. High on the anticipation scale is White Hot Day – the first Simple Minds fan convention in over 15 years and the first I’ve had the opportunity of being able to…
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Currently at Sydney Airport. Shortly about to board a United Airlines flight to San Francisco. About 30 plus hours of travel ahead with connections included. See you on the other side. Time for hame…
I wee interview and a bit of footage of the awards from Saturday night. https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10159140751599745&id=688619744&sfnsn=scwspmo&d=n&vh=e
Well, I was freaking out that I wasn’t going to make it for the 6pm arrival time as I was still at the house waiting for a taxi to come collect me at 5.40pm. It’s Saturday night in Glasgow… traffic will be heaving! But it was mercifully fine. I still can’t quite get my head…
“Dan Yer Man” will be taking part in a Q and A as well as performing with his band The Dark for White Hot Day on March 21st 2020. Tickets are available through Tickets Scotland. See you guys there!
Well…it started with Sophia Deboick in the New European magazine in April, 2018 greasing the wheels of me FINALLY taking a dive into Roxy Music and then my little talk with Jim about starting to get into them and him just reiterating the importance of Roxy and Bryan Ferry on Simple Minds and him (“No…
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I read a piece from The Guardian yesterday as to why author Karl Whitney believed that Glasgow is the best city in Britain for the popular music-lover. He talked about the vibrancy of the scene, the number of venues the city has, a number of them more intimate music/pubs, some offering a fully vegan menu….
I saw this shared on Facebook a few days ago and I can’t stop playing it…and I’m counting doon the days. Only 12 of them tae go noo. WE’RE MOVING TO SCOTLAND! (And then I fuck off to Germany for two Stranglers gigs! ???)