May contain a heavy dose of Jim Kerr
“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! ???)
Since I booked the gigs last night, I had in my head that I had 8 SM gigs booked for next year, convinced I had (without really thinking in those terms to begin with) fallen one short of this magical 9 figure I’d fallen upon these past couple of years. But…obviously I was neglecting to…
It couldn’t have been more exciting, nerve-wrecking and slightly unexpected as this! The house-hunting has officially come to an end. No more searching required. My trip to Glasgow last weekend led me to view this… A rather traditional style 1930s built 3 bed semi-detached house. Not a house I would have ever envisaged myself living…
Again. I mean…we’ve got the tour coming next year. LITCoA recently came out. The “40” compilation is released on Friday – the day after I turn 49 (HELP! Lol) They’re at the Scottish Music Awards at the end of November. And of course there are other extenuating circumstances why things have been quiet. And on…
This week I have been mostly…working out which gigs I wanted to go to…and then making the plans for a preliminary reccy to Glasgow. I started with the UK first and working with the notion that Glasgow will be a local gig so grabbed my soundcheck experience there first. After that, the next nearest UK…
It’s a bit more spaced out than 2017 and the Acoustic tour. A little bit more like the stop-start of last year’s gigs. So…on the menu we have… Copenhagen (and OMG I can take in some Hans Christian Andersen history too!) Paris (the venue is a stunning building right on the Seine…I mean…IN THE MIDDLE…