May contain a heavy dose of Jim Kerr
Well, I did wonder if I might have jumped the gun with doing a blog post about my favourite gigs of 2024 before all my gigs of 2024 had been complete. It was a self-fulfilling prophecy! Events leading up to it hadn’t been so great. My gig buddy for the show, Sue, had been dreaming…
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This is a very interesting idea and quite the opportunity to sit along side the three former Simple Minds members and asks questions and generally get to ‘hang out’ (virtually) for an hour or so. It has the potential to be cringe in all honesty. Zoom isn’t the best place for flowing conversation, you know?…
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It was an Instagram story on Graeme Thomson’s account that first made me aware of the existence of Orwell. He had been sent a vinyl copy of Simple Minded, with its wonderfully stylised artwork – a subtle but very obvious homage to the Sons and Fascination album cover. I was impressed by its look and…
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Ah now, come on Billy Sloan. As a professional radio presenter and music journalist I actually thought better of you, I did. But this last showing of your obvious prejudice is enough. I’m outing it! You see, for some time now, I’ve been getting the feeling that dear Mr Sloan isnae a fan of the…
It’s been a strange few days. First, there was this (see images below). I didn’t want to make a song and dance of it. The last thing I ever expected or ever anticipated was an actual response. Truly, I believed those days were long gone. That is why I finished my little reply by saying…
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Yet another summer date landed yesterday. I’ve never known Simple Minds to have such trickle announcements for shows – it’s really weird! Anyway, this one is somewhere near the French Alps or somewhere. I don’t know. I think it’s July? All the info as always is on the SM website and social media platforms. You…
There continues to be more dates and info drip-feeding through on the Simple Minds front. Another set of dates added to the growing list for summer 2025. This time we now have a date for Dutch fans with the band’s inclusion in the line-up for the BosPop festival in Weert on 12 July. Along with…
This week. It has churned up things. I’ve wanted to write about certain things. Late at night, when I’m drifting off to the Land of Nod, words flow and I wish I could retain them. Remember them as they appear in thought so I can jot them down the next morning. All my best words…
I didn’t know how to approach this. I didn’t feel it was my place to post anything on my blog about it. Much like when JMH passed away, I hoped that Jim would do something. Post a fitting and heartfelt tribute to a much loved and respected member of the Simple Minds family. For it…
Yesterday I was looking at my Instagram feed when I was shown a post from Nicola Meighan. I don’t follow her, but sometimes the algorithm puts things in your feed that it thinks will interest you. This one was a post in which Nicola was photographed with His Nibs and her saying that he was…