May contain a heavy dose of Jim Kerr
It was last November that I saw a post from promoters, Regular Music, announcing that Australian music legend Ian Moss would be performing at Oran Mor the following June. I didn’t purchase a ticket straight away. I held off. Sat on the idea for a while. I kept the gig in the back of my…
I set out feeling quite nervous. Galashiels is a place I had never been to before and to keep costs low, when looking into whether it was possible to see Hamish at the venue, I decided it wasn’t necessary to stay away in Galashiels for the night. I couldn’t find anything that affordable there and…
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It was another first for me last night. Not seeing The Lemon Twigs themselves. I’ve seen them on two previous occasions. Once at the fantastic Green Man festival in the Brecon Beacons in 2018 and then in the winter of 2019 at the Roundhouse. I had also bought a ticket to see them at St…
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Firstly, I have to talk about the experience of getting to the gig. Until recently, the Exhibition train station by the area of the Clyde where the Hydro and Armadillo are based has been closed for … refurbishment, I think? Anyway, I haven’t been able to make use of it and have been going to…
I’m in the final stages of getting my assignment ready for uni so I can’t afford much time away from concentrating on that. Having said that, it is imperative to allow some break time and not just have yourself constantly deep in study mode. I first heard Brooke Combe thanks to Billy Sloan playing her…
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This event was very close to being postponed as ticket sales leading up to the gig were poor – which is such a shame because… (spoiler alert!)… It was a cracker! I had a long journey ahead to get to Hartlepool. I set out at 8.30am and when waiting on the platform at Ashfield station,…
This was my first experience of seeing a play at the Tron Theatre. I really don’t know why it had taken me this long to get around to seeing a performance there. The venue had escaped my attention for the most part, I confess. I have to give kudos to Facebook’s algorithm because it came…
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But … is he right? This guy gets some factual information wrong, and I disagree on certain aspects, but 100% agree with others. Overall, he makes some really good points. See what you think. I had been thinking about sharing this video after the past 24 hours. Jim’s post today just compounded my decision to…
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Hamish was one of the highlights of that glorious weekend last August seeing the two Simple Minds gigs at Princes Street Gardens. Michelle and I enjoyed his set so much that night that we made it our mission to see him live in his own right at the earliest opportunity. In the interim, I listened…
This year feels like it has been a long one. I started university back in January and I am now working through the second module of my DipHE English. There was excitement at the start of the year with some Simple Minds related releases happening. The first being from the band themselves with the release…
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