May contain a heavy dose of Jim Kerr
The rumours were coming in last night that the band were going to be announced in the line-up for the Lytham Festival next July. And lo, it was officially announced this morning that they’ll be on a double bill with fellow Scots, Texas on Sunday 6 July 2025 – almost a birthday gig for Herr…
Sad news in the Simple Minds community today, with the news that Kenny Hyslop has sadly passed away. In recent months Kenny had been diagnosed with prostate cancer, which he described as ‘the dreaded lurgy.’ An absolute drumming legend, playing for many, including Slik. His stint with Simple Minds may have been brief but was…
The book is progressing… I thought about doing yet ANOTHER vlog post today because – I feel exhausted. The thought of writing felt draining but I knew I’d get lost through myriad tangents if I recorded a vlog post and veer off course too much. Also, I’d have to show my hideous and drained face…
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***WARNING: VLOG POST*** Here I am…making an effort… I’m just too busy to write out a post. I tried to be as short as I could with this and tried reigning in waffling on. I know some of you don’t like these and I appreciate that but I had to get this stuff off my…
Yes, I know! This blog is fast becoming less a Simple Minds blog and more a Hamish Hawk blog. Which makes me wonder what the collective noun for Hamish Hawk fans would be? Hawkers? Hames? HH’ers? ‘Hawkers’ has a good ring to me. But I digress. As some of you may be aware (if not,…
Fab news on the HH front – our golden boy has been asked to be the support for Travis when they do their arena tour of the UK this December promoting their new album, L.A. Times, which is due for release 12 July. The tour concludes with a gig at the OVO Hydro on December…
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While I was trying to get myself some sleep during the wee hours of Sunday morning after my ‘late night’ staying up to watch Eurovision and hoping to see the Northern Lights whose fantastical fluorescent dance I had missed the previous night due to my being a confirmed old fart (I was in bed by…
Yes, I am VERY EXCITED! Hamish has a new single out called Big Cat Tattoos (which he’d played a few times during the gigs I’ve been to) – and a new album drops on 16 August called A Firmer Hand, available in various formats. There’s also signings/instore appearances in England (for some reason that defies…
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Well, where does one start? Firstly, I have to say I felt sorry for the Kiwis and the Aussies as it did seem as though they got short changed on the tour, with primarily outdoor gigs for the Kiwis, which limited the size of the setlist. For the Aussies, considering there were several indoor gigs…
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I’m not sure I’ve ever come across a man quite as contradictory as Jim Kerr. Lol. He really is someone who seems to be both eager and willing to embrace change and move forward, yet paradoxically seems rigid in his ways and viewpoints and totally inflexible. A case in point is yet another change to…