May contain a heavy dose of Jim Kerr
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…
Derek Forbes is out on the road in November, touring around, signing copies of his fabulous memoir – A Very Simple Mind On Tour, as well performing a live set with his backing band The Dark at various venues throughout the northern parts of the country. The dates and ticket information are as follows: Direct…
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Just a very quick post here (SPOILER ALERT: I’ll be discussing the current setlist on the tour and a new song appearing on it – do not click to read this post if you don’t want to know about it.) about the newest addition to the setlist. Firstly: Jim is tempting me into giving the…
Today I tried to get straight back into the swing of things. Working on my uni assignment was hard. I didn’t get much done and the subject matter of my assignment is such that…well, death and/or dying seems to be my recurring theme for everything I’ve been writing for uni this academic year. All my…
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My apologies once again for a vlog review – for a writer, I like to do vlog posts! I’m just conscious to the fact I will be doing a heap of writing from tomorrow onwards (uni studies, and an assignment due next week, plus writing for the book will begin in earnest now, so yes…
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As the Glasgow shows inch ever closer, I don’t think I have been this excited for Simple Minds gigs since that warm, splendid weekend in the middle of August in 2022. Everything about that weekend was incredible. And it’s going to be hard to top it. But right now, by God are they giving it…