May contain a heavy dose of Jim Kerr
Local newspaper the Somerset County Gazette have posted a fabulous slideshow of photos from Sunday night’s Grandslam at Taunton Race Course. Not just of the music acts either, but of the punters in the crowd. I know several fans who went on Sunday, and it’s great seeing them all having such a fab time. Just…
Lovely interview with Charlie, you can read it by CLICKING HERE
I seem to have missed one. I had 53 to share, but only 52 downloaded. I’ll share the other seperately when I can work out which one that’s missing. When viewing at the blog site, click on the thumbnails to see larger images. Images can be enlarged further by clicking at the bottom right of…
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Two new tracks from the forthcoming album, Love Is Magic are available to listen to on YouTube today. Touch & Go has great harmonies and that Carpenters sensitivity. He’s Got His Mother’s Hips is that fantastic not-taking-it-too-seriously/electrofunk stuff he does. Playfully sexy AF. I LOVE IT! Touch & Go will grow on me –…
I have to prefix this by saying…rather sadly now, this is my last Simple Minds gig for the foreseeable future. There are some Grandslams left, of course…Swindon, Ardingly and Taunton next weekend, and Inverness and Dundee the following weekend…then off they go to Mexico, the USA and Canada. Exciting times ahead for the band. But…
I loved this little Q&A with Ian and particularly the fun element in which the last question was answered. He seems a very genuine and lovely man.
One last clip of him from Green Man on Saturday night. Can’t wait until the October gigs! Now, back to it being a Simple Minds blog…
I loved watching every second of these guys! And I am DETERMINED to see them again! Enjoy!
This was the experience of a lifetime. Genuinely! I had been very hopeful that my entry for the competition to the Green Man festival would be successful. I noticed a mistake in the crossword as I was solving it, so I was hopeful that I would be savvy enough in providing what was the correct…