Simple Minds BBC ‘In Concert’ Re-issue In CD/Blu-ray Set
Now available to pre-order, a re-issue of Simple Minds’ BBC ‘In Concert’ acoustic gig at the Hackney Empire in November, 2016. Click for more info…
Tag: 2023
The Anchoress (+ Leoni Jane Kennedy) – Summerhall, Edinburgh – 22/09/2023
If you have read any of my previous gig reviews you know I tend to put a very personal slant on them. This review will be no exception. I need to discuss the preamble to the gig. More so what was taking place with me before even setting out to travel to Edinburgh. Recently my…
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One More For The Read…
The completist in me had me do it. And, well, I love the photo on the cover. I was also secretly hoping there’d be a quote of my review in the opening pages. Alas, no such luck. Still on the Hachette website though, so it’s not all bad.
Hamish Hawk – George Square, Glasgow – 08/08/2023
Fortune smiled wide last night in Glasgow, for last week it had been announced on Hamish Hawk’s social media platforms that he and his band would be playing a small set in George Square as part of the musical entertainment laid on during the UCI World Cycling Championships that are currently taking place within the…
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Minds Music Monday – 110Berlin Extended Mixes on YouTube
I have been delving into the extended mixes offered by the YouTube channel 110Berlin and their output is getting very good indeed. It has taken me a little while to catch up with their output since my previous post. Sometimes, some things still don’t quite hit the mark, but of the mixes I have listened…
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New Gold Dream Live at Paisley Abbey on Coloured Vinyl and CD
Hello! Look at this beauty! Thanks for the heads up Simple Minds fan, Karl, who spotted this on the HMV website this morning! Out on pre-order now, release date 27 October – a few days early but… happy birthday to me! If the £28 vinyl thing isn’t your bag, it’s also available on CD for…
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Themes For Great Cities – Paperback Edition
Today sees the release of the paperback edition of the Simple Minds biography written by Graeme Thomson, Themes For Great Cities. I already have two copies of the Hardcover edition, as well as a Kindle edition – but the completist in me will also grab a copy of the paperback edition at some point in…
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Solstice Kiss 12” Vinyl Single – Available To Pre-order
Well! This looks a bit nice, doesn’t it? Pre-order link HERE
Review: Ian Moss – Oran Mor – 10/6/2023
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…
Review: Sparks (+ Mr B – The Gentleman Rhymer), SEC Armadillo, Glasgow – 26/05/2023
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…