May contain a heavy dose of Jim Kerr
The boys hit the road at the end of April and into early May to headline a tour showcasing the forthcoming album, Flight Of Ideas. I had already mentioned the album launch and signing happening at Rough Trade East in London on April 4th – beyond that are dates as listed below. I would DEARLY…
The best news today! Warm Digits have a new album coming our way on April 3rd. The new album is called Flight Of Ideas and an official video of a song from the album is up on YouTube. The song is called The View From Nowhere and features guest vocalist, Emma Pollock. You can find…
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Full details at Argos on Twitter. Closing time for entries is 17:00, Friday, November 29th. (I might be a little bit pre-occupied right at that point in time!) Good luck! Argos are giving away tickets to see Simple Minds in London next April! Simply recreate @Argos_Online's Christmas advert, featuring 'Don't You (Forget About Me)', however…
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Since I booked the gigs last night, I had in my head that I had 8 SM gigs booked for next year, convinced I had (without really thinking in those terms to begin with) fallen one short of this magical 9 figure I’d fallen upon these past couple of years. But…obviously I was neglecting to…
So…on Tuesday night, I’m sitting on the bed, thinking about the Simple Minds gigs next year. Thinking of the wonderful venues and experiences I’ll have. A soundcheck in Copenhagen. Centre seats 12 rows back in Paris. A lower floor block seat in Leeds. Standing ticket in Dublin. A soundcheck and close seat in Glasgow. “Oh,…
It’s a bit more spaced out than 2017 and the Acoustic tour. A little bit more like the stop-start of last year’s gigs. So…on the menu we have… Copenhagen (and OMG I can take in some Hans Christian Andersen history too!) Paris (the venue is a stunning building right on the Seine…I mean…IN THE MIDDLE…
I “wakened up” (as a certain Mr Kerr would say) at 3.30am having had a mixed and slightly fitful sleep. The reason? I had decided when it was announced Jim would be on the Zoe Ball Breakfast show on Radio 2 a couple of weeks back to bite the bullet and head on in to…
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Yesterday I was out-anoraked. Jim had posted about it being the anniversary of Life In A Day and smuggins here felt a little bit pleased with herself that he was acknowledging the correct date of release. Well, so I had deluded myself. (And obviously he had thought so too…) The holy bible that is Dream…
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A nice set of black and white photos of a Simple Minds gig on April 13th, 1984 at the Volkshaus in Zurich, Switzerland. Clicking on the picture of Jim will take you to the page to view all the photos from the gig. And lovely ones they are too.
One of Rock n Roll’s great pioneers. And a great article.