May contain a heavy dose of Jim Kerr
Well, how’s THIS for some Minds Music Monday news? I know the conversations I’ve been having with Michelle lately that she had been wanting them to play here for some time. As for me, I’d have preferred Kelvingrove Bandstand – but they’d have had to have played several nights running. I know Michelle will be…
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Someone at SMHQ has a very skewed idea of what a “global” tour is. So far for next summer there is…. Ooh, erm, ENGLAND. Oh, a date in Dublin. And, new to the list? Italy. Three shows. Wow! Well…I just feel ssssooo included! Where can I go to next to see them? From the place…
Today sees the release of repackaged editions of Big Music – in celebration of its 10th anniversary (which is a more timely – and slightly more welcome – release than the Sparkle 40th anniversary rehash) for National Album Day. Available in two formats: a 2LP 140gm orange colour vinyl, and a 2CD set in a…
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An interesting set of venues with dates for the end of June and early July 2025. Had I still been living in Luton the Bedford venue would have felt literally just around the corner from me! The nearest they’d have ever played to my (as of back then) “home” town. As it is, from the…
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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…
***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…
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…
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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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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