May contain a heavy dose of Jim Kerr
If you know me then you will know that I have said MANY times that I am a very slow reader. There have been very few exceptions where I am able to ramp up the pace of my reading to such a degree that I am able to devour a book in less than a…
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A reminder that tomorrow, 27 October, is the release date for New Gold Dream: Live at Paisley Abbey. It’s been almost 12 months since the band secreted themselves away into Paisley’s stunning abbey. The premise? To celebrate the 40th anniversary of the release of seminal album New Gold Dream (81-82-83-84) with a unique one-off live…
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I feel as if I have had a lot of time to reflect on the past 12 months. It’s been time for reflection, particularly in my relationship to being a Simple Minds fan. Recently I uncovered a copy of a letter I had sent to Jim dating back from the end of 2016. There was…
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Billy chats to Jim and Charlie about next year’s Global World Tour and the making of New Gold Dream: Live at Paisley Abbey, among other things in what was an hour long middle section in Billy’s show that aired on Saturday, 30 September 2023. I have taken out the music so it’s just straight chat….
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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…
Perhaps….subconsciously I could feel it too? In light of what I was saying in my vlog post today? Go out with a bang? Leave them wanting more? Never talk about that bloody “R” word…. But, there we are! Without him actually saying it, Jim just said it on the Billy Sloan show. I guess it…
Simple Minds play live at the Verona Arena performing two songs. Click the post for more…
It’s a wee short and sweet one, but wonderful as ever. Ego check for Mr Kerr, please?! Lol. Honestly! Bloody hell. Click the post to view video…
It’s a good chunk of an interview and Jim and Charlie were on great form. I particularly loved Jim’s tale of the time Charlie cut open his pinky finger in 1981, just prior to them touring Australia for the first time. Just the kind of story I was hoping for from Jim at the Paris…
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Check ’em out! Geez-o. Pair of neds. (To quote Frank Gallagher when I had a play about with him once. He shared a photo of himself posed with Jim and Charlie a few years back. I asked him who he was posing with in said photo – obviously knowing who they were. Frank’s response? “Couple…