May contain a heavy dose of Jim Kerr
Well, it’s now official. ‘Simple Minds: Everything Is Possible’ (aka The Jim and Charlie Story) has just been plugged for the first time on SM social media. From what I read it’s a 75 minute documentary with interviews of various celebs sharing their love of the Minds, intermingled with the story of the Kerr/Burchill bedrock….
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Today marks the 40th anniversary of the reopening of the Barrowland Ballroom as a world renown music venue, and all thanks to Simple Minds choosing to film their Waterfront video there. The day is one that has gone down in local fan history as not only did the band film the video but also rewarded…
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Tonight Jim and Charlie join Tim Burgess on Absolute Radio to play the original 1982 studio album version of New Gold Dream (81-82-83-84) as part of Tim’s Listening Party. You can catch it at 10pm GMT (Sunday 5 November 2023). Colours Fly And Catherine Wheel being the most apt song one can listen to on…
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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…