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…
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So….It’s The Beginning Of The End
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…
Minds Music Monday – SM Perform At Verona – Recorded for RAI, Italy
Simple Minds play live at the Verona Arena performing two songs. Click the post for more…
Jim and Charlie Interview with What’s On Scotland
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…
Jim and Charlie on BBC Radio 5Live with Nihal
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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Like Two Wee Boys!
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…
Blessed! Thank You For Sending Me An Angel
I have been concentrating on getting my blog tidied up and streamlined. Yesterday the very hefty outlay for the blog was paid. It was also more expensive than I had anticipated so it really brought me down. As I said in a recent post, I am trying to migrate my site to somewhere else but…
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Let The Tour Commence!
Oh, such great timing. Literally on the eve of me having to fork out another £250+ in making sure this blog keeps on running….erm, thanks guys! Lol I went and looked at the info for the Hydro in the hope that I would at least be able to see a floor plan of it and…
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.
The Tour Continues….
I knew it was coming and….oh, man alive, this one stings HARD! I was sssooooo close, pre-Covid, for it all coming to fruition. I had concert tickets booked, a place to stay – all I needed was to book my flight closer to the time and it looked as if it was all going to…