May contain a heavy dose of Jim Kerr
Email confirmation of my subscription to Classic Pop…at last! And just in the nick of time…my first issue will be February, 2018…with inside (hopefully!), a big old Simple Minds Walk Between Worlds feature. I do hope so! Cannot wait!
Exactly…seven weeks to the day… Doughnuts and dynamite!
I have wanted to see Franz Ferdinand since I first got into them waaaaay back in around 2004. Very nearly got tickets to see them play with Sparks, but then had a change of heart. But THIS was too good an opportunity to pass up! The new album on CD *AND* A TICKET FOR £12!???…
Weekend whirligig is back after a couple of weeks off. The weekend before last was the pent up crazy excitement of all the SM news dropping, and then last weekend I was away. And so tonight (late Thursday night) I went to YouTube to start my search for an appropriately dated gig…and there it was…
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All the info you need is at simpleminds.com and all various social media…esp. Simple Minds Official Facebook page. I have my super deluxe bundle pre-ordered, I have my presale codes, and I am sssooo ready to try for tickets for Glasgow, London and Manchester. Absolutely ABUZZ! HURRY UP FEBRUARY! Christmas? Shmistmas! Lol. Christmas has been…
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A good old Friday night “let your hair down” gig. And only the second gig of the year for SM after being in the studio recording Promised You A Miracle…which gets an airing in the set. And a stellar rendition it is too! Sound quality of the gig is good. Enjoy!
I have never seen this picture (used for the article) before. What the hell is the boy doing? Lol. And…erm New Gold Dream was UNDERproduced?! Was it?!
Just…how beautiful is this man?! *officially cradling self in foetal position*?? Thank you to the amazing site run by Shane Marais for the scans. You can view Shane’s blog HERE I am DEFINITELY getting my own copy of this magazine…sometime in the future I think the photographer (unnamed by the magazine…don’t know why?) is Mike…
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Quite a good review, but a shame this young person doesn’t see either Minds themselves, or the B52s shaking off the “nostalgia” label. Sad they ended their review by calling both bands “overtly” 80s. Read the review HERE
Huge thanks to Stuart McKay for the permission to share these amazing pictures he took from last night’s SM gig in Perth. More information on Stuart’s fantastic photography can be found here – Stuart McKay Photography You can also find Stuart on Instagram @mckaysenberg PLEASE DO NOT TAKE COPIES OF THESE PHOTOS – PLEASE SEEK…
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