May contain a heavy dose of Jim Kerr
Interesting that Mr Kerr was talking about the positives of live music in a post yesterday. Talking about AI and money spent to appear human – I’ll bite my tongue until it bleeds …. the irony being it was a glorified plug for their shows, written for Jim – I mean they may have been…
My apologies for the delay with this review. It may be a little shorter than usual…perhaps not. We’ll see? I travelled down to Newcastle by train during the afternoon. The usual quickest route is firstly to go to Edinburgh on the express train from Queen Street and then on the LNER Azuma service to London….
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I’m not sure I can offer up anything else about this man and his band. You’d have had to be living under a rock or you just happen to be a first-time visitor to this blog not to have noticed what an impact Hamish Hawk has had upon me over the past two years in…
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It’s a rarity for me to be going to a gig on a Sunday night, and much like buses – my Sunday night gigs have arrived in twos. Last night it was the much-anticipated Field Music at Oran Mor. I decided to head to the city to ride the subway in time before the last…
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The Anchoress has announced more gigs for the spring and summer, which brings her as far north as Leeds, as far west as Cardiff and as far south as Aldershot. The tour is broken in two stages – dates during April comprise of Leeds, Manchester, Liverpool and London. Dates in June comprise of gigs in…
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It was a lovely crisp, clear evening in Glasgow last night. It’s amazing to think that less than a week prior, the city was feeling the full force of Storm Eowyn – the contrast couldn’t have been more stark! In recent times making my way to this part of the city (Clydeside – by Pacific…
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So far this year, my gig attendances have not been what I would consider a “proper” gig. Just a couple of weeks ago, it was the instore appearance at Mono/rail of Franz Ferdinand and tomorrow night is a “freebie.” I’ll be heading to Pacific Quay to the BBC Scotland studios to attend Roddy Hart’s Quay…
The tour begins on 16 May in Ridgefield, Washington and ends on 22 June at Noblesville, Indiana. There are a total of 24 dates at this time, including shows in Canada as well as across the United States. Check the Simple Minds website for all venues and ticket purchase details. On top of that, the…
I could be wrong, but for me the most telling clue is the date in US format, and the times being US timezone specific first, followed by GMT. I think this is a MAJOR hint that a North American tour announcement is imminent. So, it’s Good News From The Old World for North America. More…
So… this happened today (see image below) and I cannot tell you how excited I am! For years Craig has been back here living somewhere in the West Coast of Scotland (to my knowledge) but has only been doing shows in the USA and Canada. The last time I was aware that he performed in…
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