May contain a heavy dose of Jim Kerr
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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Last Wednesday, our Minds fan and local radio legend, Ronnie McGhie, had non other than Billy Sloan on his show for Pulse 98.4. It was two hours of pure live music-loving blethering as only two chatty Glaswegian men could. I dare say both men are “professional gasbags”. Lol. What was so evident is how much…
New vinyl acquisition!! Finally got a copy of the Celebrate album on vinyl. Have been keeping my eye out for a bargain one. This one was being sold on eBay for £20. It had one minor flaw (seen in the photos), that being small splits at the bottom of the both inner sleeves. The seller…
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Listening to another live gig tonight. Sounding like a good one so far. Look at that date! What a Christmas present!!!
sonicshocks: Following the acclaim of their 16th album BIG MUSIC and current tour, due to demand and to cap off what has been a remarkable year for the band, Simple Minds will play three arena shows in November. Jim Kerr had this to say regarding the band’s special guests The Stranglers: “Stranglers always were one…
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Colour photo of Sparkle promo shots out on the ferry. From left to right: Mick MacNeil, Charlie Burchill, Jim Kerr, Mel Gaynor, Derek Forbes.
Mel: It’s bloody “brass monkeys” up here, Jim, mate. How do you deal with this?! Jim: Ah, grow some baws, Mel, man! Ya Southern softy!