May contain a heavy dose of Jim Kerr
Saturday, June 23rd, 2012…not quite a 5×5 tour set, but near enough minus them performing Moscow Underground, Waterfront, See The Lights and Don’t You. This festival is a FREE ADMISSION festival! OMG…I’d have DIED to see them for nowt! At the 18 minute 55 second mark, there is a rather sexy AF version of Celebrate…
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Pictures inside the commemorative book of the Free Nelson Mendale Concert at Wembley Stadium in June, 1988. (Click on the individual images to see full detail)
This really was quite an unexpected treat. Catherine was very generously giving away a few tickets last week on her Facebook page. Before I commited to putting my hat in the ring, I made sure I could get there. I wasn’t going to waste her time by putting my hand up for tickets if I…
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I went to bed after midnight on, what was then, Tuesday morning and needed to be up again some FOUR HOURS later to pack and get myself ready for a 6.50am flight out. I was out the door by 5.10am. Got the airport 10 mins later…had to wait another 10 mins for a shuttle bus…
The track I am anticipating hearing the most during Catherine’s set. My favourite track from “Confessions Of A Romance Novelist”.
For now, it’ll be on rotation with other image headers for the blog…but as the days edge closer, I’ll make it the only image header until gig’s end :-))
A link to Jim’s post this morning about the European leg of the Acoustic Tour soon kicking off. Less than a week to go until the first gig in Essen, Germany. Alex Gains in his comment said “see you next month”. Well, I never even thought about being able to word it like that! It…
At this rate…it might be easier if I just hitch a ride on the tour bus :-))) The list now reads: Glasgow Liverpool London Palladium Bristol (VIP) Brighton London Drury Lane Dublin x 2 (ie: both nights) Mystery gig!
Only one month to go before the Acoustic Tour kicks off in Europe, with the first cab off the rank being Essen in Germany. Lucky sods! Tickets are still available for selected gigs. Check out simpleminds.com for all tour details.