May contain a heavy dose of Jim Kerr
Whilst I felt unable to justify the outlay of a ticket to see Simple Minds next year. Conversely, I had absolutely NO reservations (or financial commitment worries) in booking tickets to see The Anchoress in London in October 2027. Last time Catherine played the Queen Elizabeth Hall I had to miss the show despite having…
As dates get added on to next year’s ‘V’ Tour (I think I get what that ‘v’ stands for now and it has nothing to do with Roman numerals), the band made their only headline appearance for 2026 by being the main draw for Sunday at BBC Radio 2 in the Park this weekend just…
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This morning UK time, Simple Minds: released a new single, announced the arrival of a new album, followed by a European tour. The new single is called ‘Beginner Boys’ and can be heard via the YouTube clip below. There is a different mix as well… I’m assuming the first (above) is the ‘single version’. New…
The tour new is beginning to trickle in. Firstly, one that has been swirling about the rumour mill for the past couple of weeks now with the band headlining on Sunday 13th September for the Radio 2 in the Park weekender in Stirling. Does Radio 2 not realise how bad the weather gets in Scotland…
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Glasgow has FINALLY hit on a run of warm, sunny weather. Yay! Just in time for two of the best gigs. The first of which happened last night at St Luke’s where Brooke Combe was playing the first of two nights at the venue. I think I had one of my most enjoyable queuing sessions…
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It was a dreich old day on Wednesday in Glasgow. It wasn’t much better in Edinburgh. That’s where I was headed, more specifically to Assai Records in Edinburgh for an in-store acoustic set and album signing by James and Andy of The Twilight Sad. Their new album, It’s the Long Goodbye, was released last Friday. …
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Simple Minds are performing a one-off show in the United States in November as part of the Darker Waves festival in Huntington Beach, California on 14 November 2026. There are fan pre-sale tickets available tomorrow 2 April from 10am PST, general sales commence one hour later. (That seems hardly worth the effort IMO – also,…
I know! It’s Christmas Day…go figure! What else am I going to do today? Take a walk? Eat myself silly (very tempting…don’t even get me started)? Anyway…this might be a short review. Then again, that could be famous last words for when have I ever written a SHORT review? Lol. All the peripherals out the…
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I’ve been sitting on this post for days because, well, I’m just trying so hard to concentrate on my studies between the points when I come away from it for a gig and a couple of days off. Then I am straight back to it. When to find the time? Also, what else can I…
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For shits and giggles I decided to invest a fiver to see how their “in conversation” at the British Library in London would differ from the one in Glasgow. I bought the ticket on Tuesday afternoon but didn’t get to watch it until yesterday. I have to say that compared to the one at The…