May contain a heavy dose of Jim Kerr
I set out feeling quite nervous. Galashiels is a place I had never been to before and to keep costs low, when looking into whether it was possible to see Hamish at the venue, I decided it wasn’t necessary to stay away in Galashiels for the night. I couldn’t find anything that affordable there and…
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It was another first for me last night. Not seeing The Lemon Twigs themselves. I’ve seen them on two previous occasions. Once at the fantastic Green Man festival in the Brecon Beacons in 2018 and then in the winter of 2019 at the Roundhouse. I had also bought a ticket to see them at St…
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Firstly, I have to talk about the experience of getting to the gig. Until recently, the Exhibition train station by the area of the Clyde where the Hydro and Armadillo are based has been closed for … refurbishment, I think? Anyway, I haven’t been able to make use of it and have been going to…
It was around 1995. I’m not exactly sure when. Most likely around the time the band released their ARIA No. 1 album, Hi Fi Way. I didn’t get a copy of it straight away but my best mate, Steven, was RAVING about them. The band I’m talking about is one of Australia’s most successful bands…
I’m in the final stages of getting my assignment ready for uni so I can’t afford much time away from concentrating on that. Having said that, it is imperative to allow some break time and not just have yourself constantly deep in study mode. I first heard Brooke Combe thanks to Billy Sloan playing her…
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These two photos were sent to me yesterday. They’re from one of the nights in early January, 1985 in which Bono joined the Minds on stage. Ooh, and I have just taken in that it just happens to be Kerrsday so there we go! Sadly the photographer is unknown and these are photos I have…
This event was very close to being postponed as ticket sales leading up to the gig were poor – which is such a shame because… (spoiler alert!)… It was a cracker! I had a long journey ahead to get to Hartlepool. I set out at 8.30am and when waiting on the platform at Ashfield station,…
I’d go to the moon and back to see these two, money and time allowing. The 14 hour round trip to Hartlepool was more than worth it. But for now I just wanted to share a fab pic of Andy and Steve (Warm Digits). Andy’s playing up to the camera. Lol I will write a…
I have been looking into various acts that I could either go and see later in the year or who I could see within the next several weeks. The gigs I have coming up are non-existent for April (my one April gig – Sarah Brown in Edinburgh – has been cancelled. Goddamn!) but I do…
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It’s been over a year since I last saw my Warm Digits boys play so when I saw them announce this (see pic above) on their social media and that ‘early bird’ tickets were available, I had to have a look into seeing if it was affordable to steal a night away in Hartlepool to…