May contain a heavy dose of Jim Kerr
Jim will be joining Zoe on Monday morning where First You Jump will get its debut radio airing and there’ll be discussion about the Live in Leeds weekend coming up in a couple of weeks. Tune in from 6.30am BST on Monday, 5 September – or catch up on BBC Sounds. BBC Radio 2
There are not that many times I have had my visage captured in the front row at a Simple Minds gig, but there I am right down the end of the row at the Princes Street Gardens gig on the Friday night (Aug 12). A very happy bunny I was too – and it shows…
A person asked on one of the SM Facebook groups I am on – if you were introducing a current non-fan to Simple Minds, what song would you choose to play to them? I’ve been thinking about it over the past couple of days. One song? To encapsulate a band that has an 18 album…
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Where do I start? I don’t even know! Strap in – it’s gonna be a long one! FRIDAY: Friday, I guess, is the best place to start. In an exercise in preserving energy (and money), we (‘we’ once again being myself and Birdy) decided to set out fairly late on Friday afternoon. The plan had…
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Here we go, here we go, here we go – here we go, here we go, here we gooooo!!! This one from Fiona is the best. Literally saving the best until last. ???
A couple of recent gems from Instagram. The first was taken at Kunstrasen in Bonn on 5 August – full details of photo credit HERE The second was taken at the Nostalgie Beach Festival in Nieuwpoort, Belgium on 6 August – full details of photo credit HERE Happy Kerrsday! ??
This one taking in Taormina in all its perceived splendour. I’m sure it’s quite beautiful but…hey, you know – there are plenty of breathtaking places around the world. The important bit is the song and the lyrics. I love the song and the lyrics. Jim’s glare to camera at the beginning…that’s a “Vision Thing“. (“Larrrrellllllllle…
Today is a very exciting day! I get to hear the long mystical Glasgow Apollo gig that SM did in September of 1981. I am really looking forward to this one. I have already heard just a little bit of it (In Trance As Mission and some of Changeling) and I plan to devour the…
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Roll on October release!