May contain a heavy dose of Jim Kerr
Please, Jim! If you EVER visit this godforsaken blog! Please! Just keep it in! For want of ever being able to hear Wonderful In Young Life or Boys From Brazil being played….or even Seeing Out The Angel for that matter. You absolutely blew me away playing This Earth That You Walk Upon back in February….
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I do like this arrangement of the song…but I am starting to miss the “burning slow” lines…they are beautifully romantic. Wish someone would yearn for me to stay with them in the rain… *sigh*
After a day in Edinburgh at the Rip It Up exhibition and Bruce Findlay/Ian Rankin talk, the original plan was to take a coach over to Glasgow, mooch around for the day, maybe catch up wth one or two friends and take the train back to London late in the afternoon. That all changed a…
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I fly to Geneva in EXACTLY two weeks time…holy shitballs! But first, Edinburgh, Bruce, Newcastle and Warm Digits….starting tomorrow!
Ged gets to flex his Spanish speaking skills in the Mexico clip. Lovely clips that they are…
During yesterday’s Race For Life, I was nearly stopped in my tracks by the emotional pull I have to Wonderful In Young Life. It slowed me down a bit…I got swept up in the feelings it gives me, and I was thinking about David. I stayed on track as much as possible, and then this…
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Well, no gig would be complete without some kind of travel drama. Yesterday it was the APPALLING service given by Thameslink due to their absolute shambolic implementation of their new timetable. We waited an hour for a train to London! We arrived at Luton station at around 2.41pm. The next train due was at 3.28pm….
I was working out how many gigs I’ve got coming up last night – and the answer was – 14 of the things! (And still hoping to sort another two Simple Minds gigs on top of that…if only money grew on trees.) I have NEVER been to so many gigs in my life! The love…
The Anchoress (Catherine Anne Davies) will be live in session on BBC Radio 6Music with Steve Lamaqc from 4pm BST – live from the Southbank Centre, as Robert Smith’s Meltdown Festival gets under way. You can tune in HERE
Just over a year since the last Acoustic gig, tonight in Paris, Simple Minds Ltd Ed (ie: Jim, Charlie, Cherisse and Sarah) played an acoustic set at a secret location (La Reservoir) to a select group of fans. Lucky people they were! The gig was aired live on French radio station Oui FM. The set…