May contain a heavy dose of Jim Kerr
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…
I had been made a bit world weary of Jim’s talk over the past few years of the “ever-changing” set list. Swapping one song over for another after a week or two in an otherwise unchanging and fixed list barely warrants that kind of bold statement. The two most recent examples I can give are…the…
I love this song live! Love, love, love ??
I think an artist or band could do worse than have a fan like myself championing them (even if I do say so myself). If only I could get paid for the amount of enthusiasm I can exude?! Once I took in that Warm Digits’ next gig was in Newcastle only the day after I’m…
There are some great photos being shared of last night’s gig in Barcelona – none better than this! Just look at him! Commands the stage… Can’t imagine what it’s like performing in front of thousands of adoring fans…but he laps it up. Visible for all to see in that nano second.
Well, no gig night would be complete without some kind of personal crap impeding stuff. Yesterday it was the faux pas of having let the OH rope me into the idea of travelling the Tube to get to the gig and leaving the logistics to her. Now, having discussed how we were going to get…
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