May contain a heavy dose of Jim Kerr
The Anchoress has announced more gigs for the spring and summer, which brings her as far north as Leeds, as far west as Cardiff and as far south as Aldershot. The tour is broken in two stages – dates during April comprise of Leeds, Manchester, Liverpool and London. Dates in June comprise of gigs in…
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It’s very curious to read that League Of Nations was worked on in the early recording sessions of the Sons/Sister albums because it really does sound so incomplete! And especially given that as soon as they go on tour for the album – the first leg of the tour within the UK – they are…
So, I checked out of the hotel I had spent the past three nights in this morning. I then went to the local shopping mall – Westfield, Liverpool… just to kill some time before heading up to Gosford and spending a few days with my friend, Gillian. I wandered about Westfield for a while, that…
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Images from the Liverpool gig I’ve yet to share on the blog… This is the shirt I decided to wear for the gig. I have fallen in love with this image of Jim so much. Jesus, he’s beautiful in this picture. I used to think Virginia Turbett took some mighty fine pictues of him (and…
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Will have to do something with these…
I arrived in Liverpool at 3.20pm. I felt I didn’t have too much time on my hands to explore, so took a slow meander to reccie the venue. I did it at Glasgow too. I just like to walk around the whole outer of a venue and…well, find where the stage door is. I did…
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I didn’t think I’d get to do this last night. I couldn’t record anything of Catherine’s and only just nabbed two pictures of her before I was pounced upon. But, here is my ONE SONG recording. Last night it was the turn of Andy Warhol. (Full review of the gig to come after I’ve had…
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My dear friend Steve is sending me a VIP ticket to the Liverpool Philharmonic Hall gig on May 22nd. I’m in Row D, seat 21…THIS is where I’ll be! If Jim does his coming out to the crowd thing at the start of New Gold Dream…he’s gonna walk straight past me! And I hope he…