May contain a heavy dose of Jim Kerr
The boys hit the road at the end of April and into early May to headline a tour showcasing the forthcoming album, Flight Of Ideas. I had already mentioned the album launch and signing happening at Rough Trade East in London on April 4th – beyond that are dates as listed below. I would DEARLY…
Now that’s a spoiler! (Though, given how much I have been talking about how skint I am, I don’t think I’d be giving much away to say I didn’t win the final and the £40k prize). But…how far did I get? Well…tune in next week to Channel 4 on May 22nd, 23rd and 24th and…
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Today is the 30th anniversary of the release of Street Fighting Years…and I think I just ended up exhausting myself with having interviews for Life In A Day to try with more. I couldn’t bring myself to ask Bruce for more time. As it was he started to worry I wanted to go though every…
Somebody is selling these on eBay (the banners…not the people in the pic…though I am open to offers!) …the band banner is being modelled by Yours Truly and Mr Dave Kramer, esq. just to give a sense of scale, I’m 5′ 4″, Dave is…a tall bugger! Lol. And Jim crouching must be at least 8…
This arrived today…AT LAST! I was sent an email a week ago notifying me of dispatch. I was getting worried. Today I wanted to kiss the postie! YAS!!!! 18 DAYS TO GO!
The first was shared by Simple Minds Chile on Twitter with no link r credit as to where they got it…but it’s such a great shot of Jim and Cherisse – I had to share it! The others should link to source, hopefully. These are my faves…
It had been some 9 months since I saw the boys play The Lexington in August last year and I was long overdue seeing them again. Opening up with Two To Four Degrees off their latest fabulous Wireless World album. The crowd were into it from the get go. Only a small crowd as tonight…
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This is now TWO journos who got to hang out with them around Glasgow, that I know of. Oh, dream, dream, dream. My three minutes at the WBW album signing was…a “blink and miss it” haze…even WITH the sherbet straws footage. Lol. (Cringe-tastic!) Anyway…the new A3 scanner means I can scan double pages! Hell yes!…
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I’m off to a golf tournament in May! Nothing like a “good walk spoiled”…in the immortal words of Mark Twain.
Jim absolutely spitting venom in this version. Utter, utter SEX! I need a cigarette…