White Hot Day – Rescheduled! New Date: 17/10/2020

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Due to the newly imposed public gathering restrictions as well as the continuing restrictions on travel, countries in lock-down, and general upheaval that the Corona Virus outbreak is causing around the world – the organisers of the Simple Minds convention, White Hot Day, have rescheduled the event from its original date of next Saturday, March 21st to the later date of October 17th.

Tickets already purchased will still be valid for the new date AND venue. The new venue is BAAD – Barras Art And Design. Right next to the famous Barrowland Ballroom. The venue has a larger capacity which will hopefully mean an even BIGGER convention than first anticipated.

Time for us all to stay healthy, isolate if we need to and get well, and just…breathe and recharge ready for an even bigger event than before. See you guys there!

Street Fighting Years Box Set Reissue Reviews

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A couple of reviews of the SFY box set have been printed in both Mojo and Uncut magazines this week. The Mojo one is particularly scathing but the “fortune cookie wisdom” in regards to Jim’s lyrics in the Uncut review isn’t exactly complimentary, either! Although overall, it is a kinder review.

The reissue lands in two weeks time.

Mojo magazine review.
Uncut magazine review.

Pleasantly Disturbed – New Hanging Around Books Release!

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A new release by Hanging Around Books sees images taken in 1978 by Laurie Evans feature in the book.

I feel ssooo bad as I made the horrendous assumption that Laurie is a man! My apologies, Laurie.

I’ve been waiting a while on this one as I had contacted Laurie some time back from seeing photos she’d taken of Jim on the banks of the Clyde years ago and enquired about prints. She told me of its imminent release then and I have been eagerly awaiting its arrival since then.

The book is officially released on Feb 28th but is available to pre-order.

Use the link below for order details.

https://hangingaroundbooks.com/products/simple-minds-pleasantly-disturbed-glasgow-edinburgh-1978

P.S. I don’t care how it sounds but – he is goddamn beautiful on that cover! There. It’s done.

Still Just A Small Taster

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My collection of Virginia Turbett prints of Simple Minds grows slowly yet strongly. A new batch arrived last week and I wanted to show what is in it without comprising the copyright of Virginia’s images. This is still just a small taster, and probably now the last you will see.

The prints are of stunning quality. Trust me, if you decide to buy, you will NOT be disappointed. This video doesn’t do them full justice (I have to be careful not to show them at optimum resolution as they’ll just end up being taken and used) but I hope you can get some sense of how wonderful they are. Some are just truly iconic. The ones taken at Tavistock Square in 1980…the whole photo session is gorgeous.

If you are interested in prints, contact Virginia via her website at: www.virginiaturbett.com

More To The Collection

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I think I have a final tally and “want” list with Virginia. I visited her on Saturday and came away with 13 original vintage prints and a big old list of digital prints to be done. It’ll be some collection at the end of it all….

The Return Of SSIS Video From Belgian TV

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This clip was around on YouTube last year and then shortly after disappeared. I was GUTTED when it disappeared. I only got a few screengrabs from it and although I made a bit of art from it as a result, I missed being able to watch the clip. I just love it…and I adore Jim in it.

So this time, I made sure it will NEVER, EVER disappear from me EVER again! Hopefully the Belgian station will always allow the clip to be viewable on their site..but if it ever disappears, I have my own copy of it saved now.

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You can watch the whole clip by CLICKING HERE and going to the Sonuma website to view.

Enjoy!

Huge thanks to mega SM fan, Carlos, for making us fans aware of it being available to watch on the Sonuma website.