May contain a heavy dose of Jim Kerr
People of the Americas (South, Central and North) – this is your one month call to say Simple Minds are headed to you starting one month from today! The first port of call is Santiago, Chile on 29 April, followed by dates in Buenos Aires, Argentina on 1 May, Sao Paolo, Brazil on 4 May…
Ghost Dancer (aka Stuart Greaves) has shared another gem of a bootleg, this time of SM some seven months into the New Gold Dream tour of ‘82/‘83 – midway through the North American leg of the tour in April/May of 1983. Playing the Ritchie’s Club in New Orleans, Louisiana. Recorded by a member of the…
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Looking in from the outer, I see some tentative improvement on “The Group”. At least a few more memories are filtering through and the admins at SMOG (well, more accurately, the admins at SMO via SMOG…same admins? Dunno) at least asked for some participation and contributions from fans yesterday. It may have legs yet. I…
Read full post “In Here The Sun Shines So Bright – From The “Burning Gold” Memories.” »
An amazing set of photos has been posted by Casey Steinmiller on his website. Such a wonderful pictorial representation of the tour. You can see the set by clicking on the link: steinmillerproductions.com
Ged gets to flex his Spanish speaking skills in the Mexico clip. Lovely clips that they are…
The tour is happening in September/October – (as of today) culminating in Vancouver on the 29th – just TWO DAYS before my birthday, OH, HOW I WISH! Although, the one four days prior to that in San Francisco would be the one I’d REALLY WANT to go to. But unless I win the lottery? Nope!…
Read full post “Simple Minds US/Canada Tour Dates Announced!” »
Well, this just landed…full details to come at simpleminds.com and via their social media. To quote Craig Ferguson “today is a great day for America” (and Canada!)