May contain a heavy dose of Jim Kerr
A great retrospective of the summer’s Grandslam tour. I wish I could have gone to more in retrospect, having gone through most of July wondering if I should be going to any at all. But the three I went to were incredibly special for all varying reasons. And they will each of them retain wonderful…
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I left the house at 5.15pm in the vain hope I’d be dropped off at Luton Airport Parkway station for the 5.35pm train to Kentish Town. I got to the station at 5.26…and I needed to buy my ticket and make it over to the platform. With TWO MINUTES to spare, I bloody made it!…
Wow! How absolutely STONKING is this version of Theme For Great Cities from Bethlehem last night?! AWESOME! And…if there are ANY doubters left over Cherisse’s worth/ability…just WATCH AND LISTEN! Seriously!
A short half page spread in local Mexican newspaper Reforma on Thursday night’s gig at the Pepsi Center. I don’t have the best Spanish (well, any Spanish at all, actually) but, quickly casting an eye over it…seriously? We’re still bringing up Jim’s marriages? What exactly it has to do with the price of fish and…
I have been spending the evening watching Speedy Gonzalez Loony Tunes cartoons and watching clips by a group called Mariachis UK. Sooo many clips, but this one seemed the most appropriate to share. Oh, how I wish I was going to Mexico City!
Local newspaper the Somerset County Gazette have posted a fabulous slideshow of photos from Sunday night’s Grandslam at Taunton Race Course. Not just of the music acts either, but of the punters in the crowd. I know several fans who went on Sunday, and it’s great seeing them all having such a fab time. Just…
Received the new issue of Classic Pop in the post today. This little snippet was in the front pages…
Ged gets to flex his Spanish speaking skills in the Mexico clip. Lovely clips that they are…
Oh, I never knew Simple Minds had NEVER played Mexico. Oh, the fans will be in RAPTURES! Oh, I am ecstatic for them! (The fans.) And only last night watching Waldemar Januszczak detouring to Mexico City to show us the Philip Guston murals (as well as Diego Rivera’s STUNNING pieces at the Ministry of Education…
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!…
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