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Finally! The Manuscript Is Delivered….
Today I have done something that I felt (at times) was never going to happen – I have finally sent off my completed manuscript for what will be titled Simple Minds: Song by Song. It has been a long, hard slog but with luck it will be published some time in 2026 and then I…
Living in the 80(s) Days
There has been yet more nostalgia tripping for the band that prides itself on not wanting to be seen as a ‘heritage’ act. Yet more celebrations to do with THAT SONG having its 40th anniversary. Simple Minds fans had a busy night last night. No sooner was Radio 2’s Sounds of the 80s (being co-hosted…
One Month To Go – America’s-a-Calling!
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…
Statham In The Studio With Someone Familiar
I follow Paul Statham on social media as I like to keep up to date with his musical endeavours – particularly when it comes to the Dark Flowers project. Imagine my surprise to see him share these photos on his socials yesterday. He’d shared them with a blurb that stated he’d been in a recording…
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New Release – Live in the City of Diamonds
Simple Minds were a fantastic live band from the get-go, yet despite that, it took them almost a decade before they released their first official live album. The hunger was there from the fanbase as many bootlegs exchanged hands from the earliest days. Now, barely a year goes by without the band milking yet another…
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The Thrill Of It All
Interesting that Mr Kerr was talking about the positives of live music in a post yesterday. Talking about AI and money spent to appear human – I’ll bite my tongue until it bleeds …. the irony being it was a glorified plug for their shows, written for Jim – I mean they may have been…
‘Your Name In Lights’ – Pyramid Music Mix
Well, I wasn’t sure if I should tempt fate by trying this version of the song out. There was the possibility that it might rectify the things I didn’t really like about the song, or at the very least just make it slightly more listenable. To my surprise – a vast improvement! I can actually…
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Pleasantly Disturbed Is More Than A “Pleasant” Read!
I don’t want you to get the wrong impression from the book’s title. It’s not all about Simple Minds! Neither is it completely devoid of Simple Minds content. One check at the number of the times Jim Kerr is mentioned within its pages will attest to the liberal smattering Simple Minds appears throughout. The novel’s…
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And The Good News Is – Some People Measure Success Differently
“I am mightier than most. I am ‘the big I am’.” This self-congratulatory twaddle increasingly gets on my wick. You know, someone with a good measure of humility would just acknowledge that it was the 30th anniversary of the album’s release without all of this “we grew a backbone and did what most people can…
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