May contain a heavy dose of Jim Kerr
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 just had to say it. I just had to. This version from Mexico City sounds so beautiful…not even the trays of beer being carried through the footage diminishes its impact… As I said…BEAUTIFUL
Lucky Mexicans! Wow…they get him without a jaiket on! And…IN THE FLAMINGO SHIRT! Grrr! Lucky sods! Nae fair. I didn’t even get to see him in the flamingo shirt at all…let alone him taking his jacket off. I was robbed. ROBBED, I TELL YA! Lol Anyway, here’s Mr Striptease, with Sarah, doing All The Things…
Cherisse’s Tour Diary now sheds focus on “ace of bass” and all round wonderful man, Ged Grimes. I won’t be able to watch the clip until I get back to the UK (need to keep an eye on the amount of data I’m using up while in France-and access to WiFi is patchy for me…
I fly to Geneva in EXACTLY two weeks time…holy shitballs! But first, Edinburgh, Bruce, Newcastle and Warm Digits….starting tomorrow!
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…
Just over a year since the last Acoustic gig, tonight in Paris, Simple Minds Ltd Ed (ie: Jim, Charlie, Cherisse and Sarah) played an acoustic set at a secret location (La Reservoir) to a select group of fans. Lucky people they were! The gig was aired live on French radio station Oui FM. The set…
I had been made a bit world weary of Jim’s talk over the past few years of the “ever-changing” set list. Swapping one song over for another after a week or two in an otherwise unchanging and fixed list barely warrants that kind of bold statement. The two most recent examples I can give are…the…