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Train Of Thought
Item Added: Monday 17th of June 2013 Train travel has played more than a part in the career story of Simple Minds. Back in ’77, it was the Glasgow Queen Street to Edinburgh Waverly express that would regula.. |
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Best Venue In The World?
Item Added: Monday 10th of June 2013 I am always getting asked - what and who is you all time favourite song? Artist? Album? Gig? Venue? Such simple questions, and yet due to an abu.. |
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Simple Minds To Tour Germany in 2014!
Item Added: Monday 10th of June 2013 Just announced, Simple Minds will play an extensive tour of Germany in February 2014, the band will take their critically acclaimed Greatest Hits tour on the road playing 15 d.. |
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SOLD OUT - Tickets Hogmanay 2013!
Item Added: Friday 07th of June 2013 Tickets are now SOLD OUT for Simple Minds' very special Hogmanay concert in STONEHAVEN, Scotland on&.. |
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Hyde Park Tickets On Sale!
Item Added: Thursday 06th of June 2013 Tickets go on sale for Simple Minds special BBC Radio 2 concert in Hyde Park London, to be held on September 8th this year! |
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Competition Winner! Newmarket
Item Added: Thursday 23rd of May 2013 It has taken us literally hours to go through all your hundreds of competition entries to win the opportunity to meet the band at Newmarket (plus a &p.. |
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Simple Minds Announce Hyde Park Show!
Item Added: Monday 03rd of June 2013 Just announced by Jim on BBC Radio 2, Simple Minds will play a special concert for the radio station in Hyde Park London on September 8th this year! |
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Yellow Car!
Item Added: Monday 03rd of June 2013 My little break is over, there will be another during the summer, but right now the bags are in the car and someone who knows how to drive better than I do is taking me to the.. |
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Jim Kerr On BBC Radio 2!
Item Added: Monday 03rd of June 2013 Jim Kerr will guest on BBC Radio 2 with Zoe Ball this monday morning at around 8.00am UK time. Tune in for some interesting news! .. |
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Simple Minds Will Play On Hogmanay!
Item Added: Thursday 30th of May 2013 Just announced Simple Minds will play a very special Hogmanay concert in STONEHAVEN, Scotland on New Years Eve this y.. |
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Mystical Light
Item Added: Monday 27th of May 2013 Most groups can usually recall specific gigs that for some reason of importance were “career defining” or “career changing” for them. In our case there.. |
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Newmarket In The Summer
Item Added: Friday 24th of May 2013 I recall back in the day when you could envisage a “gig” being in a pub, club or theatre. I then recall the excitement when our gigs first took place in arenas and stadium.. |
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Youtube Competition Winner!
Item Added: Wednesday 15th of May 2013 We have a winner! Well done Martin Poschinger [aka Hydee] for submitting an excellent video which you can view, along with other top entries here: |
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Circus!
Item Added: Monday 20th of May 2013 After more than ten weeks straight of rehearsing and touring, writing and recording, we stopped for a break. The first thing I did was sleep almost continually for two days, a.. |
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Get CELEBRATE Radio 2 'Album of the Week'!
Item Added: Thursday 28th of March 2013 Simple Minds Celebrate - Greatest Hits+ is BBC Radio 2's 'Album of the Week'! .. |
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Thank You!
Item Added: Friday 03rd of May 2013 Starting almost seven weeks ago in a raw and bitterly cold Dublin, and due to end this weekend in what is predicted to be a gloriously sunny Ipswich, I cannot recall any previ.. |
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Simple Minds Will Play Newmarket Racecourse!
Item Added: Friday 01st of March 2013 Simple Minds will play Newmarket Racecourse in the UK on Friday 21st June 2013. It's the only UK Greatest Hits show this summer with tickets.. |
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Listen to Jim & Charlie On Absolute Radio
Item Added: Thursday 02nd of May 2013 The very special question and answer session with Jim and Charlie that took place in London on Wednesday 24th.. |
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Spiders From Hull
Item Added: Monday 29th of April 2013 As those who have experienced any of the current dates on this tour will already know, we leave the stage each night to the raucous sound of David Bowie’s ‘Jean Genie”. .. |
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Talk to Jim & Charlie - We have a winner!
Item Added: Friday 19th of April 2013 We have a winner! Well done Maria Coles who answered 'B' correctly and supplied the question she would ask Jim and Charlie: |
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Near Perfect
Item Added: Saturday 20th of April 2013 Just like fans who go to concerts and for various reasons decide this or that show is the best that they have attended, we in the band also discuss amongst ourselves which sho.. |
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'Record Store Day' Remix Out Tomorrow!
Item Added: Friday 19th of April 2013 Simple Minds will release a limited edition vinyl record for this years 'Record Store Day' tomorrow, April 20th, it will include a special MYLO mix of |
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Jim Kerr On BBC Radio 6 'Roundtable'
Item Added: Thursday 18th of April 2013 Jim Kerr will guest on Steve Lamacq's Roundtable Show on BBC Radio 6 tonight from 6pm UK time. |
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Win A Chance To Talk To Jim & Charlie!
Item Added: Friday 12th of April 2013 There will be a very special question and answer session in London with Jim and Charlie on Wednesday 24th April. The session.. |
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Jim on BBC Radio on Saturday AND Sunday!
Item Added: Wednesday 10th of April 2013 Jim will guest on both the Johnnie Walker Show AND the Liz Kershaw Show this weekend! Firstly Jim will guest on the Liz Kershaw Show on.. |
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Blood Diamonds Added To SM Youtube!
Item Added: Tuesday 09th of April 2013 Brand New addition to the Simple Minds Official Youtube channel,slide show video for the track 'Blood Diamonds', featuring amazing live shots from the Dublin show! |
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Assorted Images
Item Added: Tuesday 09th of April 2013 We are now into the 3rd week of this current tour and the shows are whizzing past faster than we can quite grasp. Playing as much as 5 -6 shows a week that was always going to.. |
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Exclusive Live Recordings of Greatest Hits+ Tour!
Item Added: Thursday 28th of March 2013 Three amazing live performances from the Greatest Hits+ Live Tour will be recorded on the night and be available to collect minutes after the show as exclusive 2 Dis.. |
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Jim Kerr Celebrates On 'InTheStudio.NET'
Item Added: Monday 08th of April 2013 Listen to a great interview with Jim Kerr in two parts online right now! Dallas,TX- April 5, 2013. InTheStudio.NET, the web home for North Ameri.. |
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20 Signed Litho Prints At Every Show!
Item Added: Thursday 04th of April 2013 Each day on the tour there will be 20 special edition 'Litho Prints' that have been signed by the whole band available to buy at the merchandise s.. |
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Celebrate - Greatest Hits+ - Out Now!
Item Added: Wednesday 27th of March 2013 The wait is over! Simple Minds 'CELEBRATE - THE GREATEST HITS+' OUT NOW! on |
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Competition Winner! - New Youtube Channel
Item Added: Monday 18th of March 2013 To CELEBRATE the launch of our brand new Simple Minds YouTube Channel we.. |
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2nd Amsterdam Show Added To Tour!
Item Added: Wednesday 27th of March 2013 Just announced, a second Greatest Hits+ show at the Heineken Music Hall in Amsterdam, Netherlands on the 20th of November 2013. |
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Win Simple Minds Tickets!
Item Added: Tuesday 26th of March 2013 Win a pair of tickets to see Simple Minds at a selection of shows on their Greatest Hits+ tour! |
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Soaked To The Skin
Item Added: Monday 25th of March 2013 It's been God - awful weather In Dublin over the last two weeks. Good job then I am fortunate enough not to have to work outside as my father did for most of his working life,.. |
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Special Arena Dates in November Announced
Item Added: Tuesday 19th of March 2013 Simple Minds will embark on four special UK arena shows in November, including The O2 London and will be joined by very special guests |
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Getting Started!
Item Added: Sunday 17th of March 2013 As per usual I was up and out early, or at least out earlier than most. Dublin was getting ready for the St Patrick’s Day celebrations and before the crowds started gathering.. |
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The Doors Inside My Head!
Item Added: Tuesday 12th of March 2013 “How did I get here?” to quote David Byrne in “Once In a Lifetime” is the question that I have asked myself on many occasion when I am in Sicily. Course the answer i.. |
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Simple Minds Launch New Youtube Channel!
Item Added: Tuesday 12th of March 2013 Welcome to Simple Minds first official Youtube channel. Many more new and old clips to be uploaded in the weeks ahead including clips from the upcoming tour starting in Dublin.. |
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Mylo - Promised You A Simple Minds Remix!
Item Added: Friday 08th of March 2013 Simple Minds will release a limited edition vinyl record for this years 'Record Store Day' on April 20th, it will include a special M.. |
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Jim Live On RADIO 2
Item Added: Monday 04th of March 2013 Jim is going to be live on the Simon Mayo drive-time show on BBC Radio 2 |
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Dates In Belgium Added!
Item Added: Tuesday 26th of February 2013 The Greatest Hits+ Live Tour will also hit Belgium at the end of this year. Tickets will go on general release later this week and Si.. |
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Greatest Hits+ Live in Europe!
Item Added: Tuesday 26th of February 2013 Simple Minds will bring their Greatest Hits+ Live Tour to Europe this year! Just announced today, the band will play in Netherlands |
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Version Immersion
Item Added: Friday 22nd of February 2013 Whenever I search for a Simple Minds song on my laptop I am usually overwhelmed by how many different versions appear. For example with a.. |
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Record Of The Week - BBC Radio 2 - Broken Glass Park!
Item Added: Wednesday 20th of February 2013 Just announced Simple Minds 'Broken Glass Park' will be record of the week next week on |
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Radio Interview With Jim
Item Added: Thursday 14th of February 2013 Jim Kerr will be interviewed on Sunday by Billy Sloan for his radio show on Clyde 2 in Sc.. |
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Broken Glass Park
Item Added: Sunday 10th of February 2013 "How else do you account for the return of the fountain pen--as an object of consumer luxury--in the age of the computer, when we have all but forgotten how to write?" A good .. |
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World Exclusive First Play 'Broken Glass Park'
Item Added: Thursday 07th of February 2013 The world exclusive first radio play of 'Broken Glass Park' by Simple Minds will be on BBC Radio 2 in the UK on the ' |
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Midnight Walking
Item Added: Thursday 07th of February 2013 Almost a year ago Simple Minds travelled 350 kilometres north of the Arctic Circle. Our destination was the Norwegian city of Tromso; the mission was to take part in the city .. |
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Greatest Hits+ Officially Announced Today!
Item Added: Tuesday 05th of February 2013 Simple Minds will release 'CELEBRATE - THE GREATEST HITS+' on 25th March 2013 in 2 and 3 CD Collections including |
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