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Jim Kerr to talk on 'The Real McCoy' Radio Show
Item Added: Friday 01st of February 2013 Jim Kerr gives an incredibly in-depth interview during a 'Real McCoy Radio Show Special' hosted by Martin Hanlin on |
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Cover Me
Item Added: Monday 21st of January 2013 I have particularly enjoyed listening to Billy Sloan’s last couple of .. |
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Simple Minds Featured in Classic Pop Mag
Item Added: Friday 18th of January 2013 Simple Minds have been featured in the latest edition of new magazine 'Classic Pop Magazine'. More info here: |
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Pre-Order 'The Dark Flowers' feat. Jim Kerr
Item Added: Sunday 13th of January 2013 As Jim has just mentioned in his latest diary entry, Radioland.. |
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New Sounds
Item Added: Sunday 13th of January 2013 It often happens like so, just when I am starting to mildly panic, thinking that popular music no longer impresses etc. Along comes something new that has me transfixed, listening .. |
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Who Knows?
Item Added: Wednesday 09th of January 2013 Arriving at Ca Va studios, 201 St Vincent Street, Glasgow, in July 1977, I had no idea regarding the experience that was to unfold or what it would lead to. How could I.. |
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Missing Out On The Shortbread Show
Item Added: Sunday 06th of January 2013 Judging by the on line posts from many of our fans it would seem that there was a fair amount of disappointment regarding the fact that BBC Scotland chose to overlook Simple Minds .. |
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Another Dublin Olympia Date Added!
Item Added: Friday 30th of November 2012 Just announced, Simple Minds will play a SECOND Dublin date on their Greatest Hits+ Tour in Spring 2013. They will play in Dublin at the Olympia on Monday .. |
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15% OFF - Instant Live Recordings in Australia!
Item Added: Saturday 10th of November 2012 Have you ordered your limited-edition, numbered collectible Simple Minds CD set from the Australian tour? If not, you still have a chance to get one of these.. |
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Goodbye Australia - Hello New Zealand
Item Added: Wednesday 12th of December 2012 In a few hours we will set out from Sydney on a 90minute drive to Wollongong for what will be the last gig of the Australian tour. Mixed emotions are running high because whilst ev.. |
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Win a Limited Edition Signed Canvas Artwork!
Item Added: Saturday 01st of December 2012 Enter our competition to win one of these beautiful 26" x 26" Limited Edition Signed Canvas Prints which features the artwork from all 25 released album covers, in.. |
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Bruce In Australia
Item Added: Monday 26th of November 2012 Arriving in Sydney inevitably brings back many recollections of previous visits, none so much as the very first. Of course back then, we were hardly “the widely traveled - and al.. |
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The Dark Flowers - Radioland feat. Jim Kerr
Item Added: Friday 23rd of November 2012 The Dark Flowers record 'Radioland' is now available and it features Jim Kerr. |
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Simple Minds 5X5 Live Recording
Item Added: Monday 19th of November 2012 Ever since I started to take an interest in going to see live bands, likewise I became interested in live albums. All of which stands to reason of course. For it makes complete sen.. |
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Simple Minds - 5X5 Live Album Out Today!
Item Added: Wednesday 03rd of October 2012 Following the universal acclaim earlier this year for Simple Minds’ landmark 5 X 5 shows and the accompanying X5 box set, today EMI will release a double live album o.. |
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Simple Minds To Play Hogmanay In Edinburgh!
Item Added: Tuesday 13th of November 2012 Just announced, Simple Minds will play at the Hogmanay [New Years Eve] celebrations in Edinburgh at the 'Concert in the Gardens' |
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Green Go The Rushes O
Item Added: Wednesday 31st of October 2012 On one of my regular hikes, I pass a tree that has a plaque detailing that this tree is more than a thousand years old. Its visible roots are amazingly gnarled; so solid, they look.. |
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Jim on BBC Breakfast
Item Added: Monday 29th of October 2012 If you didn't manage to catch Jim on BBC Breakfast on Friday 26th October 2012 then you can view it here on the BBC iPlayer. |
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Tickets for Greatest Hits+ UK Tour 2013
Item Added: Friday 26th of October 2012 Tickets for the Simple Minds Greatest Hits+ UK Tour 2013 are on sale to the general public now. Tickets are available from Ticketmaster.co.uk, Gigsandtours.com and Simplemindsshop... |
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Simple Minds - Greatest Hits+ UK Tour 2013!
Item Added: Tuesday 23rd of October 2012 Following a summer of festival appearances and their hugely acclaimed 5X5 tour, Simple Minds will be performing their Greatest Hits Live next year on a hug.. |
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New Goals
Item Added: Monday 22nd of October 2012 About a 10 minute scooter ride, climbing high above Taormina. There is a desolate and unkempt football field that lies at the foot of Monte Venere. In all my years of going there, .. |
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Dream Within A Dream
Item Added: Wednesday 17th of October 2012 Relaxed? Anymore relaxed I would be comatose. That as always is the effect on me after spending time in Taormina, and that also was the effect I was hoping would take over when I a.. |
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Standing On The Shoulders...
Item Added: Tuesday 18th of September 2012 Throughout years of commenting I have hopefully succeeded in establishing that Simple Minds continue to exist due to the efforts of everyone who has worked with us. That some playe.. |
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Anniversary - New Gold Dream
Item Added: Wednesday 12th of September 2012 This week, September 13th to be precise, sees the 30th anniversary of the release of our “breakthrough album” New Gold Dream 81-82-83-84. Both critically and commercially the a.. |
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More Nostalgia
Item Added: Wednesday 05th of September 2012 There are innumerate things that can hit you as you go jogging thru Hyde Park. Frisbee’s, tennis balls, football’s, falling branches, as well as the smell of candy floss and th.. |
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Dancing Shoes! A little competition!
Item Added: Friday 24th of August 2012 Win a signed copy of the 5x5 album and a bag of goodies! These are Jim's shoes that he wore on stage in Cologne - performing a full 5x5 set, more than 2 hours long! |
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New Simple Minds Live Photo Galleries
Item Added: Thursday 16th of August 2012 If you haven't had a chance yet to explore Simpleminds.com then you may have missed some of the new photo galleries in the public gallery area. The shots have been taken by photogr.. |
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Sh*t Happens!
Item Added: Thursday 02nd of August 2012 Such was the heat on stage during our recent set in Catania, that the trickles of sweat were running all over, and into my ears even? As a result, the fluid then went into my &ldqu.. |
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Italy Always!
Item Added: Monday 30th of July 2012 Simple Minds love Italy. That is not to say that we don’t revel in all the places that kindly have one way or another taken our music and us to their collective hearts. But our a.. |
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Venue Change for Alicante Show
Item Added: Wednesday 25th of July 2012 The Venue has changed for the Simple Minds show in Alicante on Saturday 11th August 2012. The show will now take place at the spectacular Alicante BULLRING in the town centre! |
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Win 3 Tickets And Meet Simple Minds!
Item Added: Saturday 21st of July 2012 To celebrate Simple Minds show at Brabant Open Air Festival, Eindhoven in the Netherlands on Saturday 25th August 2012 there is a competition to win tickets and a chance to meet th.. |
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Hey Joe
Item Added: Monday 16th of July 2012 Unfortunately we cannot be in Glasgow tomorrow on the sad occasion when they lay to rest Joe McBride. As a 6 year old who was then just getting used to being taken regularly to Cel.. |
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Strolling Bones!
Item Added: Sunday 15th of July 2012 Ever since I can remember, the UK media has been obsessed in one way or another by The Rolling Stones. It continues and in fact shows no sign of any reduction, particularly over th.. |
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Venue Change for Munich Show
Item Added: Tuesday 10th of July 2012 The Venue has changed for the Simple Minds show in Munich on Tuesday 21st of August 2012. The 5X5 full set will now take place at the Theaterfabrik - Friedenstraß.. |
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And Still The Beat Goes On...
Item Added: Tuesday 10th of July 2012 A couple of weeks in now and our summer tour of festivals (mostly) is shaping up rather well with some great reactions from both audiences and media. Audiences in general, have alw.. |
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Simple Minds Flying High!
Item Added: Monday 02nd of July 2012 Sparkling reviews of the latest shows...check out this one on 'Lesoir.be' [in French] |
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The Wonder Of Both Paul's
Item Added: Thursday 28th of June 2012 I bought Paul Buchanan’s newly released album today, it is called Mid Air and I am delighted as always to have new music from a genuinely great music artist. Born .. |
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Minds to play Insel in Concert, Germersheim
Item Added: Wednesday 27th of June 2012 Just announced Simple Minds will play INSEL IN CONCERT, Mercedes Benz Werk Germersheim, GERMER.. |
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Champagne Moon
Item Added: Tuesday 26th of June 2012 Ever get asked when are you at the most the happiest? I do, and I know the answer. Like most people I would have to say that things that involve friends and family make me the happ.. |
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Simple Minds to play Australia & NZ!
Item Added: Wednesday 20th of June 2012 Just announced in the southern hemisphere Simple Minds will play eight dates in Australia and one date in New Zealand! .. |
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More Sticks And Stones!
Item Added: Monday 11th of June 2012 Like the majority of the UK’s male, working class, of my generation, I was born into a household that worshipped sport. The sport we worshipped most was football and the greatest.. |
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Simple Minds in Catania!
Item Added: Thursday 07th of June 2012 Simple Minds will play Villa Bellini, Catania, Sicily on Tuesday 31st July 2012, 5x5+Hits |
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Positive Noise
Item Added: Friday 01st of June 2012 Re recent recording activity with Steve Osbourne Real WorldStudio. It’s been an inspirational last week with much endeavour and fairly long hours, but finally I feel we have a ve.. |
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New Simple Minds date in Switzerland!
Item Added: Tuesday 22nd of May 2012 Simple Minds will play the Festival Le Chant du Gros, CANTON OF JURA, SWITZERLAND, CH on Friday 7th September 2012, |
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Abracadabra!
Item Added: Sunday 13th of May 2012 I have been musing within these blurbs for over 10 years now and anyone who has cast a glance over them with any regularity will know that I take any opportunity possible to highli.. |
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2 New Shows in France!
Item Added: Tuesday 01st of May 2012 Simple Minds will play the Theatre Antique in both ARLES and VIENNE in France on Saturday 21st July 2012 and Monday 23rd July 2012 respectively. Both shows will be 5x5 +.. |
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New Spanish Live Date Added!
Item Added: Friday 27th of April 2012 Just announced Simple Minds will play a 5x5 + HITS show at L'AMPOLLA, Cap-Roig, SPAIN on Sunday 12th August 2012. Tickets will be available from 2nd May 2012. |
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Minds to 'Amp It Up' in France
Item Added: Tuesday 24th of April 2012 Just announced, Simple Minds will play the 'Amp It Up Riviera Rock Festival' Pin&egrav.. |
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Record Signing With Jim And Charlie - Update!
Item Added: Thursday 05th of April 2012 Jim and Charlie will attend a record signing on 21st April 2012 at Sister Ray Records, based in Berwick Street, Soho London as part of the 'Record Store Day' event. ***.. |
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Record Store Day
Item Added: Monday 16th of April 2012 Both Charlie Burchill and myself will attend a record signing on 21st April at Sister Ray Records in Soho London as part of the 'Record Store Day' event. To coincide wit.. |
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