Jim’s Diary

Jim Kerr & Charlie Burchill Talk about Festival Gigs Watch the latest video footage from Jim and Charlie in conversation about performing at festivals. Recorded in Hong Kong. Visit the MEMBERS AREA to view the video....

Often when we come across some of those who admire our work it strikes me that I must have the courage to be myself even if sadly it leads to the breaking of some flattering illusions. A pity really, but probably better in the long...

There is no gig either too big or too small that we would not attack with the fullest gusto. For example this week we will play a tiny club that is due to leave everyone drenched in sweat if not a little deafened, while on...

Forgive me if I sound a little too jubilant over the last six weeks or so, but I am wondering how things could have been in anyway more enjoyable. Firstly we had a great end to the first part of our European tour that then followed...

Admittedly it was with a slight heavy heart that we left Sydney on the early morning flight after the final performance of our Australian Tour. The city has always been one our favorites to visit, and as the blazing red dawn rose up on the...

Despite perhaps having been released to the market place, far from standing still, I feel that many of our songs are forever growing and taking shape. In that sense as a piece of work some songs are never really finished! Just like any living breathing thing...

And now Greece for what will be the very last concert of this leg of our European Tour. Since we started in January we have driven just over 23,000 miles through 23 different countries and played almost 60 concerts. Being so I have no hesitation...

My mother - a music fan throughout her life - could always be relied on to give her enthusiastic approval whenever she came across a group that appealed to her. The thing about her view that always brought a smile to me was the simplicity...

After a European concert tour that involved almost three months of constant traveling, what do I do with myself during these few free days that I have between now and our next series of concerts? I go traveling of course! Being the case it is from...

It is difficult not to feel exhilarated as I write this and not even a two and a half hour wait in a dismal airport can take away the unique high from last nights concert. Frankly, we feel that we hit a performance peak here in...

Yesterday we found out that a former work colleague of ours had been found dead in his apartment in Edinburgh. Although it is years since we last saw him the impact of the news was no less shocking and utterly sad. In truth I had been...

It would be impossible to consider touring life without mentioning the part that hotels play. Who knows how many hotels that we have stayed in over the years that we have been in Simple Minds but surely we must have literally stayed in thousand. It...