An emotional day, I write this partly en route from the islands of sun and volcanoes to the land of mist and rain. Less a homecoming, the purpose of my visit is to say a final good bye to a great friend and work mate...
John Cale, the former and one of the founder members of the greatest band of all time - The Velvet Underground - wrote a brilliant song called Fear Is A Man's Best Friend. I would have to agree with Cale's theory that fear can in...
It is with great excitement that we look forward to this Friday the 25th of May when we will turn up at Celtic Football Stadium in Glasgow and “busk” a few songs at a special Gala event organized in honour of the greatest ever Celtic...
Set List Melbourne 23rd March 2007 Love Song Book of Brilliabt Things See The Lights All The Things She Said Ghost Dancing Glittering Prize Don't You Forget About Me Waterfront Alive & Kicking...
They are just great! Who am I talking about? I am talking about the guys in our band of course. They way they turn up barely having seen or even heard from each other in over six months, and yet after casually plugging in and hitting...
Eventually with all our thoughts currently concentrating on the next album I did not expect that we would be playing live again so soon - but the unexpected does happen I guess. Australia and New Zealand featured prominently in the many highlights of our tour last...
“Gratitude is the heart’s memory” states a French proverb, and so it is right that this week I not only say Happy 60th Birthday to David Bowie but also thank him for the sense of wonder bestowed on me through listening to his music through...
Yes, finally our tour rehearsals are over, and as the multitude of black cable leads - seemingly like puppet strings set to begin pulling us from city to city, country to country and even continent to continent – are packed away, it is only now...
“Dramatic to the end, he even died on Christmas day!” the passing of soul singer James Brown is indeed a landmark to countless music fans who like me perceived him as one of the very few true originators of soul music. Gladly on more than a...
It's my favourite time of the year and not because of Christmas and all that it stands for, but with respect it is more because of the occurrence of Winter Solstice that is literally happening as I write. I shudder at the idea of time seemingly...
Our House As many familiar with Simple Minds history already know Charlie Burchill, Eddie Duffy and I grew up in a housing estate on the south side of Glasgow. The name of that estate is Toryglen and despite the fact that our former neighborhood has attracted...
Invariably ambitious people are considered in differing ways. Some view the ambitious as dynamic would be achievers, uneasily deterred and therefore unsatisfied until a challenge is met. Others look on the ambitious as being one track types dangerously driven by greed and lust. If asked I...
