FREE DOWNLOAD OF 'SPEED YOUR LOVE TO ME' COVER To usher in this new decade, and also to celebrate the thirtieth anniversary of 1980, French band Orwell are offering free downloads of their EP 80's are 30. The EP contains five cover versions of underrated titles from...
Something very interesting to run in parallel to the 2010 activities of Simple Minds...
Looking back on it all now, I can say easily that I feel a whole lot better about the state of things within Simple Minds at the close of this decade than I did at the start. In fact glancing back ten years ago from now,...
Following Simple Minds successful ‘Graffiti Soul’ European tour, Concert Online is pleased to announce the release of the Simple Minds “Gold Edition” USB tour stick. With 8GB of storage space, the “Gold Edition” USB stick will contain each and all of Simple Minds’ UK and Irish...
It was a beautiful day in May as I recall. Some of us had taken a rather lengthy walk around the surrounding lake thus leaving only a few minutes to grab our things from the hotel before heading directly to the festival site where we...
I had a bit of a chuckle last week when a couple of major newspaper UK reviewers felt the need to promote the notion that the Simple Minds “comeback “ had fallen short of some sort of target, imaginary or otherwise. Of course the first...
Twenty years ago Charlie Burchill and I limped back from our world tour with Simple Minds. Our latest Street Fighting Year’s album had been recognised favourably in many parts of the world as the brave effort that it was. Many other places however did not...
Farewell and thank you to Scandinavia! So enjoyable, the welcome and encouragement that came our way was most appreciated. The sun even shone for most of the time, surprising us as we imagined that the glorious days spent in San Sebastian would have been its...
There's a great prize from Manchester Evening News up for grabs for one lucky Simple Minds fan - including a signed copy of new album Grafitti Soul; a pair of tickets to their concert at the MEN Arena Manchester on December 3; and, best of...
Happy Birthday Charlie! Check out these wonderful films created to celebrate the 50th birthday of beloved guitarist and co-founder, Charlie Burchill on 27th Nov 09. Jim and Charlie took time out of their busy schedule to rehearse their dancing roles for film 1. Rumours that Charlie will...
The latest addition to the live line up for the on going Graffiti Soul tour, Sarah Brown made a surprising and very confident debut with Simple Minds last night In Copenhagen. Bringing not only her vocal talents but also a powerful visual presence to the...
Football just like politics is all round us at the moment and particularly as we travel thru Europe in these darkened November days. All of which makes us feel totally at home given that having grown up in Glasgow - football and politics were always...
