'30 YEARS LIVE' Show announced - Thursday 25th June 2009, 20:00, Live At The Marquee, Cork, Ireland. SPECIAL MEMBERS PRE-SALE AT 9.00AM GMT 20/02/09 in the FREE MEMBERS AREA. TICKETS on General release from 26/02/09...
Hot on the heels of their 30th Anniversary Celebration Tour that saw them playing to over a quarter of a million people during their sold out 2008 European/UK arena tour, and their performance at Nelson Mandela’s 90th Birthday concert in London’s Hyde Park, Simple Minds...
Although things are getting busy as we involve ourselves with the campaign leading up to the new album launch, that doesn’t mean to say that it is all work and no play. This week I hope to get the chance to see the return of...
Did you see Bruce Springsteen’s set during the American Super Bowl? Talk about a master class in making it all look so easy. Fact is, there are no superlatives left to describe Springsteen on top of his game so I will skip that chore and...
January whizzed past in a blur thankfully, awash in colours and smells that can only be found in a tropical forest during the rainy season. Trekking by day and then lying barely comatose for much of the time I got some thinking done. Actually I don’t...
“A great record can not only change your mood, it can literally keep you from committing suicide” so wrote someone whom I can only describe as a passionate fan of the power of music. Leading me to think, l hope that a lot of great records...
At the end of last year I wrote despondently how it had been a year when we did not even nearly manage to get done the things that we had hoped for. This year bears little resemblance in comparison. The stagnation that settled on us last...
I am not great at it but sometimes it is nice to indulge by ‘doing nothing’. Being so I have easily enjoyed hanging around here amidst the sea air of Santa Monica where it is both quiet and peaceful. It has rained more than expected...
I remember the moment clearly. The Sun was shining, there was blue skies all around, and it was such a glorious early autumn day. Hyde Park in London, which lies adjacent to my hotel was ablaze with dying leaves in all colour of gold and...
With plans to tour world wide next year, Simple Minds announce the first of those dates today: THURSDAY 11TH JUNE 2009 AMPHITHEATER, GELSENKIRCHEN, GERMANY FRIDAY 12TH JUNE 2009 MUSEUMSMEILE, BONN, GERMANY TUESDAY 16TH JUNE 2009 ZITADELLE, BERLIN, GERMANY WEDNESDAY 17TH JUNE 2009 STADTPARK, HAMBURG, GERMANY FRIDAY 19TH JUNE 2009 RAVENSBERGER PARK, BIELEFELD, GERMANY SATURDAY 20th JUNE...
Within hours of the last notes ringing out at the ABC in Glasgow both Charlie and myself had boarded a flight to Los Angeles where we will spend the next couple of weeks with Bob Clearmountain as he sets about mixing the songs that we...
We're happy to announce that 'Simple Minds will play a special '30 Years Live' Show at Edinburgh Castle on 18th July 2009! "To play at Edinburgh Castle is more than a dream come true, and particularly since we have been looking for a sensational backdrop in...
