Special Pre-sale for Belfast show starts 9am today in Members Area Simple Minds will play Belfast Odyssey Arena on Dec 6th 2008. "We are delighted with the news that we will once more be performing in Belfast particularly during this tour. I can still never forget when we...
Newcastle Metro Radio Arena added to 30 Years Live Tour Simple Minds will play Newcastle Metro Radio Arena on the 3rd of December. Pre-sale at simpleminds.com will open 9.00am on Tuesday the 24th of June with a General release on Friday the 27th of June....
"Blair and Gordon Brown made their careers from opposing Margaret Thatcher but as soon as they got in power they ruled as Thatcherites and celebrated it's author. They professed to a concern for the poor but enriched the wealthy. They joined George Bush and his administration in imposing their...
Bob Dylan and the Lotus Effect " Writing is a lonely thing. You cut yourself off from friends and family to find that necessarily quiet place in your mind. You have to disassociate and detach yourself from just about everything and everybody. I didn't like that...
SIMPLE MINDS - ORIGINAL LINE UP SET TO RECORD ONCE AGAIN The original members of Simple Minds are due to work together for the first time in 27 years when they enter a recording studio in the middle of June '08. In an event that many...
A more well known writer than myself recently described songwriting as something akin to the following. "Writing a song" he says "is like digging a ditch, you constantly have to dig deeper, until you strike the vein, until you hit the nerve that makes you feel...
To add further excitement to Simple Minds' highly anticipated 30th Anniversary tour, the band has just confirmed 'Deacon Blue' as very special guests. Deacon Blue will perform at all concerts with the exception of the Glasgow SECC on 4th December. With six million album sales under...
46664 Concert Honouring Nelson Mandela at 90 A Gathering of 46,664 Great Friends and Supporters London, Hyde Park, June 27, 2008 Presale tickets at www.46664.com Tickets on public sale Friday 9 May at www.livenation.co.uk Many of the world’s most powerful and instantly recognisable figures and a concert audience of 46,664...
There are birthday parties and then there are birthday parties, nevertheless no matter how grand or how intimate I have always felt that it is nice to get an invite. Being so we were quite touched a few weeks ago when we got the call inviting...
A recent documentary about Nelson Mandela's years on Robben island prison reminded me yet again of just how extraordinarily brave all of those who fought for change in South Africa were. As with many others who sympathised with the anti-apartheid movement, that thought was already present...
I am often asked what are the definitive highlights throughout the years in Simple Minds, and well of course there are so many that instantly come to mind. But those obvious ones are. well, too obvious to mention, and so with that as an understanding...
Night of The Proms Line Up Sinéad O’Connor will join Jim & Charlie at this year’s shows of Night of the Proms in Antwerp, Belgium and in Rotterdam and Arnhem, Holland. American rock-band Live has also confirmed their participation at the shows in Antwerp. Night of the...
