SIMPLE MINDS LIVE DOUBLE CD - FREE INSIDE THE SUNDAY EXPRESS. Over the next two weekends the Sunday Express will give away two SimpleMinds Live CD's as part of a massive promotion celebrating the bands current success. This event will coincide with the new SIMPLEMINDS.COM DOWNLOAD CENTRE...
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...
Simple Minds have arrived finally in Australia and are already well under way with preparations for the opening night of their co headlining tour of Australia and New Zealand with Inxs which will take place on March 17th at the Western Australian Cricket Ground. Jim Kerr...
As of this week Simple Minds have confirmed that they will be touring Australia and New Zealand with INXS. The series of dates beginning in Perth on 17th of March are somewhat of a surprise as the band has recently turned their attention to creating...
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...
Live tour dates Simple Minds are considering a surprise return to live concerts in Australia and New Zealand early next year. Although as of yet no contracts have been signed and therefore no dates absolutely confirmed, serious negotiations are however underway. Despite the fact that some agencies...
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...
