13 Dec, 2010 Truly a Super Fan!
We lost one of our greatest supporters this week. A fan who had been with Simple Minds since our first days right up until the present, one who...
News Items
10 Dec, 2010 SM to play TW Classic Festival!
Just announced, Simple Minds to play TW Classic Festival, Festivalpark, Werchter, Belgium. on Saturday 9th July 2011 http://www.twclassic.be Bill: 7/Bryan Adams 6/Shakira 5/Simple Minds 4/TBC 3/TBC 2/ TBC 1/TBC Ticket Price: 69.00 € Box office Telephone: In Belgium: 0900 2...
01 Dec, 2010 Is Too Much Info Ever Enough?
Woke up unusually late, it was the voices of the kids playing outside in the snow filled street that brought me round. Far as I could remember the...
29 Nov, 2010 Forest Tour Ticket Pre-Sale!
Simple Minds are to play a 'Greatest Hits UK Forest Tour' next summer, playing a series of dates in spectacular woodland locations as part of Forestry Commission Live...
29 Nov, 2010 Art Of The Song Auction
PRS for Music launch `The Art Of The Song´ auction in aid of Teenage Cancer Trust Contributions from 70 leading songwriters including Sir Paul McCartney, Sting, Gary Barlow and...
14 Oct, 2010 The Past Is A Foreign Country
While stood in the hotel elevator for some reason I found myself considering the past, and perhaps more specifically, just how much I should consider it within my...
10 Oct, 2010 Jim Kerr – Brand New Free Download
As anyone who reads Jim's Diary will know, the man never rests...
05 Oct, 2010 SM Finish Recording!
Simple Minds have recently completed four weeks in London's Sphere Recording studios. The sessions which featured the band line - up of Andy Gillespie, Mel Gaynor, Ged Grimes,...
09 Sep, 2010 More + More + More
Heading to Paris for the last gig of this tour but being honest - with SM there is no "last gig" as such. It just means the last...
01 Sep, 2010 Mexico’s Turf Wars – Or is it Glasgow’s?
Last week a newspaper had a veiled go at me as it tried to make out that I was attacking the city of my birth. In doing so...
23 Aug, 2010 Drugs And Violence
It is with more than a little regret that I now get on this plane to head back to London, reason being that I enjoyed Brazil so much....
20 Aug, 2010 Michael Been
A little over two decades ago I had the pleasure and honour to spend a fair amount of time with Michael Been while touring America. Simple Minds may...