20 Mar, 2006 Gone Solo
After a European concert tour that involved almost three months of constant traveling, what do I do with myself during these few free days that I have between...
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12 Mar, 2006 Made In Belgrade
It is difficult not to feel exhilarated as I write this and not even a two and a half hour wait in a dismal airport can take away...
08 Mar, 2006 Dont Fade Away
Yesterday we found out that a former work colleague of ours had been found dead in his apartment in Edinburgh. Although it is years since we last saw...
03 Mar, 2006 Hotel Heaven
It would be impossible to consider touring life without mentioning the part that hotels play. Who knows how many hotels that we have stayed in over the years...
03 Mar, 2006 Berlin – New album recording begins!
Berlin - New album recording begins! Charlie Burchill and Jez Coad set up a portable studio earlier this week whilst in Berlin and in doing so officially started up...
15 Feb, 2006 The Times Review, Astoria, London
The Times Review, Simple Minds, Astoria, London. In Italy Simple Minds still sell enough records to keep a tribute band in business. In Britain they remain stadium rockers who...
13 Feb, 2006 STILL GOING STRONG
Simple Minds at Academy, STILL GOING STRONG. THERE was a chorus of adulation from the Academy crowd as a sprightly, denim-clad Jim Kerr walked on stage. It has, after all,...
13 Feb, 2006 Renaissance 13/02/06
Rather like Jim Kerr's beloved Celtic did in the late 1990s, Simple Minds have undergone something of a career renaissance. Rising from the fallow ground of their less impressive...
11 Feb, 2006 Stranger Single Release
Stranger Single. Stranger will be released in various European countries in early February. Details below: Produced By Jez Coad & Simple Minds. Country Of Origin: Germany & Netherlands. 5" CD Single. Available at Amazon.fr...
10 Feb, 2006 Simple Minds, Carling Academy, Birmingham
Simple Minds @ the Carling Academy, Birmingham. THERE is something special about seeing a big name band in a small venue. I have fond memories of Black Sabbath's charity...
09 Feb, 2006 Up close and personal
Up close and personal with the fans. Simple Minds frontman Jim Kerr believes it's because he's still a music fan that he's continued writing, recording and performing for the...
09 Feb, 2006 Did you forget about them?
Metromagazine, Did you forget about them? PROMISE KEPT: Jim's back in Manchester...