New t-shirts for the summer leg of Simple Minds' Global Tour have just landed in the band's official store. Check out the latest apparel here: shop.simpleminds.com/
SCARBOROUGH TONIGHT - STILL WORKING ON OUR DREAM!
In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: "It goes on!" Robert Frost.
Well, I too could use those same words about Simple Minds.
"It goes on!"
And it has gone on continuously for more than 45 years with no sign of coming to an end.
Not the kids we once were, there is plenty about us that has changed while evolving from those early days.
Yet Charlie is mostly still smiling while performing his duties. (See pic.)
And I'm probably still as intense as the young singer featured.
True essence never changes.
Back then we dreamt about nothing more than becoming one of the world's great live bands.
Guess what?
Stuck in between a childhood sense of wonder and our now disciplined adult intelligence - we are still working on that dream!
In any case, it feels good to be back touring in the UK.
Hope to see you out there, somewhere!
Jim Kerr
www.simpleminds.com/tour/
Jim joined Adam Dowling earlier today to chat about Simple Minds' upcoming shows this summer and fulfilling his childhood dream of going to #LeMans, where the band performed at the weekend.
You can listen to the interview now on BBC Sounds (starts at 14:35): www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/live:bbc_radio_kent
Photo by Thorsten Samesch | ToddeVision.de/
THE LAST CHANCE?
Finally this week fans will have the very last chance to see Simple Minds play in the UK for this year - and who knows when they will be back?
Meantime, fans just like Mike Doherty are preparing to make the best of that opportunity.
So how about you?
www.simpleminds.com/tour/
IT'S A FAMILY AFFAIR!
Simple Minds are looking forward to being back in the UK this week, meanwhile thanks to Sue Iredale who posts:
"An amazing group of musicians who are like a family put together to have a fun time and in turn, embrace their audience for the night to make them feel included into their family! I just love how you interact with your crowd and make us feel just as much appreciated as we appreciate your performance - not something a lot of artists can do. Game changer & since the first gig I saw you guys I was hooked!"
Simple Minds' iconic 1982 album 'New Gold Dream' is set to be re-released tomorrow on exclusive gold-coloured vinyl, as part of @hmv’s 1921 Edition range.
This limited edition will be available exclusively in HMV stores and online at 4pm BST the same day.
bit.ly/NGDhmv1921
Photo by Sheila Rock
Don't miss Part 2 of @cherissedrums' tour diary, featuring an inside look at Simple Minds' 2024 performances in Glasgow.
This Saturday, Simple Minds kick off the summer leg of their tour in Le Mans. Although this show is sold out, there are still tickets available for other dates at www.simpleminds.com/tour/
Join @cherissedrums for an exclusive behind-the-scenes look at Simple Minds' two shows in Glasgow earlier this year.
BEST JOB IN THE WORLD
Unlucky me!
Leaving behind home and so much that I love, in the next few days I'll pack my bags and head off for another two months of work.
But how fortunate really?
Returned to a state of health, loving my work, and now ready to begin the next phase of touring with Simple Minds, sometimes even feeling that I have the best job in the world.
"Best job" you ask?
Well, not because I still love travelling, that's for sure!
Whatever glamour seemingly once attached to travelling is now long gone. I guess I've already spent too many dull hours in my lifetime getting from A to B.
Got to be the adulation then?
Who wouldn't get an ego boost from the kind of positive reactions that Simple Minds receive wherever we go? Right?
But no!
Even if it feels wonderful to be appreciated for the work.
Still not quite the main reason.
"Has to be the money then?"
Come on! Doesn't everybody go to work for money, and doesn't everyone like 'payday' whenever it comes around?
I do. And I have felt that way since I began working after school at the age of 14 - spending all my wages on concert tickets and adding to my record collection.
Anyway, it might come close but still it is not the main reason.
So seriously, what is it really that often makes me feel I have the best job in the world?
Maybe it's the fact that at the end of every night, looking out at the audience and realising that along with whatever other emotions induced, evidently we have made so many happy.
Possibly helped them forget both the problems of the world and their own personal difficulties by spreading some joy for an evening through our music?
In that moment it is the sense of accomplishment that leads me to believe that all of us involved have the best job in the world!
Jim Kerr
DREAM VENUES
For the longest time Simple Minds have hoped to perform in The Pula Arena, the world famous Roman amphitheatre located in Pula, Croatia.
Very much on the 'bucket list' - meaning a number of experiences that a person hopes to accomplish during their lifetime - a dream realised is set to occur during the upcoming summer tour? (July 3)
Is there a particular 'dream venue' in which you would you like to see Simple Minds perform?
Tickets for Simple Minds' 2024 Global Tour are on sale now.
Simple Minds are arguably one of the best live bands in the world and over a forty year career have been responsible for some of the most innovative and enduring anthems in rock music.