24/11/98 : il sito ufficiale � stato aggiornato! Ci sono alcune notizie sul nuovo disco e un'intervista con Charlie. Purtroppo la lentezza � ancora notevole.

10/11/98 : Ci risiamo: la BBC del Cambridgeshire ha annunciato che Jim Kerr e Charlie Burchill hanno fatto un'offerta per acquistare la squadra di calcio del Celtic di Glasgow. All'operazione dovrebbe partecipare anche l'ex calciatore Kenny Daglish; pare che siano gia' a buon punto. Per ulteriori informazioni: http://www.lineone.net/cgi-bin/loadcontent.pl?page=/sport/content.fhtml

[Fonte: Steve Robinson, Simon Cornwell & BBC Radio]

22/10/98 : Liam Gallagher sta scrivendo diversi pezzi dedicati a James jr. per il prossimo disco di inediti degli Oasis.

13/10/98 : finalmente il sito ufficiale e' stato aggiornato, ecco le news: "Charlie Burchill has officially kick-started the writing/recording process for a new Minds album which is due to be released in the middle of next year. The recordings have been initiated at Jim Kerr's home studio in Central Scotland and it is felt that both Charlie and Jim will collaborate with other musicians as the record evolves.
As well as focusing on the new Simple Minds album sessions, Jim Kerr has been asked to present a two-hour documentary on the city of Naples for BBC radio. The broadcast will feature many facets of the city, from it's fascinating past to it's current revival, and in doing so will take in the people, politics, culture and art of the proud southern metropolis. Jim Kerr said "I'm a big fan of informative radio and throughout my many and varied travels have always listened to the BBC world service. My love of southern Italy is already well documented and I hope to capture as much as I can of the genuine Metropolitan spirit and outlook on life.
Stan Tippins, the Simple Minds tour manager over the last ten years has apparently retired from touring. Tippins, who began his music experiences in the early sixties as a singer with various club acts and has also been tour manager with Mott the Hoople, The Pretenders, Sade and Lou Reed, is said to have felt the demands of constant touring were starting to play havoc with his health. A very dubious statement regarding Stan's decision was issued from the Minds camp "Stan says this at the end of every tour. He can be a moody old bugger, but it is our opinion that come Xmas he will have changed his mind. We will never let him get away with this, as we would miss him too much. And if he has told anyone of this decision then it is more than likely he was winding them up!
Mel Gaynor has been asked to work on the new album by the reformed Roxy Music. Although nothing has been formalised it is believed Gaynor will jump at the chance to make a contribution to the music of the legendary Bryan Ferry and Brian Eno et al.
Derek Forbes has spent the last weeks moving from his inner city home. Derek said "I was brought up a city boy and I love Glasgow very much, however the countryside of Scotland is intensely beautiful and I want to spend the next few years absorbing life in the open spaces. This new residence also gives me the facility to create my own studio and I look forward to working on the Minds album as well."

[Fonte: www.simple minds.com]

7/10/98 : sembra che, dopo gli ultimi avvenimenti riguardanti James jr., Patsy Kensit stia per chiedere il divorzio da Liam Gallagher.

13/ 9/98 : Lisa Germano sará in tour con la band statunitense The Eels in Gran Bretagna; le date: Wolverhampton 24th - Glasgow 25th - Sheffield 26th - London 28th

[Fonte: Alistair Wade]

5/ 9/98 : Mel Gaynor sta realizzando una sua vecchia idea, nata dalla mancanza di interesse per il rap in Gran Bretagna, creando una etichetta discografica dedicata a questo genere.
Attualmente Gaynor sta contrattando con alcune majors per finanziare e distribuire materiale della Ruff Cut Recording, sperando di far crescere l'etichetta ed esportare il rap in America. "Stiamo facendo numerose ricerche e crediamo che la GB non sia stata sfruttata a dovere finora. Nessuna grande casa ha una grande base qui," ha detto.

[Fonte: www.dotmusic.com]

1/ 9/98 : pare che The Early Years sia stato rimesso sul mercato. Le copie non sono molte, quindi affrettatevi!

2/ 8/98 : tratto da un articolo del quotidiano scozzese "the Scotsman" (01/08/1998):
"A former music industry highflier was in jail last night after being convicted of trying to burn down the house of the man he blamed for ruining his dreams of escaping the rat race. Paul Kerr, brother of the Simple Minds singer Jim Kerr, set fire to the house of John Darroch, who he believed had ripped him off over the sale of a village store in Argyll."

[Fonte: Stuart Mair]

26/ 7/98 : la radio statunitense WBWC sta preparando una maratona Simple Minds il 20 agosto 1998. Qualcuno conosce le sue frequenze e da dove trasmette?

[Fonte: Matthew Ashton]

24/ 7/98 : nel nuovo album dei Then Jerico (Orgasmaphobia), i "credits" piu' interessanti sono:
Never Surrender - Shaw/Taylor
Iain Banks - Iain Banks
Orgasmaphobia - Shaw/Harvey/Moss/Childs/Wells
Energy - Shaw/MacNeil
Mick MacNeil suona le tastiere in Never Surrender, Iain Banks e Orgasmaphobia e suona tutti gli strumenti in Energy.
(Taylor è Andy Taylor dei Duran Duran)

[Fonte: Simon Cornwell]

22/ 7/98 : sembra che non sia prevista l'uscita di un terzo singolo tratto da Neapolis, a causa dello scarso successo di Glitterball e War Babies.

20/ 7/98 : "On the afternoon of July 2 some of the band members were confronted with a bombing incident in the city of Budapest. None of the band members were injured. The incident resulted in the loss of 4 human lifes."

[Fonte: simpleminds.com]

7/ 7/98 : Jim sta meglio e i due concerti di Dublino sono confermati.

5/ 7/98 : sembra che Jim sia rimasto vittima di una intossicazione alimentare prima dello show odierno di Hyde Park. I Simple Minds sono scomparsi improvvisamente dalla lineup dell'evento. Non c'e' ancora niente di confermato, ne' di piu' preciso.

3/ 7/98 : Capital, emittente radiofonica di Londra, tramettera' in diretta Party in the Park, il concerto del 5 luglio. Si potra' trovare anche su: http://capitalfm.com/partyinthepark/

[Fonte: Simon Cornwell]

2/ 7/98 : Liam Gallagher degli Oasis, marito di Patsy Kensit, ha scritto una canzone dedicata a James, il bambino che Patsy ha avuto da Jim 5 anni fa. Il brano far� parte del nuovo disco degli Oasis.

1/ 7/98 : e' stata realizzata una cover di Don't You (Forget About Me) da un gruppo di Winnipeg (Canada?), i B'ehl, ed e' apparsa in un album-tributo alla musica dei film di John Hughes. L'album si intitola "Pretty in Pop" ed � uscito per la Endearing Records.
Per ulteriori informazioni: clicca qui

[Fonte: Dave Parker]

30/ 6/98 : attenzione! Direttamente dalla mailing list Mike scrive:
"I am starting to come up with ideas for a project to make a Neapolis Tour bootleg CD available for everyone either for free or for a small, small cost. This would be an audience recording, but an extremely high quality one-recorded using a special stereo microphone attached to a DAT recorder. In a month or so, I should have such a recording and can start working on distributing it to whoever wants it. But what I need to know is... Who's interested in such a CD set? How should it be distributed? In other words, would people just like to pay a small price for it (maybe $15-20 for a 2 CD set with color inserts), or would you prefer to mail in 2 blank CD's and return postage? Or would many of you be able to just take it off my website as mp3 files? Or do you have other ideas? If there are many people (100+) interested in such a CD set, I'd like to enlist a number of people with CD-recorders across the globe to split up the job. Anyone out there willing to sign on as a volunteer CD-copier?"
Se siete interessati, scrivete a Mike Simpson

22/ 6/98 : negli ultimi giorni sono girate parecchie voci circa la realizzazione di un album live, ma finora non c'e' nulla di ufficialmente confermato. Quando ci sara' qualcosa di sicuro, lo troverete su queste pagine!

17/ 6/98 : Mick MacNeil e' tornato. Ha suonato le tastiere nel nuovo album dei Then Jerico, Orgasmaphobia, ed e' co-autore del pezzo strumentale finale Energy. (che mi ricorda Kick It In)
Inoltre ha suonato da solo in Iain Banks, in cui l'autore scozzese narra una parte di uno dei suoi libri.
MacNeil ha suonato anche in due altre canzoni. Energy e' stata registrata nel Mickmac studio di Glasgow, di sua proprieta'.

[Fonte: Simon Cornwell]

16/ 6/98 : il concerto di Bologna del 14/6 e' stato un grande successo, ma soprattutto molto, molto bello! Conto di inserire al piu' presto recensioni e foto; nel frattempo guardate alcune di quelle scattate da Cristina a Milano e Pesaro. Clicca qui!

12/ 6/98 : i testi di Neapolis saranno presto disponibili sul sito di Simon Cornwell. Clicca qui!

8/ 6/98 : concerto dei Rolling Stones a Zagabria: alcuni giorni fa e' stata annunciata la nuova data, 23 agosto; il posto e' lo stesso (lo stesso che ha accolto un milione di persone durante la visita del Papa).
Si prevede la presenza di oltre 60000 persone.
Sfortunatamente, i Simple Minds sono in dubbio, anche se i giornali locali lasciano un filo di speranza, cosi' come il tour scheduling sul sito ufficiale, che vede agosto vuoto...

[Fonte: Tihomir Cavuzic]

4/ 6/98 : secondo quanto scritto il 3/6/98 dal giornale inglese N.M.E, i Manic Street Preachers starebbero cercando di inserire nel loro prossimo album una cover di The American, un classico dei Simple Minds.
Sembra interessante... anche se personalmente non li trovo "eccezionali".

[Fonte: Colin Neary]

1/ 6/98 : ci sono 2 nuove recensioni sul concerto del 26/5 al Cybertheatre di Bruxelles. Clicca qui!

31/ 5/98 : il nuovo tour e' cominciato con la data di Pesaro del 30 maggio, di fronte a 3500 persone entusiaste. Il concerto è durato circa 2 ore e la track list è stata questa:
War Babies
Up on the Catwalk
Thirty Frames a Second
Colours Fly and Catherine Wheel
She's a River
See the Lights
Glitterball
Tears of a Guy
Superman v. Supersoul
New Gold Dream
Someone Somewhere in Summertime
Big Sleep
Hypnotised
Let there Be Love
Waterfront
Don't you
Love song
Belfast Child
Alive and Kicking.
I fortunati presenti sono caldamente invitati a mandarci le loro impressioni!

25/ 5/98 : per permettere a più persone possibile di vederlo, il concerto del 26 maggio (ore 21 CET) al Cybertheatre di Bruxelles, sara' trasmesso da
Nirvanet/CyberTheatre: http://www.nirvanet.com/live
Official Simple Minds Website: http://www.simpleminds.com
Broadcast.com: http://www.broadcast.com
NRJ Europe: http://www.nrj.fr

18/ 5/98 : il concerto del 28 maggio a Zagabria dei Rolling Stones, che vedeva i Simple Minds come "supporters", e' stato annullato (insieme alle successive tre date) a causa di un incidente occorso al chitarrista Keith Richards all'interno della sua biblioteca.

15/ 5/98 : oggi e domani Jim Kerr sara' a Milano per registrare il video di Senza Peccato, il secondo singolo tratto dall'album di Pino Daniele.

14/ 5/98 : non perdetevi Help il 21 maggio alle 16.00 su TMC2!

12/ 5/98 : i Simple saranno protagonisti di un documentario di un'ora che sara' registrato prima, durante e dopo i loro imminenti concerti europei. I registi saranno Stuart McKenzie (creatore della copertina dell'album) e Jim Kerr. Sara' la prima produzione della nuova compagnia "Minds-eye". Il lavoro cerchera' di soddisfare soprattuto i "puristi" dei Minds, mostrando tutti gli elementi alla base dell'attivita' live del gruppo.

[Fonte: www.simpleminds.com]

11/ 5/98 : "Just phoned the information line for the UK Fleadh Festival to confirm if an item on UK Teletext was correct in asserting that Simple Minds were NOT playing. Unfortunately it seems true. Simple Minds are not playing, and James are headlining instead."

[Fonte: Simon Cornwell]

8/ 5/98 : mentre la vrsione europea di War Babies contiene i remix di The American e I Travel, quella che uscira' in Gran Bretagna il 18 maggio e' diversa. Sara' su vinile da 7", cassetta singola e CD e conterrà i remix di All The Things She Said, I Travel (come la versione europea) e Theme For Great Cities. Il CD prevede anche una traccia cd-rom con il video di War Babies.

[Fonte: Simon Cornwell]

6/ 5/98 : i Simple Minds potrebbero intervenire durante l'unico concerto che Pino Daniele terra' il 17 giugno a Napoli (stadio San Paolo).

[Fonte: la Repubblica]

4/ 5/98 : la registrazione del live di Bologna del 2 maggio sarà trasmessa su TMC2 il 21 maggio ad Help (16.00-18.00) e a Roxy Bar (data da confermare). Per commenti e foto sulla serata clicca qui!

vai a Roma, 01/07/97

News e rumours dal 28/12/96 fino al 28/4/98

Se avete altre notizie, scrivetemi!

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ENGLISH  VERSION

24/12/98 : "The proposed takeover of Celtic by a consortium including Kenny Dalglish and Jim Kerr has collapsed. The consortium have pulled out of the bid for the Parkhead club after owner Fergus McCann rejected an initial bid last week, claiming their business plan was not up to scratch. But Dalglish and Kerr have said they are still willing to return with a renewed bid if McCann is prepared to listen to what they have to say. Simple Minds front man Kerr said to McCann: "Put the kettle on so we can have a chat." McCann has so far refused to even speak to Dalglish, even though the club is openly up for sale."

[Source: UK "Teamtalk" football page]

21/12/98 : BBC spoke about Jim and Kenny Dalglish and their Celtic Glasgow takeover. Click here to read the article.

16/12/98 : taken from the official site, a message by Jim: "December comes and while all around is frozen white outside, it is like a sweatshop in here - being the control room from which we surge forward in our task of creating a new collection of songs for next year the sauna/sweatshop effect - a result of the heat that if from the vast amount of electronic equipment that Charlie Burchill has ammassed in what was formely my living room ! No wonder the dogs are looking confused. Even I'm confused. The place feels like a biosphere ! Or let me put it another way - I can imagine how those Russian cosmonauts feel - in that they also spend weeks on end, only in each others company - isolated from the outside world and surrounded by computers and wires etc. Actually maybe we should call this album "MIR" !!! Anyway while we may not actually be floating thru the air, we are nevertheless feeling buoyant at the ideas that are surfacing within this period of creativity. As I've said before, in terms of productivity this is probably the stage that I enjoy the most. To me it is now that ideas are all about potential and possibilities, and it is around this time that loose concepts really start to grow into something special, or on the other hand fizzle out to some vague place called backburner !! I already feel that the music is probably our most intimate to date. Probably better described at this stage as small music with big emotional power, and as clumsy as this description is - it is the only way I can signal the effect of my current favourites of the batch. - "Our Secrets Are The Same" and "Christians" - I am very excited about both of these new songs !..... So this is where we are for the moment and this is the mood in our camp as we glide into 1999. Speaking of which, I want to wish all the very best to all for this up and coming year. As for this year that is suddenly behind us - to each and all who attended the shows and gave so much encouragement - a billion thanks !! Wishing you a Merry Xmas and A happy New Year. See You In 1999 !!"
... Jim Kerr

[Source: www.simple minds.com]

1/12/98 : I just wanna remember you that our friends Clive and Shaun are organizing a great fan convention in Scotland, august '99! Contact me for more informations.

24/11/98 : the official is updated! There' re news about the new album and an interview with Charlie. The site is far to be fast, what a pity...

10/11/98 : It's just been announced on the local BBC Cambridgeshire Radio News, that Jim Kerr and Charlie Burchill of Simple Minds have made a bid to buy Celtic football club. It seems that Jim Kerr And Kenny Daglish have obtained substantial city backing to purchase Celtic. For more info, take a look at: http://www.lineone.net/cgi-bin/loadcontent.pl?page=/sport/content.fhtml

[Source: Steve Robinson, Simon Cornwell & BBC Radio]

22/10/98 : Liam Gallagher is writing a few songs dedicated to James jr.; they could be included in the next Oasis album.

13/10/98 : fresh news from the Official site (finally): "Charlie Burchill has officially kick-started the writing/recording process for a new Minds album which is due to be released in the middle of next year. The recordings have been initiated at Jim Kerr's home studio in Central Scotland and it is felt that both Charlie and Jim will collaborate with other musicians as the record evolves.
As well as focusing on the new Simple Minds album sessions, Jim Kerr has been asked to present a two-hour documentary on the city of Naples for BBC radio. The broadcast will feature many facets of the city, from it's fascinating past to it's current revival, and in doing so will take in the people, politics, culture and art of the proud southern metropolis. Jim Kerr said "I'm a big fan of informative radio and throughout my many and varied travels have always listened to the BBC world service. My love of southern Italy is already well documented and I hope to capture as much as I can of the genuine Metropolitan spirit and outlook on life.
Stan Tippins, the Simple Minds tour manager over the last ten years has apparently retired from touring. Tippins, who began his music experiences in the early sixties as a singer with various club acts and has also been tour manager with Mott the Hoople, The Pretenders, Sade and Lou Reed, is said to have felt the demands of constant touring were starting to play havoc with his health. A very dubious statement regarding Stan's decision was issued from the Minds camp "Stan says this at the end of every tour. He can be a moody old bugger, but it is our opinion that come Xmas he will have changed his mind. We will never let him get away with this, as we would miss him too much. And if he has told anyone of this decision then it is more than likely he was winding them up!
Mel Gaynor has been asked to work on the new album by the reformed Roxy Music. Although nothing has been formalised it is believed Gaynor will jump at the chance to make a contribution to the music of the legendary Bryan Ferry and Brian Eno et al.
Derek Forbes has spent the last weeks moving from his inner city home. Derek said "I was brought up a city boy and I love Glasgow very much, however the countryside of Scotland is intensely beautiful and I want to spend the next few years absorbing life in the open spaces. This new residence also gives me the facility to create my own studio and I look forward to working on the Minds album as well."

[Source: www.simple minds.com]

7/10/98 : it seems that, after the latest accidents related to James jr., Patsy Kensit and Liam Gallagher will get divorced.

13/ 9/98 : ''Former Simple Minds member (well she did play on SFY and associated tour and appeared in the Belfast Child and This Is Your Land videos), Lisa Germano will be touring the UK with US band The Eels later this month:
Wolverhampton 24th - Glasgow 25th - Sheffield 26th - London 28th
With The Minds failure to appear in the UK this could be the nearest we get to see them!''

[Source: Alistair Wade]

5/ 9/98 : ''Simple Minds drummer Mel Gaynor is looking to exploit what he perceives as a gap in the UK market for rap by establishing a label dedicated to the music.
Gaynor is currently negotiating with majors for financial backing and distribution for Ruff Cut Recording, hoping to build up the label so it can export rap back to the Americans. �We�ve done a lot of research and believe the UK isn�t being utilised. No big label has an outpost here,� he says.
Gaynor claims to have a start on his UK competition by signing US rapper Tim Dog, a member of pioneering east coast rap crew Ultramagnetic MCs. He adds that his Simple Minds job provides him with an inside track on meeting musicians suited to Ruff Cut.''

[Source: www.dotmusic.com]

1/ 9/98 : it seems that The Early Years is out again. There are not too much copies then... hurry up!

2/ 8/98 : Excerpt from an article in the Scotsman Newspaper (01/08/1998)
''former music industry highflier was in jail last night after being convicted of trying to burn down the house of the man he blamed for ruining his dreams of escaping the rat race. Paul Kerr, brother of the Simple Minds singer Jim Kerr, set fire to the house of John Darroch, who he believed had ripped him off over the sale of a village store in Argyll.''

[Source: Stuart Mair]

26/ 7/98 : the US radio station, WBWC is staging a Simple Minds marathon on August 20th 1998. Anyone know where this radio station is based?

[Source: Matthew Ashton]

24/ 7/98 : from the new album by Then Jerico (Orgasmaphobia), credits for tracks of interest are:
Never Surrender - Shaw/Taylor
Iain Banks - Iain Banks
Orgasmaphobia - Shaw/Harvey/Moss/Childs/Wells
Energy - Shaw/MacNeil
Mick MacNeil plays keyboards on Never Surrender, Iain Banks and Orgasmaphobia and he plays all instruments on Energy.
(BTW Taylor is Andy Taylor from Duran Duran)

[Source: Simon Cornwell]

22/ 7/98 : it seems that a third single from Neapolis will be never released, due to the flop of the first two singles, Glitterball and War Babies.

20/ 7/98 : "On the afternoon of July 2 some of the band members were confronted with a bombing incident in the city of Budapest. None of the band members were injured. The incident resulted in the loss of 4 human lifes."

[Source: simpleminds.com]

7/ 7/98 : Jim feels better and the two gigs in Dublin are confirmed.

5/ 7/98 : it seems that Jim is ill because of food eated before the today show in Hyde Park. Capital Radio cancelled SM from the lineup. Nothing is confirmed and there's nothing more than this.

3/ 7/98 : Capital, the London based radio station who are involved with the Prince's trust concert (July, 5th), are broadcasting the concert. It will be live at: http://capitalfm.com/partyinthepark/

[Source: Simon Cornwell]

2/ 7/98 : Liam Gallagher, Oasis singer and Patsy Kensit's husband, wrote a song dedicated to James, Jim's 5 years old son. This work will be included in the next Oasis album.

1/ 7/98 : there has been a cover version of Don't You (Forget About Me) made. It is by a group from Winnipeg (Canada?) called B'ehl, and it appears on a tribute album to the music from the John Hughes films. The album is called "Pretty in Pop" and is released on the Endearing Records label.
For more information on the release, and to link over to the Endearing Records website go to: click here!

[Source: Dave Parker]

30/ 6/98 : pay attention, please! Directly from the mailing list Mike wrote:
"I am starting to come up with ideas for a project to make a Neapolis Tour bootleg CD available for everyone either for free or for a small, small cost. This would be an audience recording, but an extremely high quality one-recorded using a special stereo microphone attached to a DAT recorder. In a month or so, I should have such a recording and can start working on distributing it to whoever wants it. But what I need to know is... Who's interested in such a CD set? How should it be distributed? In other words, would people just like to pay a small price for it (maybe $15-20 for a 2 CD set with color inserts), or would you prefer to mail in 2 blank CD's and return postage? Or would many of you be able to just take it off my website as mp3 files? Or do you have other ideas? If there are many people (100+) interested in such a CD set, I'd like to enlist a number of people with CD-recorders across the globe to split up the job. Anyone out there willing to sign on as a volunteer CD-copier?"
If you're interested, mail to: Mike Simpson

22/ 6/98 : in the last few days there were a lot of rumours about a new live album, but nothing is officially confirmed. You will see something more "sure" on these pages!

17/ 6/98 : Mick MacNeil has recently surfaced. He's been playing keyboards on Then Jerico's new album, Orgasmaphobia, plus he co-wrote the ending instrumental piece Energy. (Which reminded me of Kick It In.) He also plays alone on the spooky instrumental Iain Banks, on which the Scottish author narrates a piece from one of his books. MacNeil also plays keyboards on two other songs. This is much greater than his involvement in the System 7 project. Plus Energy was recorded at Mick's own Mickmac studio in Glasgow.

[Source: Simon Cornwell]

16/ 6/98 : Bologna concert (14/6) was a great success, but most of all, a wonderful live performance! I will put online (as soon as possible) some reviews and shots from this event; in the meantime, take a look at some photos that Cristina did in Milano and Pesaro. Click here!

12/ 6/98 : Neapolis lyrics will be soon on-line at Simon Cornwell's site. Click here!

8/ 6/98 : Roliing Stones' concert in Zagreb: few days ago, the new date has been announced -- it's August 23rd, the same place (that place received one million people during the Pope's visit few years ago, so it's pretty big).
Approx. 60 000 tickets are sold, probably some will be returned, but some more people will buy too, so I guess there shall be more than 60 000 people there finally.
Unfortunately, Simple Minds are under big question... But some newspapers here leave it opened, so I still hope... Especially if you take a look at SM tour schedule -- August is empty...

[Source: Tihomir Cavuzic]

4/ 6/98 : according to todays (3/6/98) N.M.E, the Manic Street Preachers have been trying to get a sound reminiscent of SIMPLE MINDS classic 'THE AMERICAN' for their new album.
Should be interesting.

[Source: Colin Neary]

1/ 6/98 : there're 2 brandnew reviews of the Cybertheatre concert (Bruxelles, 26/5). Click here!

31/ 5/98 : the new tour began! The first gig was in Pesaro, may 30, in front of about 3500 people, for almost two hours. The track list was the following:
War Babies
Up on the Catwalk
Thirty Frames a Second
Colours Fly and Catherine Wheel
She's a River
See the Lights
Glitterball
Tears of a Guy
Superman v. Supersoul
New Gold Dream
Someone Somewhere in Summertime
Big Sleep
Hypnotised
Let there Be Love
Waterfront
Don't you
Love song
Belfast Child
Alive and Kicking

25/ 5/98 : to allow a maximum of fans watching it, the Cybertheatre concert (May, 26 - 21 CET) will be broadcast by
Nirvanet/CyberTheatre at http://www.nirvanet.com/live
Official Simple Minds Website at http://www.simpleminds.com
Broadcast.com at http://www.broadcast.com
NRJ Europe at http://www.nrj.fr

18/ 5/98 : the Rolling Stones' gig in Zagreb (may, 28th) is cancelled, due to an accident occurred to Keith Richards, while he was at home.

15/ 5/98 : today and tomorrow Jim will be in Milan to record the video from the new single by Pino Daniele, called Senza Peccato.

14/ 5/98 : don't miss Help (may, 21 at 3pm GMT) on TMC2!

12/ 5/98 : Simple Minds will feature in a one hour documentary film which will be made before, during and after their up and coming Euro-tour which begins the last week of May. The film directed by Stuart McKenzie (album designer) and Jim Kerr, will most probably be released publicly in the bands soon to be launched film company "Minds-Eye". The feel of the documentary is thought to be a real "Fly on the Wall Perspective" of all the varying elements that contribute to the Minds live experience. McKenzie says "The documentary's aim will be to satisfy the interests of Minds purists, and in doing so avoid the polished, edited, bland formats that make it just fodder.

[Source: www.simpleminds.com]

11/ 5/98 : "Just phoned the information line for the UK Fleadh Festival to confirm if an item on UK Teletext was correct in asserting that Simple Minds were NOT playing. Unfortunately it seems true. Simple Minds are not playing, and James are headlining instead."

[Source: Simon Cornwell]

8/ 5/98 : whilst the European version of War Babies features remixes of The American and I Travel, the forthcoming May 18th release in the UK is different. Spread across 7", cassette single and CD are remixes of All The Things She Said, I Travel (same as European release) and Theme For Great Cities. And the CD is enhanced with the War Babies video.

[Source: Simon Cornwell]

6/ 5/98 : Simple Minds will maybe take part of the Pino Daniele's gig on june, 17 in Naples (San Paolo stadium).

[Source: la Repubblica]

4/ 5/98 : the live recording of the live show in Bologna for the italian tv TMC2 will be on air on Help - may, 21 (16-18 pm) and on Roxy Bar (date to be confirmed). Click here! to see comments, shots and more about the event!

go to Rome, 01/07/97

News and rumours from 28/12/96 til 28/4/98

If you've got other news, send me a message!

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