Simple Minds concert

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Does anyone still remember the popular Scottish band, SIMPLE MINDS? They were such a huge hit in the 1980’s and of course, I was a big fan of their music back then, and so was the Dutchman.

Here’s the beef, even though the glory days of Simple Minds is over, the band is still surprisingly A-L-I-V-E! Yes, they are. They have just released a new album in September of 2005 and currently, the group is on tour all over Europe, USA and Australia, albeit with a focus on a niche market, the older genre. Ha-ha.

The news is… we went to their concert last weekend!









The Heineken Music Hall in Amsterdam and moi...those are Belgian guys beside me by the way, probably die-hard Simple Minds fans who flew in from Belgium just for the concert.

Here are some snapshots of the concert:













Simple Minds singer, Jim Kerr, he actually looks a bit like Bruce Willis... and the lead guitarist, the other remaining original member of the Simple Minds band.

The show was held in Heineken Music Hall in Amsterdam, with a capacity of almost 8,000 seats. All tickets were sold out. Man, I didn’t know Simple Minds still has much of a following!










More of Simple Minds in action.

Since we have the tickets to the open field, we went there an hour early to make sure we grab the right spot. Even though I’m a dwarf by European height standards, we made a decision to stand near the podium, as it is the best place to experience the real concert spirit. Our encounter last year with U2’s Vertigo Tour in the Amsterdam ArenA [10x or more the capacity of Heineken Music Hall] was such a pity because we were sitting at the far back end of the stadium. So this time, we made sure we were up there, real close and personal.

I have many live 1 minute footages [yeah bootlegs!] of the concert taken by our digicam, featuring their famous old hits such as: “Don’t You Forget About Me”, “New Gold Dream” and “Alive And Kicking”. I am still looking for a host for these AVI files and when they are ready, I will upload them here.








After the show, can you see the littered plastic cups all over the floor? What a mess.
All in all, the concert was a success. Jim Kerr, the singer and front man of the group was looking good although definitely older in years. Well, I too and the rest of the --visibly kids of the 1980’s generation concert attendees, he-he.













And of course, we wouldn’t miss it for the world to take more pictures of moi. ;-)

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