December 1979
uk tour, peel session
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The UK tour winds up this month with a new years concert at The Technical College,
Glasgow. They will also record a
John Peel session which will be aired in January.
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November 1979
real to real cacophony
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The new, and very different, album Real To Real Cacophony has now been
released. Whilst it looks unlikely to chart, the reviews are far more positive.
Meanwhile, the band have started a tour of the UK.
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October 1979
new european tour
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The band start a tour of the European mainland this month; it will include gigs in
Germany, Belgium and Sweden. As they want to appear on The Old Grey Whistle Test again, they'll also be travelling
to the US for a couple of gigs in New York, where the BBC film crew are currently filming.
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1st August 1979
uk tour, bbc broadcast
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The UK tour winds up this week; the band will finish a couple of London gigs (including
The Marquee) before travelling to Wales to record their next album.
However, a one-off gig at the Paris Theatre in London is planned for September 8th. This will be recorded by the BBC and
broadcast in the near future.
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20th June 1979
chelsea girl single, uk tour
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As expected, Chelsea Girl is to be the new single, released at the end
of June. The B-side, Garden Of Hate, was recorded especially for the single, and is
one of a batch of new songs.
And these new songs can be heard on the band's
forthcoming UK tour which kicks off at Barbarella's, Birmingham.
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10th May 1979
uk tour, new manager, publishing deal, new single
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With the successful Magazine tour over, Simple Minds have also
announced that Bruce is now officially their manager, and they have also secured a
publishing deal.
The band will be having a brief rest before embarking on their own
tour of the UK. A
new single is also expected to coincide with the start of the tour.
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15th April 1979
life in a day album, uk tour
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Life In A Day is now climbing the charts, and
Simple Minds are currently half-way through their first
UK tour supporting Magazine.
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5th March 1979
life in a day single, old grey whistle test, kid jensen session, uk tour
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Simple Minds first single is released this month
on Zoom.
With the album now finished, the band will be appearing on
The Old Grey Whistle Test and playing for
a Radio One session.
Warm up dates have been announced. This is for a UK tour in
April and May supporting Magazine.
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25th February 1979
debut lp
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Simple Minds have almost finished their first LP which is to be called
Life In A Day.
It was recorded at Farmyard Studios in Amersham using the Rolling Stones Mobile. From there, they moved to
London, for mixing at Townhouse and Abbey Road.
John Leckie was the producer.
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20th January 1979
debut lp
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The band have been working at a barn on a farm near Edinburgh where they're selecting and
rejecting material for
their new LP (provisionally titled Children Of The Game). They've even managed to write a
new song whilst sorting through everything; it's called Life In A Day.
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