Simple Minds - Liverpool

(Broadcast)

22 July 2003 - King's Dock Arena - Liverpool, England




It could have been 1987 all over again, except in those days these boys used to play stadiums all over Europe, not tents!
And the crowd, the biggest collection of mid-life crisis aged men I've ever seen in one place outside of a Harley Davidson convention, have a little less hair and a bit more round the waist. But Simple Minds are still here, Alive and Kicking...obviously!
Their old stuff sounds as fresh today as it did back then and they're the tunes that make up most of tonights set. The die-hards wouldn't settle for anything less. Local heroes China Crisis get things off to a cracking start and get an unbelievable ovation. So when Jim Kerr and co come on stage it seems to take a while for things to get going. They pull out a couple of old, and rarely heard gems like Love Song and East at Easter....perhaps not surprising when you consider they've got an album of early tunes to promote. By the time they rip into Alive and Kicking the crowd are going mad. Favourites like Waterfront, Mandela Day and a fantastic version of Ghost Dancing mixed with Gloria go down a storm. But the biggest cheer of the night is reserved for Don't you forget about Me, a bit ironic when you consider its a song Jim Kerr never wanted to record. When it was used in the teen film The Breakfast Club, it became Simple Minds biggest hit and I think he's learnt to love it over the years. Glaswegian Kerr seems as up for it tonight as he did 20 years ago, bouncing around the stage and leading the crowd in a chorus of 'laa la la la laa'. The days of stadiums may be behind them, but with this much energy and songs this good.....and fans this loyal....Simple Minds could still be heading for that Glittering Prize.
-Lee Bennion

CD1:
01. One Step Closer
02. I Travel
03. Changeling
04. Hypnotised
05. East at Easter
06. Mandela Day
07. Love Song
08. Ghostdancing / Gloria /Light My Fire
09. Don't You foget about me

CD2:
10. C Moon Cry Like a Baby
11. She's a River
12. Alive & Kicking
13. New Gold Dream
14. Someone, Somewhere in Summertime
15. Glittering Prize
16. See the Lights
17. Waterfront
18. Sanctify Yourself

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