Simple Minds: Moore Theater, Seattle
Gillian G. Gaar, Rolling Stone, 23 March 1995
IT COULD be coincidence that Simple Minds kicked off their first tour in three years in Seattle. Given the band's unveiling of a rougher-edged, guitar-based sound, however, it seemed apropos that the moody Scottish rockers would find themselves in the capital of grunge, rain and flannel.
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