Eddie Duffy left the band on the penultimate date of their “Graffiti Soul” tourThe end of the “Graffiti Soul” tour in September 2010 offered a bombshell of sorts with the sudden departure of bassist Eddie Duffy, who had held down the low frequency position in the band since their “Floating World Tour” of 2002. He eventually decamped to The States, where he’s working as a! His replacement in Simple Minds didn’t take long to be chosen, given the urgency of the situation. Ged Grimes ex-Danny Wilson had played on some of Kerr’s radio promo dates for his Lostboy! Project, so he was dropped into the deep end and managed to absorb an awful lot of Simple Minds music in time for their Paris date.After Jim Kerr’s Lostboy!
Tour was cancelled following his mother’s decline and death, the mothership came calling for the singer once more. The Summer of 2011 was spent performing a Greatest Hits Forest Tour, which was a fund raiser for the Forestry Commission. The band were performing the usual hits in an al fresco setting which couldn’t have hurt any. Going back to the usual hits till so soon after the band’s “30 Years Live” Summer tour of 2009 seemed like the band’s hit legacy was exerting an ever tighter grip on the band’s throat.
Only the “Graffiti Soul” tour of Winter 2009 offered any respite. Still, the Summer ’11 gigs would probably be a lot more hospitable than the usual sheds and arenas.
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