Simple Minds in Concert
The past few days have been so grey and miserable that I haven't been able to get out to do any fresh photography so I've been sorting out the MacLean Photographic archive. These images are from the Simple Minds concert held at Jarama in Spain in June 2010. The concert was held after the FIA GT3 European Championship race at the track that is located just north of the Spanish capital Madrid. I was there in my capacity as the FIA Media Delegate for the Championship and I had time to walk down to the stage and grab a few shots of lead singer Jim Kerr and the rest of the band. Scottish band Simple Minds were formed in 1977 and achieved commercial success in the early 1980s. The band scored a string of hit singles, and are perhaps best known for their 1985 hit "Don't You (Forget About Me)" (UK #7, US #1), from the soundtrack of the John Hughes film The Breakfast Club. Their other more prominent hits include "Alive and Kicking" (UK #7, US #3...