Simple Minds
2024-05-11
Cruel World Festival
Sad Girls Stage
Pasadena, CA

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SETLIST:

01. Intro
02. Waterfront
03. Once Upon A Time
04. Someone Somewhere in Summertime
05. (talking)
06. Promised You A Miracle
07. Sanctify Yourself
08. All the Things She Said
09. The Walls Come Down (The Call cover)
10. Don't You (Forget About Me)
11. Alive and Kicking

NOTES:

I've been hoping and wanting Simple Minds to come and play Cruel World since the first festival. I thought they might be there last year, but to no avail, but thankfully they were booked this year, and were an instant must see for me. It was at the second (smaller) stage, so I knew the crowd was going to be a shit show for this one if I didn't get there early, so I went and got a spot during Jesus and Mary Chain and then moved closer as that set ended. Thank God I did, because trying to navigate that crowd without a VIP/Clubhouse wristband will run you into some bad bottlenecks (the one thing I don't like about the second stage placement).

Anyway, the band looked and sounded great. I must say, from a distance, Charlie Burchill sorta looks like Tom Cruise from parallel universe or something. Singer Jim also mentioned this was their first time back in the states/US in 6 years (hadn't realized it had been that long), so they seemed extra excited to be back and playing for us, and the giant crowd turnout sure didn't disappoint either I would assume.

I was happy with the setlist outside of one thing, and I knew beforehand that they weren't going to play it, but why the hell would they not play "Human Traffic" from their latest album? I know most people want to hear the old stuff, as always, but that album is actually pretty good, and "Human Traffic" is EASILY the best song on it, but it seems they have never played it live. I wonder why? Wish that will change in the future.
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