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- Today Mick speaks out for the first time about the moment he decided to quit the band which gave him fame and fortune but almost destroyed his life. Ten years of struggle and turmoil fell from his shoulders as Mick MacNeil roared off into the future without a backward glance. The keyboard star with Scotland's biggest rock band was free!
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Michael Joseph MacNeil (born 20 July 1958) is a Scottish songwriter and keyboardist. He is best known as a former member of the group Simple Minds. [1]
Mar 2, 2000 · Ten years of struggle and turmoil fell from his shoulders as Mick MacNeil roared off into the future without a backward glance. The keyboard star with Scotland's biggest rock band was free! He had wanted to leave in true Thelma and Louise style - only he wanted to grab his freedom on a Harley Davidson.
Mar 31, 2022 · Original keyboard player Mick MacNeil, who left in 1990, refers to Don’t You (Forget About Me), still a radio staple 37 years after its original release, as a “shackle”. Even now, the band pointedly places the song in the middle of their live set, never at the end.
Jul 8, 2016 · “There was a far brighter, more optimistic slant on what we were doing,” Burchill remembers of the music he and keyboard player Mick MacNeil started to write in January 1982 in the band’s default base, rehearsal rooms at Rockfield studios in Monmouthshire, Wales.
Jul 10, 2022 · last updated 10 July 2022. For many, they’re forever tied to the shallow sheen of 80s arena rock and The Breakfast Club, but Simple Minds had an inventive side waiting to be discovered. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works.
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Mick MacNeil had the pop world at his fingertips a decaded ago. In late 1989, the Simple Minds keyboard player and co-songwriter had just celebrated the band's fourth consecutive number one album and first cahrt topping single in the UK.
Dec 1, 2009 · Problematic as that may have been – as it left us with some serious debts to be repaid. It diminished in comparison to the genuinely shocking news that Mick MacNeil, our co songwriter and keyboard player, had decided that he would be leaving Simple Minds. Now, that was a real problem.
