Simple Minds - Sun City Live at Wembley 1990

[Tunnelof]

Magical show,Stevie is a great guy and all musicans too

[albionminer]

Everyone who played Sun City deserves a pat on the back, fuck all you stupid liberal twats. Let little Steven go to SA, see the paradise.

[Sean2001]

Don't think I want to look like a hero !

And even if Queen hides behind Dionne Warwick,the O'Kays, Mr Manilow, Frank, Boney M and the rest we can still see them.

While it is important to remember the mistakes of the past it is even more important that Brian May's views about Apartheid have changed - good luck to him and Queen for te future

[tadgerno1]

queen hide behind the multi ethnic artists you just mentioned?never,queen never hid behind anyone,the other artists hid behind them.

queen played sun city in the name of music,nothing to do with supporting apartheid.

unlike bono who writes sbs and claims it's not a rebel or a protest song,then 10 years later admits it was,it didn't stop him playing in mainland britain did it?nor did it stop him accepting a knighthood from the same country.

[adamboro35]

I was at wembley that night, was only 17 didnt really know little steven for anything other than sun city, Now he is Silvio, my fave character in 'The Sopranos' what a guy

[herb4peace]

this song was then written against the terrorist aphartheid regime... now, 25 jears later it can be used against the terrorist new worldwide order regime.... thx steve

[23Atlantean]

I was here on this magical day!

[alternatereality85]

@23Atlantean Yup me too, will never forget it!

[Debs007girl]

Artistes with a conscience & AAM membership were there..as was I

I even recall Denzil Washington coming on stage to raptuous applause...he'd recently played Biko

I remember it like it were yesterday

[Sean2001]

And who did play Sun City in 1984 - Queen now pretending they were anti-apartheid.

They decided to support South Africa rather that the United Nations cultural boycott.

Queen played a run of shows at Sun City, the entertainment complex located in Bophutswana, one of 10 South African Bantustans: tracts of low-quality land supposedly enshrined as independent black homelands that were in fact one of the struts of the apartheid regime.

[greymilton]

Really? Is this true?  I did not know this. Hmmmm.

[keef186]

Yeah Queen took a lot of heat for playing Sun City & then playing Live Aid a year later it seemed rather hypocritical of them. Rod Stewart also played Sun City I think.

[tadgerno1]

i know it's been a year since you made your comment,but i will list a number of multi race artists that played there.

Dionne warwick,the o'jays,manilow,sinatra,boney m,george benson,cher,ray charles,julio.

For some reason queens good name gets brought up and dragged through the mud by every arsehole that wants to look like a hero.

[tadgerno1]

the other comment you made was removed by the author,what did you write?

[StinNord]

Looove this!!!! Thanks for sharing this great

live performance!!!

[JRHartly1984]

Simple minds wound piss on muse

[spikelive]

trust me ,j'm 40 j saw 15 simple minds gigs..jim,charlie,mick,derek and mel are my hereos!4 sure j'm one of the greatest simple minds fan....but j assure you, after j saw the muse gig, j can say that Muse (especially Matt bellamy)are with Minds the best live band ever!

ps j saw,pink floyd,ac dc,police,u2(12 times),cure,depeche mode,rem,metallica,iron maiden,pearl jam,radiohead,coldplay,oasis,k­eane..no one of them like MUSE and Simple Minds!!

it's only my opinion cheers from italy

[spikelive]

simple minds are gods!they play live(still today)incredibly well!

only Muse play good live as simple minds!!

[SwingRiots]

Little Steven is so damn cool...

He should release some new material...he's definatley one of my favourite songwriters.