Paul Simpson
@MrPaulSimpson1
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Frontman of Liverpool post-punk band -The Wild Swans, co-founder of The Teardrop Explodes, and Care # MDANT Rep. @MWHamilton https://t.co/1ipVqOfIaH
Liverpool, England
Joined May 2017
RT @TheTLS: Congratulations to Jeff Young, winner of this year’s TLS Ackerley Prize for his highly original and exhilaratingly written memo….
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'He's clear in his mind -but his soul is mad' - .Dublin - July 2025. x
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Between 1996 and 2006 - in a respite from the hexed The Wild Swans, I made music under the name Skyray. DOWNLOADS:
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Happy Birthday to my lifelong pal - Les Pattinson. Friends since the age of 5. x
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Spent a lovely few hours this morning at RTE Dublin as the guest of DJ Mark Healy (also of the band Skanger) on That Show About Music. The episode will be broadcast this coming Saturday morning (22nd March) between 10am-12 and will be available on the RTE 2XM player. x
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Happy Birthday to my ex-bandmate and friend of 47 years - the genius artist Ged Quinn.
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RT @Will_Fuzz: Good afternoon . Set a reminder for later today 7 th March at 6 pm GMT - Weird as Fish goes on Pre-Sale. Limited to 500 gr….
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Link to pre-order goes live at 6pm tonight. Be quick. This one will fly out. xx
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Bill Drummond on 'Revolutionary Spirit' by The Wild Swans. x .
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'Sleeping Gas' reviewed by Giovanni Dadomo in Sounds - 3rd, March 1979. Single of the week no less. x
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KONVOS: Special Guest PAUL SIMPSON of THE WILD SWANS, CARE & THE TEARDRO.
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All fur coat - no knickers at the Brian Jonestown Massacre show at Dublin's Olympia last night. Love & thanks @rickmaymi x
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Friends reunited. Ricky Maymi and I at Dublin's Olympia Theatre earlier today. Last time I walked this stage was 27 (count em') years ago, when I was supporting Echo and the Bunnymen on their Evergreen comeback tour. Really looking forward to the BJM show tonight.
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Liverpool 1978. The first ever photograph of The Teardrop Explodes. Mick Finkler (center) was 18, I was 19, and Julian was 20. (@paulsimpson on bluesky) x
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Bit washed out after a nasty viral bug, but this was fun. x.
Just wonderful to chat music with The Teardrop Explodes and The Wild Swans founder member @MrPaulSimpson1 We chat Beatles, Bowie and his career in music. FULL CHAT HERE .
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