“When we started our first arena tour of Europe, in the early eighties, I remember doing the soundcheck and thinking: ‘Yes, this will work, but wouldn’t it be great if we had some songs that were ...

Mass success looked increasingly attainable for Simple Minds during the early-to-mid 1980s, with albums such as New Gold ...

It’s good to have integrity about your music and the direction you want it to take. But when you get stubborn about it, to the point that it might actually work against folks hearing your music, it ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. Jim Kerr is the lead singer in the notorious ...

Simple Minds is coming to play Ball Arena on Tuesday, May 27 – a show that won’t be threatened by Nuggets playoff basketball. (Sorry, Katy Perry.) As part of the ...

The post Simple Minds Make The Breakfast Club Unforgettable appeared first on Consequence of Sound. Simon & Garfunkel’s “The Sound of Silence” Takes Us Inside The Graduate At the same time, Ringwald’s ...

PHOENIX – If you love ‘80s new wave anthems, don’t you forget about getting tickets to see Simple Minds in Phoenix this spring. The Scottish rock band is celebrating the 40th anniversary of the smash ...

Jim Kerr had forgotten all about it. The vocalist for Scottish rock band Simple Minds had only vaguely remembered when a somewhat inebriated guy had handed the band a cassette backstage after an Los ...

The triple bill on Saturday, June 21 at the Pine Knob Music Theatre was in some ways defined by one of Soft Cell’s songs — “Nostalgia Machine.” But rest assured that the old from all three bands ...

Way back in 1985, Scottish new-wavers Simple Minds changed the game with that quintessential ’80s hit, “Don’t You (Forget About Me)” (from a little film called “The Breakfast Club.”) Now, you can hear ...