When I am introduced to Charlie Burchill, Simple Minds’ guitarist, the first thing he asks me is, “Where are you from?” It’s a complicated question for me to answer, but it doesn’t surprise me that he ...

Even with a noticeable number of empty seats Friday night at Acrisure Arena, Simple Minds’ performance on their Alive and Kicking tour was anything but bland. The Scottish rock band delivered a ...

Consider 2025 a victory lap of sorts for Simple Minds. In 1985, the Scottish outfit played Live Aid in Philadelphia and released Once Upon a Time, the band’s seventh studio album and one that yielded ...

Simple Minds performs at the North Island Credit Union Amphitheatre. (Photo by Donovan Roche/Times of San Diego) It’s not easy to stand out when your lead singer is Jim Kerr. And yet, that’s exactly ...

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 ...

“Don’t You (Forget About Me)” was built to be an anthem. Or maybe it was rebuilt to be an anthem. In 1984, songwriter Keith Forsey and director John Hughes pitched Simple Minds on recording Forsey’s ...

On June 1, the Toyota Music Factory in Irving buzzed with electricity as fans lined up for a night filled with the echoes of an iconic decade. The Alive & Kicking Tour 2025 promised a euphoric journey ...

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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 ...

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 ...

Simple Minds' Alive and Kicking Tour 2025 is their largest in North America since 1986. Jim Kerr reveals the story behind "Don't You (Forget About Me)," the song of a generation 40 years ago. Here's ...

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