How could we forget about them? This week in 1985, Scotland’s Simple Minds landed an indelible number-one on the wing of a smash that soundtracked the final scene of the era’s seminal teen dramedy The ...
Mention Simple Minds to most music fans, and the first thing that most likely comes to mind is ā€œDon’t You (Forget About Me).ā€ The memorable song from the 1985 movie The Breakfast Club that went to No.
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 ...
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 ...
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Mass success looked increasingly attainable for Simple Minds during the early-to-mid 1980s, with albums such as New Gold ...
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 ...
When I am introduced to Charlie Burchill, Simple Minds’ guitarist, the first thing he asks me is, ā€œWhere are you from?ā€ It’s a complicated question for me to answer, but it doesn’t surprise me that he ...
Simple Minds' seventh album, the worldwide multiplatinum hit Once Upon a Time, will celebrate its 40th anniversary later this year with an expanded five-CD Deluxe Edition. The 1985 LP arrived just ...
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 ...
As a decade, overall, the ’80s kinda sucked. I remember; I was there. Its music, though, is sacrosanct. My generation is now vintage enough for tours featuring bands of our youth as they crisscross ...
How could we forget about them? This week in 1985, Scotland's Simple Minds landed an indelible number-one on the wing of a smash that soundtracked the final scene of the era's seminal teen dramedy The ...