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 ...

Formed in 1977 in Glasgow from the roots of short-lived punk band Johnny & the Self-Abusers, Simple Minds released their ...

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' "Don't You (Forget About Me)" topped the charts after it was released on "The Breakfast Club" soundtrack in 1985. “It sounded a little generic to us,” Jim Kerr, lead singer of the band, ...

When the Scottish band Simple Minds made their live debut on stage at the Satellite City club in the city center of Glasgow on January 17, 1978, it’s fair to wonder just how big the four teenagers in ...

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 ...

Simple Minds is still very much an active band. In fact, its 20th studio album is in motion, according to frontman Jim Kerr. But this year, the Scottish group is enjoying the 40th anniversary of an ...

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

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 ...