Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. “I remember this high-rise block we were staying in,” Simple Minds singer Jim Kerr says of his Glasgow youth, “and I loved staying ...

These include opener “Vision Thing”, a tribute to Kerr’s late father, in which the expansive, opening chords, driving kick-drum and pulsing bass are filled with fond familiarity, Alan Parsons-esque ...

Simple releases its self-titled third album Saturday, June 18, at Nightlight. Ye Olde Shoppe and Minor Stars open the $5 show at 10 p.m. The first album by Chapel Hill trio Simple, 2008’s Songs From a ...

It's 1985, the Breakfast Club is in the Cinema and its theme song, 'Don't You Forget About Me', has just helped break Simple Minds in America. The most successful moment in their career is regarded by ...

The journey of Simple Minds started in the gritty punk clubs of Glasgow, Scotland, in 1977, continuing to small theaters and halls and then on to massive stadium-rock celebrations. Along the way, it ...

With live music off the table for nearly two years, the period of early quarantine amidst pandemic became a creative time for Simple Minds frontman Jim Kerr, who set to work on the group’s 19th studio ...

Simple Minds decided to copy a Canadian band that isn't exactly huge in the US or anywhere else - they took an MGB song, and copied the tune, the bassline, the general structure of the song, and the ...