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Check out this mashup of Elvis Presley's 'Suspicious Minds' and Simple Minds' 'Alive and Kicking' Jim thought you'd get a kick out of it!!! Simplicious Minds [PS it's also been added into the Members Area]...

Days later but like everybody else I am still shocked and incredibly saddened by these images that I see in the media. My already huge respect for the country and the people has increased manifold as I observe how they are dealing with the challenge...

As someone who sells sounds for a living it may seem strange that I use this space to enthuse about the benefits of silence but that is exactly my intention. I should explain, I guess. Anyone who visits these pages fairly regularly will have noticed that I...

Simple Minds will play Hampton Court Festival on Thursday 16 June 2011. Tickets are available now from the festival website: CLICK HERE FOR TICKETS Venue: Hampton Court Festival, Hampton Court Palace, Surrey, GB, KT8 9AU Part of 10 day Festival Ticket Price: £65 & £55 Box office Telephone: 0844 873...

Just announced, Simple Minds will play Sparkassen Arena in Kiel, Germany on Sunday 24th July 2011 and the tickets will be available to visitors and Members at Simpleminds.com from Monday 21st Feb at 9.00am local time before they go on general release to the public...

Just announced that Simple Minds are to headline Rock Zottegem in Belgium on Saturday 9th July 2011. Press release: Today Rock Zottegem revealed its headliner for Saturday 9th July. With Simple Minds performing on stage, Rock Zottegem was yet again able to rope in a smasher. The Scottish...

Simple Minds are to play City Rocks, Inverness, Scotland on Saturday 16 Jul 2011. Special Guests will be Big Country so it looks set to be a great night! Ticket Price is £36.00 Box office Telephone: 08444 99 99 90 CLICK HERE TO BUY TICKETS More info on the...

Parts of the Middle East are experiencing what is seemingly their "Berlin Wall Moment" and I can’t deny the thrill I feel on seeing people bravely take to the streets, particularly if it successfully results in the humiliating dismissal of a tyrant. But it was the...

Just announced, Simple Minds will play three more shows in Germany this year [details below] and the tickets will be available to Members at Simpleminds.com before they go on general release to the public. The Pre-Sale will be held in the Members Area on Saturday 15th...

It was a productive enough past year and that makes me feels good, always better feast than famine. To varying degrees of completion, I worked on somewhere around nearly 40 new song ideas over the last 12 months and that easily makes it the most creative...

Just a little note from Jim to say thank you for all the kind words and wishes he has received after his sad news this week. Here is an excerpt from Jim's journal yesterday: "Follower´s of my Facebook page will have recently seen the post where I...