Simple Minds are back on European Charts. The album was released September 12th throughout Europe on Sanctuary and entered the Billboard European Top 100 Albums chart at No. 16 September 22nd Its strongest showing has been in Germany, where it debuted at No. 6 on the...
Andrew Cowen talks to Simple Minds singer Jim Kerr about stardom second time around...
'I like fringe places. Sicily is almost in Africa and you can feel it' First holiday memory? When I was five, my parents took me to Bray in Ireland. We took the overnight boat to Dublin and stayed in a B&B. It was the first time I...
If any cure has been found for reviewer's block, surely this latest Simple Minds album is comparable to it. Seldom does a writer feel bombarded with an overwhelming degree of angles in which to review an album. The most obvious pre-review consideration is the release...
Simple Minds' Jim Kerr reveals what gets him through the day. Morning Has Broken. At the risk of sounding a ponce, when I get up I listen to The Lark Ascending, by Ralph Vaughn Williams. As I love the early morning this is the great awakening piece...
Simple Minds have been around since time immemorial or so it seems – the bar tonight, chock-a-block with competition winners who apparently hadn’t seen the band for 20 years (or similar), echoed with stories of the invention of the wheel and how things had improved...
The new Album released today. Details below: Produced By Jez Coad & Simple Minds. Engineers : Arjen Mensigna & Michiel Hoogenboezem. Mixed By Bob Clearmountain @ MixThis Studios, Los Angeles, CA. Assisted By Brandon Duncan. Mastered By Bob Ludwig. 01. Stay Visible (5.17) Words: Kerr. Music: Coad. 02. Home (4.26) Words: Kerr. Music: Burchill...
Black & White 050505 - A Return to Form One of Scotland's most successful bands, they defined a generation, have scored over twenty Top 20 hits in a career spanning nearly three decades. They have sold over thirty million records, had five Number 1 albums, a...
Simple Minds performed exclusively for Clyde 1 at the renowned King Tut's in Glasgow, especially for 200 lucky Radio Clyde winners. They played tracks from their new album, Black & White 050505 and rocked the crowd with classics like Alive & Kicking, Don't You Forget...
Home Single Out Tomorrow. Produced By Jez Coad & Simple Minds. 5" CD Single. 01. Home (Radio Edit) (4.05) Produced By Jez Coad & Simple Minds. Engineers : Arjen Mensigna & Michiel Hoogenboezem. Mixed By Bob Clearmountain @ MixThis Studios, Los Angeles, CA. Assisted By Brandon Duncan. Mastered By Bob Ludwig. Original version on...
Regarding the recently announced Simple Minds concert dates, guitarist Charlie Burchill has explained the thinking behind the choice of venues. Speaking from Germany this week, Charlie said: “ In support of Black & White 050505 we have decided to try and build things up from...
"We wanted to make an album once again that was full of dramatic and atmospheric pop music", says the band's front-man and founder Kerr. "We felt that we needed an album that proved as much to ourselves as anyone else, that the big beating heart of...
