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Gothenburg Concert Will Go Ahead. Following today's terrorist news story, many of London's airports are under tight security alert, and this has resulted in many delayed and cancelled flights. Earlier today we announced that the security alert would have a major impact on tonight's Simple Minds...

We are now coming to the “dog end days “of our summer tour and to be frank I can’t stand it. Not the actual concerts of course. What I mean is the broken up schedule of a show here, a show there, a few days...

Glaswegian Jim thinks Princes Street is magic. There are few bands with the sort of massive sound which does justice to big open-air events. However Scots supergroup Simple Minds know exactly how to project their anthems to build the maximum amount of atmosphere. So when they take...

Later this week in an open air stadium in Stuttgart we are set to open for The Rolling Stones, it will be the third time in our career that we will have been given the task of warming up the audience for Mick, Keith, Charlie...

There really is no competition; the Teatro Greco in Taormina is the most beautiful concert venue that any artist could hope to perform in. Personally speaking, just to set foot on stage in that ancient Greek theatre amphitheatre is almost enough to fill me with...

Alive and Kicking / Bristol Evening Post. Simple Minds, who are headlining this year's Orange Ashton Court Festival, have been on a year-long tour that has taken them across the world. And they are thoroughly enjoying being back on the road again, as frontman Jim Kerr...

Eddie Duffy live interview on Some Sweet Day. Eddie will be part of the Some Sweet Day broadcast tonight after he comes off stage from the gig in Naples. Click link below to listen to the show. www.wbwc.com...

Simple Minds are coming to the UK to perform four outdoor summer concerts in July and August. The band, who recently headlined the World Cup launch in Berlin on June 7th, originally started their Black & White 050505 World Tour in Dublin on January 30th. They've toured...

Interview by Billy Sloan, Sunday Mail, July 16th 2006. We’re alive and kicking 30 years on. Simple Minds’ Jim Kerr tells how they’ll prepare for their 30th anniversary by playing Edinburgh’s Princes Street Gardens on August 28 for T on the Fringe. What appealed about playing T...

Mostra D'oltremare Concert. Simple Minds have just announced that they will be playing a free concert at Mostra D'oltremare in Naples, Italy on Thursday July 20th. The band will take to the stage at 9pm....

When we are truly ourselves and giving all of our best, it often seems like we are awake among sleeping people. The energy alone that we radiate at those times awakes others. And while the words we say mean nothing, it is the energy that...