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Interviewed during his current visit to Japan, Jim Kerr revealed that Book Of Brilliant Things was among the Simple Minds songs that he identified with most. Kerr was quoted as saying "more than music, ever since my earliest childhood years, books have meant so much to...

'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...

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...