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Formed in 1977 by Jim Kerr and Charlie Burchill, Simple Minds (hailing from Glasgow, Scotland) were previously known as Johnny And The Self Abusers. Under that name they released one single (Saints And Sinners) and played various live shows between February and November 1977 before they changed their name to Simple Minds. Simple Minds initially signed to Arista who recorded and released their first three albums. The musical changes Simple Minds went through in these first three albums shows how diverse their song range is. Tracks to compare would be Chelsea Girl, their first single with hints of Johnny And The Self Abusers, and I Travel an almost disco sounding track. Virgin Records saw the potential in the band and in 1981 signed them up. The first release on Virgin was a double album, but released as two single albums - Sons and Fascination and Sister Feelings Call. They first found noteable success with New Gold Dream (81-82-83-84), which is still regarded as their best album by some fans. They have had great commercial success in Europe and across the world since then (in the 80's and early 90's they sold 30 million albums worldwide). In the United States, however, they are known primarily for Don't You (Forget About Me) which was used in the soundtrack to the film the breakfast club and went to number one. Ironically it is one of few songs recorded by the band that they didn't write themselves. In 1985 Once Upon a Time yielded a string of worldwide hit singles, (Alive and Kicking, Sanctify Yourself and Ghostdancing) leading to playing bigger arenas and supporting Amnesty International with donations from record sales. Jim Kerr and Charlie Burchill remain the core of the band to this day, with Andy Gillespie (keyboards), Mel Gaynor (drums) and Eddie Duffy (bass) supporting. Other members of the band: Michael Mac Neil (keyboards), Derek Forbes (Bass) and John Giblin (Bass). They have maintained a strong fan base world-wide and their album Black and White 050505 received critical acclaim on its release in September 2005, although it is unlikely to secure a release in the United States. Jim Kerr was married to Chrissie Hynde of the Pretenders in 1984 (divorced 1992). They have one child, Yasmin Paris Kerr (1985). He was subsequently married to actress Patsy Kensit in 1992 (divorced, 1996) with whom he had a son, James Kerr (born, 1993). Discography: Life in a Day - 1979 Reel to Real Cacophony - 1979 Empires and Dance - 1980 Sons and Fascination - 1981 Sister Feelings Call - 1981 Celebration - 1982 New Gold Dream (81-82-83-84) - 1982 Sparkle in the Rain - 1984 Once Upon a Time - 1985 Live in the City of Light - 1987 Street Fighting Years - 1989 Real Life - 1991 Glittering Prize 81/92 - 1992 Good News From the Next World - 1995 Neapolis - 1998 Neon Lights - 2001 The Best of Simple Minds - 2001 Cry - 2002 Early Gold - 2003 Black and White 050505 - 2005 Black and White Live - 2006
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Electronic Rock, Electronic, Pop, Rock
Ged Grimes, Gordy Goudie, Charlie Burchill, Sarah Brown, Jim Kerr, Cherisse Osie
Solid return for Simple Minds... great set list and production. Impressive turn-out compared to MTelus show a few years back. Modern English was excellent support, but SoftCell were useless. Simple Minds would do well to drop them from the tour. All they did was run a program on their MacBook (which crashed at least twice). A waste of time, really.
Bell Centre Montreal, QCThe band was phenomenal, high energy, amazing drummer, strong vovalsust as it should be and just as I recall ..apart from an awful venue. Not an inch of space poor views. If you weren't sardined with the masses, you could only be leaning on a bin..very unpleasant and put me off Southampton for a venue for sure. I left early.
Southampton Summer Sessions Southampton, United KingdomKT Tunstall 4/5 The Pretenders 5/5 Simple Minds 4/5 A very talented young lady and two bands that have a lot of mileage behind them - and it showed, professional, engaging and well delivered. Shame about Simple Minds sound levels for the first 15min but once they brought the guitar and vocals in, all was ok. Family friendly, fun and good value.
Lydiard Park Swindon, United KingdomA fantastic show! I got the Silver VIP package. The merch for that was quite underwhelming. The drink token was cool, but you had to give it up to use. I was really disappointed by the seating. I understand that it's temporary but for the price of the tickets I did expect better.
Toyota Pavilion at Concord Concord, CAGreat show. First time I’ve had the opportunity to see Simple Minds. Glad they played a broad selection of my favorite early 80’s era. I wish the keyboard parts had been more prominent but that’s where their heads are at these days (and no proper keyboard specialist).
Austin City Limits Live at The Moody Theater Austin, TXYes, Simple Minds is currently on tour. If you're interested in attending an upcoming Simple Minds concert, make sure to grab your tickets in advance. The Simple Minds tour is scheduled for 1 dates across 1 cities. Get information on all upcoming tour dates and tickets for 2026-2027 with Hypebot.
Simple Minds is scheduled to play 1 shows between 2026-2027. Buy concert tickets to a nearby show through Hypebot.
Simple Minds's tour starts Nov 14, 2026 and ends on Nov 14, 2026. They will play 1 cities; their most recent concert was held in Huntington Beach at Huntington State Beach and their next upcoming concert will be in at .
As part of the Simple Minds tour, Simple Minds is scheduled to play across the following venues and cities:
