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Simple Minds did not write Don’t You… Frontman Jim Kerr has described it as “a gift” that fell into their laps. Written by ...
Scottish rockers Simple Minds got into the studio with Jimmy Iovine and made one of the great albums of the '80s ...
The Scottish rock group Simple Minds reaffirmed their legacy as one of the bands that defined the 1980s in a commanding ...
All things considered, Once Upon A Time did all right for Simple Minds. Released in 1985, it topped the UK album charts, produced a string of hit singles and helped establish them in the US. Once Upon ...
Explore Long Island's deep connection with new wave music, featuring iconic bands like Simple Minds, The Cars and Wang Chung.
Simple Minds kicked off their Alive & Kicking North American tour on Friday at the Cascades Amphitheater in Ridgefield, Washington, with help from fellow ’80s new wavers Modern English and Soft Cell.
The group is celebrating the 40th anniversary of “Once Upon a Time” — the album that, with massive help from “Don’t You ...
Simple Minds is coming to play Ball Arena on Tuesday, May 27 — a show that won't be threatened by Nuggets playoff basketball.
When I am introduced to Charlie Burchill, Simple Minds’ guitarist, the first thing he asks me is, “Where are you from?” It’s a complicated question for me to answer, but it doesn’t surprise me that he ...
It created a wave of popularity that was large enough to make Simple Minds’ next album Once Upon a Time a smash hit. Kenny Hyslop’s time as Simple Minds’ drummer was brief; he played on ...
The success of “Don’t You (Forget About Me)” paved the way for another Simple Minds hit, “Alive and Kicking,” from the group’s “Once Upon a Time” album, later in 1985. And “Don ...
When I am introduced to Charlie Burchill, Simple Minds’ guitarist ... “Every time we played, people would go crazy. I wish everybody could, even once, feel as we get to feel, even before ...