Simple Minds: Last News

Simple Minds have shared details of a UK and Ireland tour next spring.The Scottish band have announced the new leg of their ‘Global Tour 2024′ following the recent news of dates in Australia and New Zealand next year.It follows last year’s ’40 Years Of Hits Tour’ and will be their biggest overall tour since 1985.Tickets for the UK and Ireland shows go on general sale from 9am BST this Friday (September 8) here.The UK and Ireland leg of Simple Minds’ tour kicks off at Leeds’ First Direct Arena on March March. It’s followed by eight more UK shows (minus an Ireland show at Dublin’s 3Arena), culminating in a hometown concert at Glasgow’s The OVO Hydro on March 29.Singer Jim Kerr said: “Concerts are the life blood of Simple Minds, it’s where we and our audience come alive and energised through music.

Simple Minds have announced a new live album, ahead of their huge UK and Ireland tour this summer. Find all the details below.The Scottish band are due to release ‘Live In The City Of Diamonds’ on April 24 (pre-order/pre-save here). It captures a career-spanning sold-out concert at the Ziggo Dome arena in Amsterdam on April 6, 2024.Fans will be able to own the collection in the following physical formats:2 x CD Media Book: features 24 tracks and a 24-page book including exclusive photos and tour notes written by Jim Kerr.Double black vinyl: 18-tracks, housed in gatefold sleeve with hi-spec finish.Specialist Retail Exclusive Vinyl: Double clear / glitter vinyl housed in gatefold sleeve with hi-spec finish. The new album Live in The City of Diamonds, out April 25th 2025.

Simple Minds have shared details of numerous outdoor UK shows, all set for summer 2025. Find more details below.Six new shows have been shared by the Scottish band, and all of which will be held throughout June and July next year.The first of which will take place at Lincoln Castle on June 28, followed by a show on the following night (June 29) at the Guildhall Square in Southampton.

Simple Plan have shared a cover of Elton John‘s ‘Can You Feel The Love Tonight’ – listen to their pop-punk take on the classic below.Today (July 12), the Canadian pop-punk outfit released their take on Elton John’s hit song from The Lion King, in collaboration with Disney. The track, per a Billboard report, is part of a larger Disney project titled ‘A Whole New Sound’, which will see new covers of iconic songs written for Disney films.The ‘Can You Feel The Love Tonight’ cover comes as The Lion King celebrates its 30th anniversary this year.Listen to Simple Plan’s cover of Elton John’s ‘Can You Feel The Love Tonight’ below.Simple Plan said of their cover to Billboard: “When Disney reached out to us to be a part of this project, it was a bit overwhelming because there are so many amazing Disney songs.

Simple Minds have shared a new video for their recent single ‘Vision Thing’.The clip, which you can view below, is interspersed with live pictures of the band recently performing at the Ancient Theatre Taormina in Sicily.It is the first track to be lifted from their forthcoming eighteenth studio album ‘Direction Of The Heart’.The song is described as a tribute to frontman Jim Kerr’s “best pal” – his late father who passed away in 2019.It is ‘Direction Of The Heart”s opener and is followed by eight new tracks, which were all recorded at Hamburg’s Chameleon Studios. ‘Human Traffic’ features a guest appearance from Sparks’ frontman Russell Mael, and elsewhere the album includes a cover of The Call’s 1983 single ‘The Walls Came Down’.‘Direction Of The Heart’ is the follow-up to 2018’s ‘Walk Between Worlds’ and is out on October 21.

Simple Minds have sold their “key music interests” to major label BMG.The agreement was made between the label and the band’s core members Jim Kerr and Charlie Burchill, giving BMG the publishing rights to over 240 songs.“We are very pleased to have struck this deal,” Kerr said in a statement obtained by Music News. “It feels like the right time for us and our families.

Simple Minds have shared new single ‘Vision Thing’, which is the first to be taken from the band’s upcoming eighteenth studio album ‘Direction Of The Heart’.The euphoric ‘Vision Thing’ features music written by guitarist Charlie Burchill and lyrics by frontman Jim Kerr, with the song described as a tribute to Kerr’s “best pal” – his late father who passed away in 2019.The new single is ‘Direction Of The Heart”s opener and is followed by eight new tracks, which were all recorded at Hamburg’s Chameleon Studios. ‘Human Traffic’ features a guest appearance from Sparks’ frontman Russell Mael, and elsewhere the album includes a cover of The Call’s 1983 single ‘The Walls Came Down’.‘Direction Of The Heart’ is the follow-up to 2018’s ‘Walk Between Worlds’ and is out on October 21.