Simple Minds' "Don't You (Forget About Me)" topped the charts after it was released on "The Breakfast Club" soundtrack in 1985. “It sounded a little generic to us,” Jim Kerr, lead singer of the band, ...

Consider 2025 a victory lap of sorts for Simple Minds. In 1985, the Scottish outfit played Live Aid in Philadelphia and released Once Upon a Time, the band’s seventh studio album and one that yielded ...

Some 45 years or so after making their initial appearance during Britain’s post-punk era, Simple Minds mark their return courtesy of not one, but two new live albums, albeit each with a different ...

NOBLESVILLE, Ind. — "Don't You" want to see one of the world's most iconic Scottish rock bands perform this summer? The band Simple Minds recently announced its North American headline tour, featuring ...

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Simple Minds is coming to play Ball Arena on Tuesday, May 27 – a show that won’t be threatened by Nuggets playoff basketball. (Sorry, Katy Perry.) As part of the ...

When Simple Minds first heard “Don’t You (Forget About Me)” — their No. 1 single that would serve as the theme song and teenage anthem of the 1985 Brat Pack classic “The Breakfast Club” — it wasn’t ...