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SIMPLE MINDS UNVEIL EPIC NORTH AMERICAN HEADLINE TOUR<\/strong> <\/strong>LEGENDARY UK BAND\u2019S BIGGEST NORTH AMERICAN LIVE RUN IN FOUR DECADES<\/strong> <\/strong>ALIVE & KICKING TOUR 2025 TO VISIT ARENAS AND AMPHITHEATERS ACROSS THE CONTINENT BEGINNING MAY 16 IN RIDGEFIELD, WA<\/strong> <\/strong>SUPPORT FOR THE WHOLE TOUR WILL BE SOFT CELL AND MODERN ENGLISH<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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PRESALES BEGIN WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 29 AT 10:00 AM (LOCAL)<\/strong>GENERAL ON-SALE STARTS FRIDAY, JANUARY 31 AT 10:00 AM (LOCAL)<\/strong> <\/strong>\u201cRUBY ANNIVERSARY\u201d DIGITAL EDITION OF <\/strong>ONCE UPON A TIME<\/em><\/strong>FEATURING \u201cDON\u2019T YOU (FORGET ABOUT ME)\u201d<\/strong>PREMIERES JANUARY 27<\/strong> <\/strong>PERFORMING \u201cDON\u2019T YOU (FORGET ABOUT ME)\u201d<\/strong>ON <\/strong>JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE!<\/em><\/strong> THIS WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 29<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
Simple Minds<\/strong> has announced plans for a major North American headline tour<\/strong> \u2013 the legendary UK band\u2019s biggest live run across the US and Canada in four decades. They are excited to share that the bands opening in support for the entire tour will be Soft Cell and Modern English. Dates get underway May 16 at Ridgefield, WA\u2019s Cascades Amphitheater and then continue through the June 22 finale at Noblesville, IN\u2019s Ruoff Music Center. Highlights from the Live Nation produced run include shows at such famed arenas and amphitheaters as Seattle, WA\u2019s Climate Pledge Arena (May 17), Inglewood, CA\u2019s Kia Forum (May 22), Denver, CO\u2019s Ball Arena (May 27), Woodlands, TX\u2019s Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion (May 31), Columbia, MD\u2019s Merriweather Post Pavilion (June 10), Wantagh, NY\u2019s Northwell at Jones Beach Theater (June 13), Mansfield, MA\u2019s Xfinity Center (June 15), and Toronto, ON\u2019s Budweiser Stage (June 18). Artist presales begin Wednesday, January 29 at 10:00 am (local). Local presales begin Thursday, January 30 at 10:00 am (local). All presales end Thursday, January 30 at 10:00 pm (local). General on-sales start Friday, January 31 at 10:00 am (local). For complete details and ticket availability, please visit www.simpleminds.com\/tour<\/a>. “Been a while but absence makes the heart grow fonder,\u201d says Jim Kerr. \u201cSimple Minds are ecstatic at the prospect of touring so extensively in the US and Canada this coming Spring.\u201d<\/em><\/strong> The eagerly awaited tour coincides with the 40th<\/sup> anniversary of Simple Minds\u2019 momentous 1985, a milestone year in their legendary career which saw them topping the world\u2019s charts with their Billboard \u201cHot 100\u201d #1 smash, \u201cDon\u2019t You (Forget About Me),\u201d and RIAA Gold-certified seventh studio album Once Upon A Time<\/em>, not to mention their unforgettable set in front of 135,000 fans \u2013 and a TV audience of millions \u2013 on the American leg of 1985\u2019s Live Aid. Today sees the digital premiere of a special new 9-track edition of Once Upon A Time<\/em> featuring the addition of \u201cDon\u2019t You (Forget About Me)\u201d and updated Ruby Anniversary artwork. Physical versions and other anniversary reissues will follow later in the year. Simple Minds will be performing \u201cDon\u2019t You (Forget About Me)” on <\/strong>Jimmy Kimmel Live!<\/em><\/strong> this Wednesday, January 29<\/strong>.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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“Hindsight is a glorious thing!\u201d continues Kerr. \u201c40 years on and it now feels right for Simple Minds to have \u2018Don’t You (Forget About Me)\u2019 included in this classy new nine track edition of Once Upon A Time.”<\/em><\/strong> STREAM\/DOWNLOAD<\/a> <\/strong>ONCE UPON A TIME (RUBY ANNIVERSARY EDITION)<\/em><\/strong> What\u2019s more, 2025 looks to be yet another banner year for Simple Minds, including the recent arrival of the new single, \u201cYour Name In Lights,\u201d released to celebrate the BBC premiere of the acclaimed documentary, Simple Minds: Everything Is Possible<\/em>, available to stream now exclusively in the UK on BBC iPlayer with North American broadcast dates to be unveiled soon. \u201cYour Name In Lights\u201d is joined by an official music video that had its world premiere on January 17 \u2013 marking the anniversary of the band\u2019s first-ever live performance as Simple Minds, held January 17, 1978, at Glasgow, Scotland\u2019s Satellite City. Produced and directed by acclaimed filmmaker Joss Crowley, (Kate Bush, Freddie Mercury, Peter Gabriel), Simple Minds: Everything Is Possible<\/em> is the first-ever feature-length documentary to chronicle the most iconic and influential Scottish band in history. Highlights include never-before-seen footage and feature interviews with band members, fellow musicians Bob Geldof, Bobby Gillespie (Primal Scream), Dave Gahan (Depeche Mode), Jerry Dammers (The Specials), Sharleen Spiteri (Texas), James Dean Bradfield (Manic Street Preachers), writer Irvine Welsh, actress Molly Ringwald, and album producers John Leckie, Pete Walsh, Steve Hillage, Trevor Horn, and Jimmy Iovine. LISTEN<\/a> TO \u201cYOUR NAME IN LIGHTS\u201d<\/strong>WATCH<\/a> \u201cYOUR NAME IN LIGHTS\u201d OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO<\/strong>WATCH<\/a> <\/strong>SIMPLE MINDS: EVERYTHING IS POSSIBLE<\/em><\/strong> (OFFICIAL TRAILER)<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\"\"L : Jim Kerr, R: Charlie Burchill \/ Photo Credit: Dean Chalkley<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
ABOUT SIMPLE MINDS:<\/strong>Inimitable musical pioneers for nearly half a century, Simple Minds are among the most successful UK bands of all time, having achieved more than 1B global streams on Spotify alone (with over 8.3M monthly listeners on Spotify alone) and total worldwide sales in excess of 60M, including six #1 albums in the UK and chart-topping releases in countless other territories including Germany, Italy, France, Spain, Australia, and New Zealand.\u00a0Coalescing around childhood friends\u00a0Jim Kerr\u00a0and\u00a0Charlie Burchill, Simple Minds emerged in 1978 with an immediately distinctive sound simultaneously rooted in punk, art-rock, and the electronic avant-garde. Over the next four decades, the band has pushed their open-armed approach to fashion a broad array of stylistic varieties \u2013 spanning pop, funk, gospel, soul, dance music, and more \u2013 into their own world-straddling brand of stadium-sized rock. Their continually evolving body of work is highlighted by such landmark LPs as 1982\u2019s\u00a0New Gold Dream (81,82,83,84)<\/em>, 1984\u2019s\u00a0Sparkle In The Rain<\/em>, 1985\u2019s\u00a0Once Upon A Time<\/em>, and 1989\u2019s\u00a0Street Fighting Years<\/em>, along with a stunning canon of iconic global hit singles spanning \u201cLove Song,\u201d \u201cSomeone Somewhere (In Summertime),\u201d \u201cGlittering Prize,\u201d \u201cPromised You A Miracle,\u201d \u201cUp On The Catwalk,\u201d\u00a0\u201cSpeed Your Love To Me,\u201d\u00a0\u201cWaterfront,\u201d \u201cBelfast Child,\u201d and of course the timeless teen anthem, 1985\u2019s US #1 classic, \u201cDon\u2019t You (Forget About Me),\u201d the latter of course famously featured in the classic John Hughes film,\u00a0The Breakfast Club<\/em>.\u00a0Named as the world\u2019s \u201cBest Live Band\u201d\u00a0by\u00a0Q Magazine<\/em>\u00a0in 1991, Simple Minds have long commanded the stages of sold-out arenas and stadiums around the planet. Their world-class credentials have been burnished in recent years by an array of equally remarkable accomplishments \u2013 from acclaimed new albums (including 2018\u2019s\u00a0Walk Between Worlds<\/em>\u00a0and 2022\u2019s\u00a0Direction of the Heart<\/em>, both of which had top 5 chart debuts in the UK), best-selling live albums, career retrospectives, and epic world tours to accolades and honors like a 2014 Q Inspiration Award (presented by avowed fan Manic Street Preachers\u2019 James Dean Bradfield) to a prestigious Ivor Novello Award for \u201cOutstanding Song Collection\u201d \u2013 all of which serve as timely reminders to a new generation of Simple Minds\u2019 ongoing appeal as well a springboard for their next burst of creativity. Now as ever, Simple Minds remain a band touched by powerful magic, continually willing to experiment while remaining true to their original instincts.\u00a0\u201cThe truth is we never fully wound down,\u2019\u00a0says Charlie Burchill.\u00a0\u201cThere have been lots of different incarnations of Simple Minds, but we\u2019ve always kept our identity. A legacy can be a burden if you allow it to be. For us, it\u2019s been empowering.\u201d<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0\u201cWe\u2019ve been on one hell of a journey,\u201d says Kerr. \u201cI\u2019m grateful for the career we\u2019ve had, but I\u2019m mad enough to think we can still hit new levels. This is what we do \u2013 write, record and play live. One of the things I\u2019m most proud of is that people say to me, what Simple Minds are you talking about? The avant-garde, the art-rock, the pop, the ambient, the instrumental group, the political, the folk, the stadium band? To play all those different styles but at the same time be quintessentially Simple Minds is an amazing thing.\u201d\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0# # #<\/em>\u00a0SIMPLE MINDS – NORTH AMERICAN TOUR 2025<\/strong>\u00a0MAY<\/strong>16 – Ridgefield, WA \u2013 Cascades Amphitheater17 \u2013 Seattle, WA \u2013 Climate Pledge Arena20 \u2013 Concord, CA \u2013 Toyota Pavilion at Concord22 \u2013 Inglewood, CA \u2013 Kia Forum23 \u2013 Greater Palm Springs, CA \u2013 Acrisure Arena24 \u2013 Chula Vista, CA \u2013 North Island Credit Union Amphitheatre25 \u2013 Phoenix, AZ \u2013 Talking Stick Resort Amphitheatre27 \u2013 Denver, CO \u2013 Ball Arena30 \u2013 Austin, TX \u2013 Moody Center31 \u2013 Woodlands, TX \u2013 Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion\u00a0JUNE<\/strong>1 \u2013 Irving, TX \u2013 The Pavillion at Toyota Music Factory4 \u2013 Rogers, AR – The Walmart AMP5 \u2013 Maryland Heights, MO \u2013 Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre7 \u2013 Atlanta, GA \u2013 Cadence Bank Amphitheatre at Chastain Park10 \u2013 Columbia, MD \u2013 Merriweather Post Pavilion11 \u2013 Holmdel, NJ \u2013 PNC Bank Arts Center13 \u2013 Wantagh, NY \u2013 Northwell at Jones Beach Theater14 \u2013 Philadelphia, PA \u2013 The Mann Center15 \u2013 Mansfield, MA – Xfinity Center17 \u2013 Montreal, QC \u2013 Centre Bell18 \u2013 Toronto, ON \u2013 Budweiser Stage20 \u2013 Chicago, IL \u2013 Huntington Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island21 \u2013 Clarkston, MI \u2013 Pine Knob Music Theatre22 \u2013 Noblesville, IN \u2013 Ruoff Music Center\u00a0For complete details and ticket availability, please visit\u00a0www.simpleminds.com\/tour<\/a>. The tour will also offer a variety of different VIP packages and experiences for fans to take their concert experience to the next level. Packages vary but include premium tickets, behind-the-scenes tour, group photo in front of the stage, exclusive VIP merch item & more. VIP package contents vary based on the offer selected. For more information, visit\u00a0vipnation.com<\/a>.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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