This is the remarkable joint memoir by Simple Minds founding members and follows the fantastical, chaotic, and global adventures of two friends who met in an estate in Toryglen, on Glasgow’s southside when they were […]
Today, Simple Minds announce details of a forthcoming 40th anniversary vinyl edition of their multi-platinum album Once Upon A Time, released on 17th October. The limited edition red vinyl now includes global smash hit single […]
Today (11 April) BMG release a newly recorded live version of Simple Minds’ ‘Once Upon a Time’ – the title track from the band’s 1985 multi-platinum, seventh studio album – which appears on the forthcoming […]
Today, Simple Minds release a newly recorded live version of 1983 classic single, ‘Waterfront’, which appears on the forthcoming album, Live in The City of Diamonds, out on 25 April. The new live version of […]
Today BMG release a newly recorded live version of Simple Minds’ 1985 Billboard number one and 3x Platinum selling single, ‘Don’t You (Forget about Me)’. The track recently joined the Billions Club on Spotify and […]
Today, Simple Minds released their new single, ‘Your Name in Lights’, which is the soundtrack to the critically acclaimed, career-spanning documentary Everything Is Possible. The documentary will be available to watch on BBC iPlayer and […]
Simple Minds have announced further details of their biggest UK headline show since 1991 at Glasgow’s Bellahouston Park on Friday 27th June 2025, as part of Glasgow Summer Sessions. The legendary Scottish band return to their hometown with a very […]
Originally released in February 1984, Sparkle In The Rain was Simple Minds’ sixth studio album and, following 1982’s crossover album New Gold Dream, the one to cement their commercial success. It gave them their first […]
Last night at the New York Festivals International Radio Awards in New York City, ‘Jim Kerr on Jim Morrison’ was awarded the Gold Medal for Best Documentary in the Culture & The Arts category. The […]
On 22 December, Paramount+ UK will premiere Everything Is Possible, a new documentary film telling the inspirational story of Simple Minds, a group of working-class kids growing up in post-industrial Glasgow who dared to dream. […]
In episode #154 of The XS Noize Podcast, Mark Millar meets Simple Minds bass guitar legend Derek Forbes to discuss his new autobiography, A Very Simple Mind: On Tour. Derek Forbes is known for those […]
Simple Minds bass guitar legend Derek Forbes will release his autobiography A Very Simple Mind: On Tour, Published by McNidder & Grace on 9 November 2023. Derek Forbes is known for those iconic spine-rattling bass […]
‘New Gold Dream – Live From Paisley Abbey’ finds Simple Minds at the very top of their game. Reminding people why, after 45 years, they are still such a revered band and why New Gold […]
Following the huge success of 2022’s rapturously received 40 Years Of Hits Tour – and the recent announcement of Australian and New Zealand tour dates for early next year – today, 4th September, Simple Minds […]
In 2022 we all got back to normal and enjoyed live music and the fantastic albums released this year. So it’s that time of year again when the XS Noize writers have sat down and […]
Forty years after their seminal New Gold Dream (81-82-83-84) album, Simple Minds are back with their 18th studio LP, Direction of the Heart. Incredibly, the former classic was the culmination of a period that saw […]
In episode #106 of The XS Noize Podcast, Mark Millar catches up with Simple Minds guitar maestro Charlie Burchill to talk about their 18th studio album – Direction of the Heart, released on 21 October. […]
Silent Running, who recently released the critically acclaimed album ‘Follow the Light’, have announced a gig at Belfast’s premier music venue ‘The Limelight’ on March 3rd, 2023. The Northern Irish band are marking their 40th […]
Following its first play this morning on Zoe Ball’s BBC Radio 2 show, today Simple Minds release new single, ‘First You Jump’, the second track to be taken from the band’s eighteenth studio album, Direction […]
Today Simple Minds release the video for ‘Vision Thing’, the first track to be taken from the band’s eighteenth studio album Direction Of The Heart. ‘Vision Thing’ is a euphoric song – all pounding drums, […]