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SIMPLE MINDS release new single 'SENSE OF DISCOVERY' - Listen Now!
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SIMPLE MINDS release new single ‘SENSE OF DISCOVERY’ – Listen Now!

February 23, 2018 XS Noize

Simple Minds today have released SENSE OF DISCOVERY, the second single to be taken from Simple Minds’ new album, WALK BETWEEN WORLDS. The album recently charted at #1 and #4 on the UK Vinyl and […]

INTERVIEW: Jim Kerr of Simple Minds discusses latest album - Walk Between Worlds 2
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INTERVIEW: Jim Kerr of Simple Minds discusses latest album – Walk Between Worlds

January 31, 2018 XS Noize

On 2nd February 2018, Simple Minds will release Walk Between Worlds, Their first album of new material since 2014’s Big Music. It is a relatively concise affair, with its eight tracks rocketing past in 42 minutes. […]

ALBUM REVIEW: Simple Minds - Walk Between Worlds
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ALBUM REVIEW: Simple Minds – Walk Between Worlds

January 28, 2018 Lori Gava

Simple Minds continues to kick against the idea that bands with 40+ years clocked on the odometer should be limited to the legacy tour circuit; releasing lacklustre albums that are pale imitations of their classics. […]

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SIMPLE MINDS Share Video for New Single ‘Magic’ – Watch Now!

January 4, 2018 XS Noize

Simple Minds today release MAGIC, the first single to be taken from their new album WALK BETWEEN WORLDS, out 2nd February on BMG. MAGIC finds Simple Minds at their most instant and anthemic best. It’s […]

SIMPLE MINDS announce brand new album 'WALK BETWEEN WORLDS' plus UK live shows for February 2018 1
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SIMPLE MINDS announce brand new album ‘WALK BETWEEN WORLDS’ plus UK live shows for February 2018

November 23, 2017 XS Noize

On 2nd February 2018, BMG will release Walk Between Worlds, Simple Minds’ first album of new material since 2014’s Big Music (which Mojo magazine declared, “Their best album in 30 years”). Walk Between Worlds was […]

Live Review: SIMPLE MINDS ACOUSTIC - Belfast Waterfront 1
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Live Review: SIMPLE MINDS ACOUSTIC – Belfast Waterfront

June 7, 2017 XS Noize

Simple Minds moved on up to Belfast’s Waterfront last night on their extensive UK Acoustic tour. Playing under a glittering chandelier Simple Minds had the usual ‘up for it’ Belfast crowd going from the start […]

SIMPLE MINDS to perform Live In Concert for BBC Radio 2
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SIMPLE MINDS – Move On Up To The WATERFRONT With Acoustic BELFAST Show

May 16, 2017 XS Noize

Simple Minds will be taking their new album SIMPLE MINDS ACOUSTIC (out now) on the road in June 2017. The band play Belfast’s Waterfront on June 6th & Dublin’s Olympia Theatre on June 7th. This […]

SIMPLE MINDS to perform Live In Concert for BBC Radio 2
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Simple Minds bring their ACOUSTIC show to Belfast Waterfront

December 8, 2016 XS Noize

Simple Minds will be taking their new album SIMPLE MINDS ACOUSTIC (out now) on the road in June 2017. The band play Belfast’s Waterfront on June 6th & Dublin’s Olympia Theatre on June 7th. This […]

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Album Review: Simple Minds – Acoustic

November 7, 2016 Lori Gava

It is hard to believe that the band Simple Minds is standing on the edge of clocking in 40 years in the music business. It seems like only yesterday the band led by best friends […]

SIMPLE MINDS announce extensive UK ACOUSTIC TOUR for spring 2017
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SIMPLE MINDS announce extensive UK ACOUSTIC TOUR for spring 2017

November 7, 2016 XS Noize

On 11th November, Simple Minds will release ‘Simple Minds Acoustic’ via Caroline International. To celebrate the album release, Simple Minds will be taking to the road to perform their career spanning collection of songs acoustically […]

SIMPLE MINDS to perform Live In Concert for BBC Radio 2
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SIMPLE MINDS to perform Live In Concert for BBC Radio 2

October 11, 2016 XS Noize

In her show tonight, Jo Whiley announced that Simple Minds will perform a special BBC Radio 2 In Concert on Thursday 10 November at Hackney Empire, London. The performance, which will be their only UK […]

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SIMPLE MINDS ACOUSTIC album set for release on 11th November 2016

September 28, 2016 XS Noize

On 11th November, Simple Minds will release ‘Simple Minds Acoustic’ via Caroline International. This follows several years in which the band has gone from strength-to-strength, becoming more relevant than ever; their 2014 album ‘Big Music’ […]

Album Review: Simple Minds - New Gold Dream 81-82-83-84 - Deluxe Box Set 2
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Album Review: Simple Minds – New Gold Dream 81-82-83-84 – Deluxe Box Set

July 26, 2016 Lori Gava

The storied band Simple Minds has been experiencing a well deserved revival. The beginning of this decade saw renew interest in the influential Scottish band with numerous critics and music aficionados giving the band’s vast […]

TRACK OF THE DAY: THE ANCHORESS - 'POPULAR'
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THE ANCHORESS unveils video for ‘You and Only You’ featuring Mansun’s Paul Draper

December 2, 2015 XS Noize

Renaissance woman, and force of nature Catherine Anne Davies aka The Anchoress, aka Catherine A.D. has announced her debut album Confessions of A Romantic Novelist which is released on January 8, 2016.  The album was […]

ALBUM REVIEW: SIMPLE MINDS - ONCE UPON A TIME - 30th ANNIVERSARY Deluxe Box Set
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ALBUM REVIEW: SIMPLE MINDS – ONCE UPON A TIME – 30th ANNIVERSARY Deluxe Box Set

November 12, 2015 Lori Gava

Simple Minds’ masterwork Once Upon a Time reaches a noteworthy milestone turning 30 in October of this year. Where does time go? In many ways that question is appropriate when considering the album. Time, its passing and […]

BELLE & SEBASTIAN announce great line-up additions for their 2nd November Clyde Auditorium SAVE THE CHILDREN benefit gig
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BELLE & SEBASTIAN announce great line-up additions for their 2nd November Clyde Auditorium SAVE THE CHILDREN benefit gig

October 22, 2015 XS Noize

Belle & Sebastian are delighted to announce that Franz Ferdinand have joined the bill for the benefit gig they have organised in aid of Save the Children, taking place at the Clyde Auditorium on 2nd […]

SIMPLE MINDS announce November 2015 UK arena live dates
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SIMPLE MINDS announce November 2015 UK arena live dates

April 20, 2015 XS Noize

Following the acclaim of their 16th album BIG MUSIC & current UK tour, due to phenomenal demand (and to cap off what has been a remarkable year for the band), Simple Minds today announce that […]

SIMPLE MINDS - 'SPARKLE IN THE RAIN', Deluxe Box Set
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SIMPLE MINDS – ‘SPARKLE IN THE RAIN’, Deluxe Box Set

March 21, 2015 Lori Gava

There are a few albums that can instantly transport me to my youth in just a few opening notes; Sparkle In the Rain is on that short list. As an American heavily in to U2 […]

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SIMPLE MINDS: To release ‘SPARKLE IN THE RAIN’, 5-DISC BOX SET

March 11, 2015 XS Noize

Following the recent release of their hugely acclaimed Top 15 album, Big Music, on March 16th, Universal Music Catalogue will release a five-disc box set of Simple Minds’ SPARKLE IN THE RAIN. It will be […]

SIMPLE MINDS REVEAL NEW SINGLE 'HONEST TOWN' LISTEN HERE
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SIMPLE MINDS – BIG MUSIC

November 1, 2014 Lori Gava

They say everything old is new again. These days Jim Kerr, Charlie Burchill and the other members of Simple Minds could attest to that truism. Simple Minds is in the midst of a musical renaissance. […]

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