There was a common trajectory for the great new wave artists of the '80s. With many of them having come out of punk in the '70s, their beginnings were often more avant-garde than they might be given ...

“Growing up with The Breakfast Club, its themes of isolation and feeling misunderstood really hit home,” Life of Agony bassist Alan Robert tells SPIN. “The song is inseparable from that film — it ...

On June 1, the Toyota Music Factory in Irving buzzed with electricity as fans lined up for a night filled with the echoes of an iconic decade. The Alive & Kicking Tour 2025 promised a euphoric journey ...

For most Americans, the Scottish rock group Simple Minds will always be synonymous with their number one hit from 1985, “Don't You (Forget About Me),” from the John Hughes movie The Breakfast Club.

Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. Dates get underway May 16 at Ridgefield, WA’s Cascades Amphitheater and then ...

The journey of Simple Minds started in the gritty punk clubs of Glasgow, Scotland, in 1977, continuing to small theaters and halls and then on to massive stadium-rock celebrations. Along the way, it ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio - Jim Kerr of the Scottish rock group Simple Minds has a pretty simple view of life. "We're incredibly fortunate,'' said Kerr in a call to his home in Glasgow to talk about the band's ...

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 ...

Jim Kerr had forgotten all about it. The vocalist for Scottish rock band Simple Minds had only vaguely remembered when a somewhat inebriated guy had handed the band a cassette backstage after an Los ...

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 ...

Five songs into their set, Simple Minds singer Jim Kerr smiled at the audience and said, after taking a deep breath, “We’re exhausted already!” He was kidding, of course, though it would be ...