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Simple Minds have released a new live version of Waterfront from the forthcoming album, Live In The City Of Diamonds. The new live version of Waterfront was recorded at Amsterdam’s…
Review: Simple Minds – Sparkle In The Rain Reissue
Review: Simple Minds – Sparkle In The Rain Reissue ★★★★ A transitional bridge between the ambient art-rock of New Gold Dream and stadium pomp of Once Upon A Time, you…
Simple Minds announce new live album and summer shows
Simple Minds announce new live album, Live In The City Of Diamonds, and a series of UK and Ireland summer shows. Live In The City Of Diamonds completes the triptych…
Simple Minds share new single Your Name In Lights
Simple Minds share new single, Your Name In Lights, lifted from the soundtrack to the documentary, Everything Is Possible. Released to celebrate the BBC premiere of the acclaimed Simple Minds…
Simple Minds celebrate 40th anniversary of Sparkle In The Rain
Simple Minds celebrate 40th anniversary of Sparkle In The Rain with special edition. Originally released in February 1984, Sparkle In The Rain was Simple Minds’ sixth studio album and, following 1982’s crossover album New…
Jim Kerr interview: 40 years of Simple Minds’ Sparkle In The Rain
Simple Minds’ frontman Jim Kerr looks back on their bombastic Sparkle In The Rain album To many Simple Minds fans, 1984’s Sparkle In The Rain album was a marker in the…
Simple Minds announce new documentary Everything Is Possible
On 22 December, Paramount+ UK will premiere Everything Is Possible, a new documentary-film telling the story of Simple Minds. Directed and produced by Joss Crowley, the film takes the viewer on…
Simple Minds interview: “We wanted to be underground and alternative but we just couldn’t help ourselves”
Despite being forged from personal loss amidst a global pandemic, Simple Minds’ latest album, Direction Of The Heart, aims to shine a positive light in dark times – AND It…
Issue 78 of Classic Pop is on sale now!
In the latest issue of Classic Pop, we have the definitive interview with a-ha’s Morten, Magne and Paul who reveal all about their complex band dynamic and new album, True…
Simple Minds interview: “We were going to do, regardless of how hip or trendy it was”
In 2018 Simple Minds returned with their 18th studio album, Walk Between Worlds. That year, we talked to Jim Kerr about how the band had weathered the storm and emerged…