Simple Minds

reel · Sep 22, 2026

The atmosphere for Simple Minds was unbelievable 🤯 Listen on BBC Sounds | BBC iPlayer #SimpleMinds #R2InThePark

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reel · Sep 13, 2026

We won’t be forgetting this moment anytime soon 🥹🎶 @simplemindsmusic had the whole #R2InThePark crowd singing along to an absolute classic! Listen on Sounds | Watch on iPlayer #SimpleMinds

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reel · Sep 13, 2026

THIS! WAS! INCREDIBLE! @cherissedrums @simplemindsmusic 🥁🙌🧡 #R2InThePark Listen on BBC Sounds | Watch on BBC iPlayer

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reel · Sep 13, 2026

@simplemindsmusic are ‘Alive and Kicking’ and had us dancing along! 🕺🔥 Listen on Sounds | Watch on iPlayer #SimpleMinds #R2InThePark

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reel · Sep 13, 2026

What a banger 🧡 @simplemindsmusic #R2InThePark Listen on BBC Sounds | Watch on iPlayer

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reel · Sep 13, 2026

Now THIS is how you make an entrance. 🏴🔥 Bagpipes, a giant Scottish flag and Simple Minds taking the stage… #R2InThePark was ready! 🎶🙌 Listen on Sounds | Watch on iPlayer #SimpleMinds #R2InThePark

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post · Jul 9, 2026

Happy birthday to the one and only Jim Kerr!

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reel · May 28, 2026

“Step in, step out of the rain.” Waterfront - Live at Isle of Wight Festival, 2024.

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reel · May 27, 2026

“We have a strange relationship with a few of our biggest successes, ‘Don’t You (Forget About Me)’ being the most obvious example. A song achieves everything you ever wished for, yet you feel conflicted because it didn’t happen in exactly the way that you had hoped or imagined. It’s an irony that I appreciate a little more the older I get.” - Jim

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reel · Apr 8, 2026

This week in ‘85: ‘Don’t You (Forget About Me)’ was released as a single in the UK. “Something that often gets overlooked and should always be celebrated is the amount of enjoyment that song has given people all over the world for forty years. That’s a gift, too, and one I increasingly appreciate.” - Jim

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reel · Feb 20, 2026

On this day in 1985, Simple Minds released ‘Don’t You (Forget About Me)’ as a single in the US. The song went on to reach number one on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming the band’s biggest international hit and defining a generation through its association with The Breakfast Club. Thirty years later, in 2015, the band performed the song on the Billboard Music Awards stage to mark the anniversary of it topping the US chart, introduced by the film’s star, Molly Ringwald.

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reel · Apr 30, 2025

“At the time, it was the biggest live concert ever...” It’s been 40 years this July since Live Aid grabbed music, and the world’s, attention. Approximately 100,000 fans flocked to JFK Stadium in Philadelphia to watch music’s biggest names perform and Simple Minds were one of them. Lead singer, Jim Kerr, sits down to tell us about the experience and what stopped him in his tracks before he stepped onstage. The band will embark on their Alive & Kicking World Tour this May, hitting cities across th

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reel · Apr 25, 2025

The new live album from Simple Minds ‘Live in the City of Diamonds’ is out now! Available to stream and on 2LP & 2CD through the link in bio.

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reel · Mar 25, 2025

Simple Minds performing ‘Don’t You (Forget About Me)’ live at the @billboard Music Awards 2015. 2025 marks 40 years since the release of this iconic record and the film it was written for, The Breakfast Club.

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