When I am introduced to Charlie Burchill, Simple Minds’ guitarist, the first thing he asks me is, “Where are you from?” It’s a complicated question for me to answer, but it doesn’t surprise me that he ...

Consider 2025 a victory lap of sorts for Simple Minds. In 1985, the Scottish outfit played Live Aid in Philadelphia and released Once Upon a Time, the band’s seventh studio album and one that yielded ...

“Don’t You (Forget About Me)” was built to be an anthem. Or maybe it was rebuilt to be an anthem. In 1984, songwriter Keith Forsey and director John Hughes pitched Simple Minds on recording Forsey’s ...

EXCLUSIVE: Not many bands can claim to have surpassed 1 billion streams on Spotify for a single song. But Simple Minds is one of them. The Scottish group best known for their hit “Don’t You (Forget ...

The legendary Scottish rock band has a new documentary 'Simple Minds: Everything Is Possible' Dean Chalkley The documentary 'Simple Minds: Everything Is Possible' details the history of the legendary ...

Simple Minds is most often categorized and marketed as an ’80s new wave group. Yet, that’s very misleading, since this multiplatinum-selling band is about as straightforward rock ‘n’ roll as it gets, ...