Simple Minds' "Don't You (Forget About Me)" topped the charts after it was released on "The Breakfast Club" soundtrack in 1985. “It sounded a little generic to us,” Jim Kerr, lead singer of the band, ...

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 ...

How could we forget about them? This week in 1985, Scotland's Simple Minds landed an indelible number-one on the wing of a smash that soundtracked the final scene of the era's seminal teen dramedy The ...

Presented with the biggest hit they'd ever have, Simple Minds initially balked. "We are Simple Minds; we don't do songs that sound like Simple Minds," frontman Jim Kerr remembered saying. "We are ...

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.

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The familiar Waterfront bassline ringing out over Trinity College Dublin is akin to a tank rolling across the cricket pitch. While that may well be the groundskeeper’s worst nightmare, it’s the ...