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 ...

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.

Mention Simple Minds to most music fans, and the first thing that most likely comes to mind is “Don’t You (Forget About Me).” The memorable song from the 1985 movie The Breakfast Club that went to No.

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 ...

Jim Kerr has no problem saying that when he and guitarist Charlie Burchill formed Simple Minds in Glasgow they had no idea the band would still be a) together and b) putting out new music 45 years ...

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 ...

With live music off the table for nearly two years, the period of early quarantine amidst pandemic became a creative time for Simple Minds frontman Jim Kerr, who set to work on the group’s 19th studio ...

Don't you... forget about me. Ever since those lyrics rolled during the end credits of John Hughes' 1985 hit movie "The Breakfast Club," that Simple Minds song became ...

Simple Minds decided to copy a Canadian band that isn't exactly huge in the US or anywhere else - they took an MGB song, and copied the tune, the bassline, the general structure of the song, and the ...