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, ...

“We were already feeling the pressure,” remembers Kerr, “but Jimmy was relentless. ‘You’ve got to come up with something special,’” Iovine told the band. “’You have to come up with something. We have ...

Simple Minds is still very much an active band. In fact, its 20th studio album is in motion, according to frontman Jim Kerr. But this year, the Scottish group is enjoying the 40th anniversary of an ...

In the trailer for the upcoming documentary Simple Minds: Everything is Possible, shared exclusively with PEOPLE,The Breakfast Club star Molly Ringwald recalls listening to the band's soundtrack hit ...

(CBS 11) - Simple Minds was a pop/rock band from Glasgow, Scotland, who were most active between 1985-1986. Members included: Jim Kerr (vocals), Charles Burchill (guitar, keyboards), Michael MacNeil ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

Formed in 1977 by Jim Kerr and Charlie Burchill, Simple Minds (hailing from Glasgow, Scotland) were previously known as Johnny And The Self Abusers. Under that name they released one single (Saints ...

Simple Minds has announced plans for a North American tour which will include a stop in Boston. The Scottish rock band will play The Orpheum in Boston on Oct. 3 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets for the show are ...