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Tickets are on sale now for the Simple Minds V Tour 2027 shows in Australia and New Zealand, featuring very special guest @numanofficial.

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Tonight Simple Minds headline the Commonwealth Games Closing Ceremony at the OVO Hydro, Glasgow. The band will return to Scotland later this year to headline #R2InThePark in Stirling on the 13th September!

Tickets on sale now: https://t.co/YSXud5iMmw

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Simple Minds are happy to announce they will headline the Closing Ceremony of the 2026 Commonwealth Games.

The event will take place on Sunday August 2 at the OVO Hydro in Glasgow, marking the official end of the 11-day multi-sport event.

Tickets: https://t.co/86pseTclN6

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"Simple Minds just naturally had this dimension in our music."

Experience it live when the band return to Australia and New Zealand for the V Tour 2027.

Tickets are on sale now: https://t.co/nyJtZhwEhF

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This week in 1985, Simple Minds took to the stage at Live Aid, the landmark concert that brought the world together to help fight famine in Ethiopia.

Photo by Anton Corbijn

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Happy birthday to the one and only Jim Kerr!

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"Stay until your love is..."

'Alive and Kicking' live from the @BBCRadio2 Piano Room.

See Simple Minds headline #R2InThePark in Stirling on Sunday 13 September.

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Pre-order the Blu-ray audio of Once Upon A Time exclusively via @sdedition: https://t.co/IBBlD04OJb

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Simple Minds’ 1985 album, Once Upon A Time, is now available to pre-order as an exclusive Blu-ray audio edition, featuring an immersive Dolby Atmos Mix by original co-producer Bob Clearmountain, alongside other content.

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In addition to the Atmos Mix of Once Upon A Time, this new Blu-ray edition also includes Atmos, 5.1 and stereo mixes of US No 1 single ‘Don’t You (Forget About Me)’, a selection of 12” remixes (stereo only) and 5.1, stereo and instrumental mixes of the album.

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Australia & New Zealand, Simple Minds are heading your way next year. 🇦🇺🇳🇿

The band will bring the V Tour 2027 to arenas across both countries with special guest @numanofficial.

Tickets on sale now: https://t.co/nyJtZhwEhF

Photos by @IndieTrent

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📍 @glastonbury, 1995.

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3 years ago today, 'Solstice Kiss' was released as a single from Direction of the Heart.

Pick up the limited edition yellow and black marble vinyl: https://t.co/LNR5kofiaC

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Read Jim's full diary piece from 2013 here: https://t.co/SLbJOqjYPV

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In June 1988, Simple Minds took the stage at Wembley Stadium for the historic Nelson Mandela 70th Birthday Tribute.

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"I treasure this photo of him with my bandmate Charlie Burchill and me. For me, the underlying musical power of ‘Mandela Day’ will always convey more than words how much of an inspiration Nelson Mandela was to us and so many of our generation.” - Jim

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It tells the story of Nelson Mandela’s journey from activist to political prisoner, and the global movement and musical activism that helped secure his freedom.

If you're in the UK, you can watch the full documentary on Channel 4 via the link below.

https://t.co/c5PHi8nA47

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Jim has contributed to a new three-part @Channel4 documentary series, Free Nelson Mandela.

Directed by James Rogan, the series features interviews with Mandela’s family and key figures from his life, alongside artists including Peter Gabriel, Bono, and Jerry Dammers.