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Simple Minds announce new album ‘Walk Between Worlds,’ special 3-part concerts

Simple Minds announce new album ‘Walk Between Worlds,’ special 3-part concerts

Simple Minds this week announced plans to release a new album called Walk Between Worlds in February — the band’s first collection of new songs since 2014’s Big Music — and premiere the material at special three-part concerts in the U.K. and Europe following the record’s release. Full details here.

Simple Minds to record new album, hint at first North American tour in a decade this fall

Simple Minds to record new album, hint at first North American tour in a decade this fall

Simple Minds fans living in North America have been a patient lot, as the band hasn’t toured here in more than a decade. But there is renewed hope today, thanks to a message that reveals the group plans to record music this summer and “hopefully” will tour the U.S. and Canada this fall.

Simple Minds dig up, re-record old songs for ‘more alternative’ greatest-hits set in 2011

Simple Minds dig up, re-record old songs for ‘more alternative’ greatest-hits set in 2011

Jim Kerr reports that Simple Minds recently hit the studio to record tracks — including a ‘New Gold Dream’-era castoff — that are earmarked for both ‘an extensive compilation’ due out in early 2011 and what eventually will become the band’s 16th studio album.

New releases: Jim Kerr’s ‘Lostboy! AKA’ CD; Steve Kilbey box set; Charlatans reissue

New releases: Jim Kerr’s ‘Lostboy! AKA’ CD; Steve Kilbey box set; Charlatans reissue

This week’s new CD releases include the new solo album from Simple Minds’ Jim Kerr, ‘Lostboy! AKA’; an eight-disc box set from The Church’s Steve Kilbey; and reissues from The Charlatans (‘Some Friendly’) and Modern English (‘Stop Start’).

Lostboy! AKA: Simple Minds’ Jim Kerr preps debut solo album, sets U.K. club dates

Lostboy! AKA: Simple Minds’ Jim Kerr preps debut solo album, sets U.K. club dates

With Simple Minds still active after 30 years, frontman Jim Kerr will release his first-ever solo album this May under the name Lostboy! AKA, and is set to debut his new material — and dig into Simple Minds’ back catalog — with a trio of intimate U.K. club dates this spring before embarking on a full tour.

Simple Minds release 16th album ‘Graffiti Soul,’ bonus covers disc

Simple Minds release 16th album ‘Graffiti Soul,’ bonus covers disc

This week saw the release of Simple Minds’ first new record in four years and 16th studio album overall — a collection that could have […]