Tag: Graffiti Soul

Simple Minds complete first new album in 5 years, debut new track ‘Blindfolded’

Simple Minds complete first new album in 5 years, debut new track ‘Blindfolded’

Simple Minds have finished recording their first new studio album in five years — and 17th overall — and while details of the record’s release aren’t yet known, the band had debuted a new song that presumably will appear on the forthcoming LP. You can stream that track, “Blindfolded,” right 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.

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, OMD to cover Kraftwerk’s ‘Neon Lights’ on upcoming tour of the UK

Simple Minds, OMD to cover Kraftwerk’s ‘Neon Lights’ on upcoming tour of the UK

The rock and synth contingents of New Wave will meet on UK stages this winter when Simple Minds takes Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark out […]

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 […]