Magnet Magazine — Happy 65th birthday Jim Kerr (Simple Minds). We won’t forget about you. Read our Simple Minds feature: The post Happy 65th Birthday Jim Kerr (Simple Minds) appeared first on Magnet Magazine. more info

Stereogum — In The Alternative Number Ones, I’m reviewing every #1 single in the history of the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks/Alternative Songs, starting with the moment that the chart launched in 1988. This column is a companion piece to The Number Ones, a... more info

Magnet Magazine — 35 years ago today, Simple Minds released Street Fighting Years. Is this the way it was planned? Read our Simple Minds feature: The post Simple Minds Released “Street Fighting Years” 35 Years Ago Today appeared first on Magnet Magazine. more info

New York Post — Other '80s icons on the bill include Simple Minds, The Jesus & Mary Chain and Soft Cell. more info

Consequence Of Sound — Ministry, Simple Minds, Interpol, Placebo, and Tones on Tail are also playing the Pasadena festival. Cruel World Festival 2024 Lineup: Duran Duran, Blondie, and The Jesus and Mary Chain Eddie Fu more info

Consequence of Sound — Frontman Jim Kerr discusses the band's humble beginnings, their political years, and the future ahead. more info

Chicago Sun-Times, IL — The 'Breakfast Club' band, headed to Chicago for a rare American concert, thinks fondly of the 'Breakfast Club' creator, John Hughes. more info

Brooklyn Vegan — The Scottish rock greats played two full sets encompassing the whole of their career. Continue reading… more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Simple Minds, Hatchie, Blitzen Trapper, Shoreline Mafia, Gaz Coombes, Simon Boswell and more Tuesday show options. Continue reading… more info

Guardian Music — The folk singer’s Edinburgh festival show reinterprets classic and cult Caledonian gems close to her heart, like Big Country’s melancholic anthems and Cocteau Twins’ filthy futurismOf all the 80s pop artists that Scotland spawned... more info