Simple Minds – review

Glasgow BarrowlandsAfter becoming persuasive shorthand for empty stadium pomp, Simple Minds recently found themselves in the curious position of having to de-invent themselves. This reputational reboot has been both strategic and thorough, with a new boxset collecting their first five albums and a limited series of bespoke live shows delivering five tracks from each.In a crammed Glasgow Barrowland, singer Jim Kerr is hailed as a battle-scarred hero, and obligingly strikes a messianic pose withi...

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