Simple Minds: 'Maybe we shouldn't have cashed in'

Before Simple Minds went stadium rock, they made 'serious, dark music' that influenced the Manics and Primal Scream. Now they're returning to their rootsA couple of years ago a young, anonymous musician approached Jim Kerr in a Glasgow rehearsal studio and began humorously haranguing him. "He was like: 'You guys lost it, man, having all those hits, playing all those stadiums. I would never do that.' And I said: 'Well, you might not have that dilemma!'" Kerr laughs. "It's nice to have the choice,...

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