Simple Minds Set for Biggest North American Tour in Four Decades

Simple Minds has announced plans for a major North American headline tour, the legendary UK band’s biggest live run across the U.S. and Canada in four decades. They are excited to share that the bands opening in support of the entire tour will be Soft Cell and Modern English.

Dates get underway May 16th at Ridgefield, WA’s Cascades Amphitheater and then continue through the June 22nd finale at Noblesville, IN’s Ruoff Music Center. Highlights from the Live Nation produced run include shows at such famed arenas and amphitheatres as Seattle, WA’s Climate Pledge Arena (May 17th), Inglewood, CA’s Kia Forum (May 22nd), Denver, CO’s Ball Arena (May 27th), Woodlands, TX’s Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion (May 31st), Columbia, MD’s Merriweather Post Pavilion (June 10th), Wantagh, NY’s Northwell at Jones Beach Theater (June 13th), Mansfield, MA’s Xfinity Center (June 15th), and Toronto, ON’s Budweiser Stage (June 18th). Artist presales begin Wednesday, January 29th, at 10:00 am (local). Local presales begin Thursday, January 30th, at 10:00 am (local). All presales end Thursday, January 30th at 10:00 pm (local). General on-sales start Friday, January 31st at 10:00 am (local). For complete details and ticket availability, please visit www.simpleminds.com/tour.

Jim Kerr comments:

“Been a while but absence makes the heart grow fonder. Simple Minds are ecstatic at the prospect of touring so extensively in the U.S. and Canada this coming spring.”

The eagerly awaited tour coincides with the 40th anniversary of Simple Minds’ momentous 1985, a milestone year in their legendary career which saw them topping the world’s charts with their Billboard “Hot 100” #1 smash, “Don’t You (Forget About Me),” and RIAA Gold-certified seventh studio album Once Upon A Time, not to mention their unforgettable set in front of 135,000 fans – and a TV audience of millions – on the American leg of 1985’s Live Aid. Today sees the digital premiere of a special new nine-track edition of Once Upon A Time featuring the addition of “Don’t You (Forget About Me)” and updated Ruby Anniversary artwork. Physical versions and other anniversary reissues will follow later in the year. Simple Minds will be performing “Don’t You (Forget About Me)” on Jimmy Kimmel Live! this Wednesday, January 29th.

What’s more, 2025 looks to be yet another banner year for Simple Minds, including the recent arrival of the new single, “Your Name In Lights,” released to celebrate the BBC premiere of the acclaimed documentary Simple Minds: Everything Is Possible, available to stream now exclusively in the UK on BBC iPlayer with North American broadcast dates to be unveiled soon. “Your Name In Lights” is joined by an official music video that had its world premiere on January 17th – marking the anniversary of the band’s first-ever live performance as Simple Minds, held January 17th, 1978, at Glasgow, Scotland’s Satellite City.

Produced and directed by acclaimed filmmaker Joss Crowley (Kate Bush, Freddie Mercury, Peter Gabriel), Simple Minds: Everything Is Possible is the first-ever feature-length documentary to chronicle the most iconic and influential Scottish band in history. Highlights include never-before-seen footage and feature interviews with band members, fellow musicians Bob Geldof, Bobby Gillespie (Primal Scream), Dave Gahan (Depeche Mode), Jerry Dammers (The Specials), Sharleen Spiteri (Texas), James Dean Bradfield (Manic Street Preachers), writer Irvine Welsh, actress Molly Ringwald, and album producers John Leckie, Pete Walsh, Steve Hillage, Trevor Horn, and Jimmy Iovine.

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Tour Dates:

05/16 – Ridgefield, WA – Cascades Amphitheater
05/17 – Seattle, WA – Climate Pledge Arena
05/20 – Concord, CA – Toyota Pavilion at Concord
05/22 – Inglewood, CA – Kia Forum
05/23 – Greater Palm Springs, CA – Acrisure Arena
05/24 – Chula Vista, CA – North Island Credit Union Amphitheatre
05/25 – Phoenix, AZ – Talking Stick Resort Amphitheatre
05/27 – Denver, CO – Ball Arena
05/30 – Austin, TX – Moody Center
05/31 – Woodlands, TX – Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
06/01 – Irving, TX – The Pavillion at Toyota Music Factory
06/04 – Rogers, AR – The Walmart AMP
06/05 – Maryland Heights, MO – Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre
06/07 – Atlanta, GA – Cadence Bank Amphitheatre at Chastain Park
06/10 – Columbia, MD – Merriweather Post Pavilion
06/11 – Holmdel, NJ – PNC Bank Arts Center
06/13 – Wantagh, NY – Northwell at Jones Beach Theater
06/14 – Philadelphia, PA – The Mann Center
06/15 – Mansfield, MA – Xfinity Center
06/17 – Montreal, QC – Centre Bell
06/18 – Toronto, ON – Budweiser Stage
06/20 – Chicago, IL – Huntington Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island
06/21 – Clarkston, MI – Pine Knob Music Theatre
06/22 – Noblesville, IN – Ruoff Music Center