Simple Minds (English Wikipedia)

"RPM Top 50 Singles – January 16, 1982" (PDF). Cite error: The named reference "gc_028020" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).

crazyonclassicrock.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

"Book Review: A Very Simple Mind: On Tour by Derek Forbes" – review in Crazy on Classic Rock by angiemoonthemod, 5 January 2024

deadline.com (Global: 19^th place; English: 16^th place)

Carey, Matthew (17 April 2025). "Greenwich Entertainment Acquires 'Simple Minds: Everything Is Possible,' Doc About Scottish Band Behind Chart-Topping "Don't You (Forget About Me)"". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 22 October 2025. Cite error: The named reference "deadline_1236370449" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).

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"Simple Minds Official Web Site / Live Concerts". Downloadhome.co.uk. Retrieved 1 September 2011.

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"The Beginning of the End (Betty Page makes the first move against Glasgow's Endgames), Record Mirror, 5 June 1982".

facebook.com (Global: 78^th place; English: 91^st place)

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"Simple Minds Official". Facebook. Retrieved 3 February 2018.
Simple Minds Facebook Page > post on 29 December 2023
Simple Minds Official Facebook page > post "Simple Minds today release a brand new single "Your Name in Lights"!" on 10 December 2024
"The new album Live in The City of Diamonds, out April 25th 2025. Listen to the first track 'Don't You (Forget About Me)' now". Facebook. 21 February 2025. Retrieved 22 February 2025.
"DREAMING OUT LOUD!". Facebook. 24 April 2026. Retrieved 24 April 2026.
"CHEERS TO ALL THAT!". Facebook. 17 May 2026. Retrieved 17 May 2026.
Simple Mind Facebook page > post "AUSTRALIA + NEW ZEALAND... Simple Minds Live 2027" on 7 June 2026
Simple Mind Facebook page > post "Simple Minds return to Australia and New Zealand for their V Tour 2027 to celebrate five decades of music, with very special guest Gary Numan." on 10 June 2026
Simple Minds Facebook official page > post "Simple Minds are thrilled to announce their brand new studio album ’Sacrosanct’. Released 29 January 2027. ‘Beginner Boys’, the first single from the album is out now!" (3 September 2026)
Simple Minds Facebook official page > post "‘Beginner Boys’ - the brand new single from Simple Minds" (3 September 2026)

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"LIVE IN THE CITY OF ANGELS, out 4th October, is the new album from Simple Minds capturing the band on their biggest ever North American tour". Facebook. 20 August 2019. Retrieved 20 August 2019.

faroutmagazine.co.uk (Global: 2,502^nd place; English: 1,522^nd place)

"The best synth-pop albums of the 1980s". Far Out. Retrieved 10 November 2023.

nme.com (Global: 142^nd place; English: 95^th place)

"Simple Minds announce new album 'Direction Of The Heart' and share single 'Vision Thing' (The follow-up to 2018's 'Walk Between Worlds' is out in October) (by Arusa Qureshi)". NME. 14 June 2022. Retrieved 16 June 2022.
"Kate Bush pays tribute to bassist John Giblin, who has died aged 71". NME. 16 May 2023.

officialcharts.com (Global: 65^th place; English: 46^th place)

"SIMPLE MINDS". Official Charts. 12 May 1979. Retrieved 12 July 2025.
"Official Albums Chart on 27/10/1985". Official Charts. Retrieved 12 July 2025.
"Official Singles Chart on 12/2/1989". Official Charts. 9 December 2022. Retrieved 12 July 2025.
"Simple Minds". Official Charts Company.
"SIMPLE MINDS". Official Charts. 12 May 1979. Retrieved 12 July 2025.
"New Gold Dream (81,82,83,84)". Official charts.
"Simple Minds". Official Charts.
"Simple Minds Solstice Kiss". Official Charts.

pastemagazine.com (Global: 751^st place; English: 395^th place)

Mitchell, Matt (21 July 2023). "The 50 Greatest Synth-Pop Albums of All Time". Paste. Retrieved 26 July 2023.

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"Lostboy! AKA – Interview". Pennyblackmusic.co.uk. Retrieved 3 February 2018.

people.com (Global: 69^th place; English: 49^th place)

"Simple Minds Almost Passed on 'Don't You (Forget About Me),' Thought Iconic Hit Would Be a Mistake (Exclusive)". People.

pitchfork.com (Global: 146^th place; English: 88^th place)

"Brian Eno and Daniel Lanois Remember the Making of U2's Unforgettable Fire". Pitchfork. 23 October 2009. Retrieved 18 June 2026.

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"Simple Minds’ Bassist Extraordinaire Derek Forbes Unleashes His Autobiography" – review in Post Punk Monk, 20 November 2023

reuters.com (Global: 38^th place; English: 30^th place)

Shahrestani, Vin (22 November 2019). "Marking 40 years, Simple Minds say touring 'keeps us going'". Reuters. Retrieved 19 August 2026.

riaa.com (Global: 153^rd place; English: 109^th place)

"Gold & Platinum". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved 12 July 2025.

rollingstone.com (Global: 57^th place; English: 39^th place)

David Fricke (14 April 1983). "Album Review New Gold Dream (81-82-83-84)". Rolling Stone. RealNetworks, Inc. Archived from the original on 17 November 2007. Retrieved 29 March 2022.

scotsman.com (Global: 502^nd place; English: 274^th place)

"Simple Minds pick up gong at Ivor Novello Awards 2016". The Scotsman. 19 May 2016. Retrieved 26 November 2016.
"Interview: Jim Kerr, Simple Minds". The Scotsman. 12 February 2012. Retrieved 23 August 2026.

setlist.fm (Global: 2,129^th place; English: 1,617^th place)

"Simple Minds 1978 Mars Bar residency". setlist.fm.
"Simple Minds setlist at The Old Grey Whistle Test". setlist.fm.
"Simple Minds Real to Real Cacophony Tour". setlist.fm.
"Simple Minds setlist Hurrah, New York". setlist.fm.

sfexaminer.com (Global: 7,355^th place; English: 3,692^nd place)

Lanham, Tom (23 October 2018). "Simple Minds' Jim Kerr, rocker and hotelier". San Francisco Examiner. Retrieved 22 November 2025.

side-line.com (Global: low place; English: 6,509^th place)

"Original line-up Simple Minds to record once again". Side-line.com. 9 June 2011. Retrieved 1 September 2011.

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"Simple Minds Win Ivor Novello Award". Simpleminds.com. 19 May 2016. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
"Simple Minds Genesis & Formation". Simpleminds.com. 5 April 1977. Retrieved 23 June 2024.
"History Of Simple Minds". SIMPLEMINDS.COM. Retrieved 12 July 2025.
"simpleminds.com > 14 Jan, 2022 Out Now – Act Of Love". simpleminds.com. 14 January 2022. Retrieved 20 January 2022.
Kerr, Jim (11 February 2009). "The Mighty Magazine". simpleminds.com.
New Gold Dream Box Set simpleminds.com
"Simple Minds Play Live Aid – 1985". SIMPLEMINDS.COM. 13 July 1985. Retrieved 2 December 2020.
"The Spirit of MacNeil" (Jim Kerr online diary entry on Simple Minds website, dated 1 December 2009)
"Simple Minds Official Web Site / Live Concerts". Simpleminds.com. Retrieved 1 September 2011.
"Simple Minds Official Web Site / Shows in Munich and Tuttlingen, Germany!". Simpleminds.com. Archived from the original on 15 December 2010. Retrieved 1 September 2011.
"Simple Minds / News / Article "New Album & European Tour Announced"". Simpleminds.com. 26 September 2014. Retrieved 24 November 2014.
"Acoustic – 2016". Simpleminds.com. 28 September 2016. Retrieved 30 September 2016.
"Simple Minds Announce Acoustic Live 2017". Simpleminds.com. 7 November 2016. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
"20 Aug, 2019 Simple Minds Release: Live In The City Of Angels". Simpleminds.com. 20 August 2019. Retrieved 20 August 2019.
"30 Sep, 2019 40: The Best of 1979 – 2019 – Album Announced". Simpleminds.com. 30 September 2019. Retrieved 5 October 2019.
"40 Years Of Hits Tour". simpleminds.com. 28 February 2020.
"Direction of the Heart – the new album from Simple Minds". simpleminds.com. 14 June 2022. Retrieved 15 June 2022.
"New Gold Dream – Live From Paisley Abbey". SIMPLEMINDS.COM. 27 October 2023.
"SIMPLE MINDS – LIVE IN THE CITY OF DIAMONDS". simpleminds.com. February 2025. Retrieved 21 February 2025.

simpleminds.org (Global: low place; English: low place)

"biba-rom!". Dream Giver Redux.
"Timeline". Dream Giver Redux.
"Changeling". Dream Giver Redux.
Real to Real Cacophony Tour Dream Giver Redux
New Musical Express 1980 Dream Giver Redux
Empires and Dance Tour 1980 Dream Giver Redux
"I Travel". Dream Giver Redux.
"Celebrate". Dream Giver Redux.
"Promised You a Miracle". Dream Giver Redux.
Sons and Fascination tour Dream Giver Redux
"Simple Minds sessions". Dream Giver Redux.
"New Gold Dream". Dream Giver Redux.
"New Gold Tour". Dream Giver Redux.
"Sparkle in the Rain Tour". Dream Giver Redux.
"Black and White Tour 2006". Dream Giver Redux.
"Simple Minds Australian Tour 2007". Dream Giver Redux.
"46664 Concert Honouring Nelson Mandela At 90". Dream Giver Redux.
"Celebrate 30 Years Live". Dream Giver Redux.
"Night of the Proms '08". Dream Giver Redux.
"Graffiti Soul". Dream Giver Redux.
"Graffiti Soul Tour". Dream Giver Redux.
"Rockets". Dream Giver Redux.
"Lostboy AKA Promo Tour". Dream Giver Redux.
"X5". Dream Giver Redux.
"Festival Shows 2012". Dream Giver Redux.
"Theme for Great Cities". Dream Giver Redux.
"5x5 Live". Dream Giver Redux.
"Australia 2012". Dream Giver Redux.
"Celebrate The Greatest Hits +". Dream Giver Redux.
"Celebrate The Greatest Hits + US/Canadian edition". Dream Giver Redux.
"Greatest Hits+". Dream Giver Redux.
"Americas". Dream Giver Redux.
"South Africa/Europe 2013". Dream Giver Redux.
"Dream Giver Redux > simple minds #50". Simpleminds.org. February 2017. Retrieved 11 March 2017.

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Mettler, Mike (20 July 2016). "The Aural Thrills of Electronic Music Manoeuvres in the Dark, Starring OMD". Sound & Vision. Retrieved 19 August 2026.

spirit-of-rock.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

"Propaganda". Spirit of Rock.

stereogum.com (Global: 649^th place; English: 330^th place)

Breihan, Tom (2 October 2020). "The Number Ones: Simple Minds' "Don't You (Forget About Me)". Stereogum. Retrieved 31 July 2023. Over the next five years, Simple Minds cranked out seven albums of twitchy, claustrophobic, sometimes-experimental new wave.
Breihan, Tom (2 October 2020). "The Number Ones: Simple Minds' "Don't You (Forget About Me)"". Stereogum. Retrieved 31 July 2023. ...Simple Minds recorded the 1985 album Once Upon A Time and went for grand, expansive arena-rock.

swedishcharts.com (Global: 498^th place; English: 366^th place)

"Swedishcharts.com".

thecircle.de (Global: low place; English: low place)

thecircle.de > Simple Minds's Sacrosanct

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Stephen, Phyllis (16 November 2016). "Simple Minds and Paul Young winners at the Radio Forth awards". Theedinburghreporter.co.uk. Retrieved 26 November 2016.

thefreelibrary.com (Global: 686^th place; English: 383^rd place)

Coleman, Andy (27 November 2009). "A Simple Concept". Birmingham Mail. Retrieved 19 August 2026 – via The Free Library.

theguardian.com (Global: 16^th place; English: 11^th place)

Thomson, Graeme (27 June 2023). "'A nuclear reactor of music': the story of Simple Minds' classic album Empires and Dance". The Guardian. Retrieved 14 July 2025.
Simpson, Dave (3 April 2015). "Simple Minds review – still the edgy futurists, beneath the stadium style". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 27 November 2016.
Simpson, Dave (18 March 2015). "Simple Minds: 10 of the Best". The Guardian. Retrieved 19 August 2026.
Thomson, Graeme (23 February 2012). "Simple Minds: 'Maybe we shouldn't have cashed in'". The Guardian. Retrieved 14 July 2025.

theofficialcharts.com (Global: 2,999^th place; English: 2,419^th place)

"Belfast Child" No. 1 in UK Singles Chart Archived 29 July 2007 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 19 August 2007. Cite error: The named reference "archive_200707290332" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).

thequietus.com (Global: 1,903^rd place; English: 949^th place)

Stubbs, David (21 February 2012). "A Glittering Prize – Jim Kerr of Simple Minds Interviewed". The Quietus. Retrieved 19 August 2026.

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"Belfast Child" No. 1 in UK Singles Chart Archived 29 July 2007 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 19 August 2007. Cite error: The named reference "archive_200707290332" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
"Wembley Stadium Concerts history". WembleyStadium.com. Archived from the original on 9 January 2011. Retrieved 26 September 2011.
"Simple Minds Official Web Site / Shows in Munich and Tuttlingen, Germany!". Simpleminds.com. Archived from the original on 15 December 2010. Retrieved 1 September 2011.
David Fricke (14 April 1983). "Album Review New Gold Dream (81-82-83-84)". Rolling Stone. RealNetworks, Inc. Archived from the original on 17 November 2007. Retrieved 29 March 2022.

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"Wembley Stadium Concerts history". WembleyStadium.com. Archived from the original on 9 January 2011. Retrieved 26 September 2011.

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Simpson, Dave (3 April 2015). "Simple Minds review – still the edgy futurists, beneath the stadium style". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 27 November 2016.

worldradiohistory.com (Global: 127^th place; English: 68^th place)

"Billboard" (PDF). Worldradiohistory.com. 6 June 1987. p. 24. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
"Music & Media" (PDF). Worldradiohistory.com. 23 December 1989. Retrieved 11 October 2021.

youtube.com (Global: 13^th place; English: 14^th place)

"Simple Minds – Vision Thing (Lyric Video) (4:39)". 9 July 2022. Retrieved 10 July 2022 – via YouTube.

Simple Minds (English Wikipedia)

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