Simple Minds (English Wikipedia)

Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Simple Minds" in English language version.

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allmusic.com

Huey, Steve. "Artist Biography by Steve Huey". AllMusic. Retrieved 6 December 2015.

archive.today

"Sounds End of Year Lists". Rocklist.net. Archived from the original on 10 September 2012.

artvinyl.com

"Best Art Vinyl Awards 2018". Artvinyl.com. Retrieved 21 June 2021.

bbc.co.uk

"BBC - Simple Minds to perform live In Concert for BBC Radio 2 - Media Centre". Bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 27 November 2016.

billboard.com

"Simple Minds | Biography, Music & News". Billboard. Retrieved 12 July 2025.

books.google.com

"Simple Minds – Good News from the Next World". Billboard. Vol. 107, no. 7. 18 February 1995. p. 66. ISSN 0006-2510.
"Billboard". 14 June 1986.

bpi.co.uk

"Smiths, The Very Best Of The Smiths, Album - The BPI". BPI. Retrieved 12 July 2025.

charts.nz

Hung, Steffen. "charts.org.nz - Simple Minds - Once Upon A Time". charts.nz.

classicpopmag.com

"There's still time to vote in our 2018 Reader Awards!". Classicpopmag.com. 2 January 2019. Retrieved 11 October 2021.

clyde2.com

"Radio Clyde". Radio Clyde - Simple Minds In Session. 2 November 2014. Retrieved 17 November 2014.

collectionscanada.gc.ca

"RPM Top 50 Singles - January 16, 1982" (PDF).
"Item Display – RPM – Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Retrieved 1 September 2011.

crazyonclassicrock.com

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

discogs.com

"Simple Minds – Celebrate (Live At The SSE Hydro Glasgow)". Discogs.com. January 2020. Retrieved 17 January 2020.

downloadhome.co.uk

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

ebayimg.com

i.ebayimg.com

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

facebook.com

facebook.com

"Simple Minds Official". Facebook.com. 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.

m.facebook.com

"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.

google.com

"Pop/Rock Band/Duo/Group Video Artist - Google Search". Google. Retrieved 21 June 2021.

nme.com

"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.com. 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

"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.

pennyblackmusic.co.uk

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

popmatters.com

Gerard, Chris (12 February 2018). "A long walk between worlds: Jim Kerr on Simple Minds' new album and 40-year musical legacy". PopMatters. Retrieved 24 April 2021.

postpunkmonk.com

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

riaa.com

"Gold & Platinum". RIAA. Retrieved 12 July 2025.

scotsman.com

"Simple Minds pick up gong at Ivor Novello Awards 2016". Scotsman.com. 19 May 2016. Retrieved 26 November 2016.

setlist.fm

"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.

side-line.com

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

simpleminds.com

"Simple Minds Win Ivor Novello Award". Simpleminds.com. 19 May 2016. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
"Simple Minds Genesis & Formation". Simpleminds.com. 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". www.simpleminds.com. February 2025. Retrieved 21 February 2025.

simpleminds.org

"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.

spirit-of-rock.com

"Propaganda". Spirit of Rock.

swedishcharts.com

"Swedishcharts.com".

theedinburghreporter.co.uk

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

theguardian.com

Thompson, Graeme (27 June 2023). ""A nuclear reactor of music": The Story of Simple Minds Classic Album Empires and Dance". The Guardian.
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.

theofficialcharts.com

"Belfast Child" No. 1 in UK Singles Chart Archived 29 July 2007 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 19 August 2007.
Street Fighting Years No. 1 in UK Archived 29 July 2007 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 19 August 2007.

web.archive.org

"Belfast Child" No. 1 in UK Singles Chart Archived 29 July 2007 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 19 August 2007.
Street Fighting Years No. 1 in UK Archived 29 July 2007 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 19 August 2007.
"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.

wembleystadium.com

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

worldcat.org

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"Simple Minds – Good News from the Next World". Billboard. Vol. 107, no. 7. 18 February 1995. p. 66. ISSN 0006-2510.
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

"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

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