Simple Minds

Everything Is Possible, the critically acclaimed feature-length documentary telling the extraordinary story of Simple Minds, will air on BBC Two this Saturday, followed by a broadcast of the band’s 2016 concert at London’s Hackney Empire.

Tune in at 10pm GMT or catch up on BBC iPlayer.

"For some people, the world ends at the bottom of your street. For others, it begins there. For Charlie and me, it was always the latter."

Watch Jim and Charlie's full interview with Virgin Radio UK here: bit.ly/VirginRadioO...

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Charlie Burchill and Jim Kerr, photographed by Guido Harari 📸

This photo appears on the exclusive subscriber cover of the November issue of Classic Pop magazine and inside the #OnceUponATime40 5CD box set booklet.

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Forty years ago this week, Simple Minds made their debut on Saturday Night Live, performing 'Alive and Kicking' and 'Sanctify Yourself'. They were introduced by Madonna, who was hosting the show for the very first time. #OnceUponATime40

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'Our Secrets Are The Same' is a Rough Trade Book of the Year!

Thanks to Rough Trade and congratulations to Jim, Charlie, and @graemethomson.bsky.social.

The 40th Anniversary vinyl of Once Upon A Time is out now 🔴

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From the streets of Toryglen to the same street in Taormina, Sicily. Watch Jim and Charlie talk about their new memoir 'Our Secrets Are The Same' on Virgin Radio UK.

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Bonus discs include original and extended versions of ‘Don’t You (Forget About Me),’ single edits, 12” mixes, B-sides, unreleased tracks, and the ‘Live in The City of Light’ concert. Plus a 36-page booklet featuring rare photos, interviews and a full track-by-track guide.

The 40th Anniversary 5CD boxset of 'Once Upon A Time' is out now 💿

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Jim and Charlie joined Christine Lampard on Lorraine earlier this month to talk all about their new memoir 'Our Secrets Are The Same'.

Watch the full interview: bit.ly/LorraineOSATS

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"Producer Jimmy Iovine always felt that, apart from being a rock band, Simple Minds also posessed a soulfulness that demanded to be heard. Through this desire to explore another side of our creativity, Sanctify Yourself was written." - Jim

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The 40th Anniversary Editions of ‘Once Upon A Time’ are available now on Limited Edition Ruby Red Vinyl and a 5CD Box Set including B-sides, rarities, extended mixes and the ‘Live In The City Of Light’ concert.

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A very limited number of last-minute tickets have just been released for Jim & Charlie’s special In Conversation show at Glasgow Citizens Theatre this Sunday 19 October.

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Part 2 of the #OurSecretsAreTheSame official playlist is now live on Spotify.

Curated by co-author @graemethomson.bsky.social, this second half of the playlist features key Simple Minds songs explored throughout the book.

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#OnceUponATime40 arrives this Friday!

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Part 1 explores the music that shaped Simple Minds, featuring tracks by everyone from The Tornados and T Rex to Kraftwerk and Van der Graaf Generator.

Part 2, featuring key Simple Minds songs explored throughout the book, will follow soon.

To celebrate the release of 'Our Secrets Are The Same', co-author @graemethomson.bsky.social has curated a two-part official playlist to guide readers through the book.

Listen here: sptfy.in/z6bt

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'Our Secrets Are The Same’, by Jim Kerr and Charlie Burchill with Graeme Thomson, is published today. Thanks to everyone who has already picked up a copy!

Available now in hardback and e-book at the link below:

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40 years ago this week, Simple Minds released 'Alive and Kicking'.

Pre-order the anniversary editions of 'Once Upon A Time' here: simpleminds.lnk.to/OUAT

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Our Secrets Are The Same’, the long-awaited joint memoir from Jim Kerr and Charlie Burchill, arrives this week! The first chapter will be shared exclusively with the Simple Minds mailing list very soon.

Sign up now to receive it when it’s released: www.simpleminds.com/newsletter/

Jim and Charlie will celebrate the publication of their joint memoir 'Our Secrets Are The Same' with two special events in Scotland next month.

Tickets are on sale now:
Glasgow: bit.ly/GlasgowOSATS
Edinburgh: bit.ly/EdinburghOSATS

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Pre-Order 'Our Secrets Are The Same' Book by Jim & Charlie - SIMPLEMINDS.COM Available to pre-order now, Our Secrets Are The Same the long-awaited memoir from Simple Minds’ lifelong friends, Jim Kerr & Charlie Burchill

I look at the photo and think: Man, he’s something.
I look at the photo and think: Well, HE’S got a career.” - Jim Kerr

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All angles.
Everything in its right place.

There is real precision there. Real artistry.
He looks special. Because he is.

Of all the local bands I had seen, there was nobody like Charlie. The Carlsbro amp, the pedals, the echoes and reverbs. He even plays the bloody violin.

Our Secrets Are The Same - Everything in Its Right Place

“Very early on, somebody takes a photograph of Simple Minds playing at the Mars Bar.

I focus in on Charlie.
Everything is in the right place.
The collar up. The star badge. The Flying V. The face. The hair.

Pre-Order 'Our Secrets Are The Same' Book by Jim & Charlie - SIMPLEMINDS.COM Available to pre-order now, Our Secrets Are The Same the long-awaited memoir from Simple Minds’ lifelong friends, Jim Kerr & Charlie Burchill

We saw it, we smelled it, we lived it — and it left a huge impression.

It all came through on the early Simple Minds records. Those trips were somehow translated into the music we ended up making.” - Charlie Burchill

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It was krautrock. Kraftwerk. Anything colourful and avant-garde. Certainly not Americana. That aesthetic was forged on our hitchhiking trip: travelling into Italy at midnight, visiting historic, mysterious places we’d only heard about. Beauty. Brutalism.

Our Secrets Are The Same - We Travel

“By the time Jim and I had started the band – or perhaps more accurately, by the time we were thinking of ourselves as a band – our sensibility was almost completely European.

Pre-Order 'Our Secrets Are The Same' Book by Jim & Charlie - SIMPLEMINDS.COM Available to pre-order now, Our Secrets Are The Same the long-awaited memoir from Simple Minds’ lifelong friends, Jim Kerr & Charlie Burchill

Halfway through the gig, amid the chaos and the smoke and the din, Charlie and I look at each other. I know what he is thinking: Wouldn’t it be great to do this – properly – for the rest of our lives?" - Jim Kerr

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Our Secrets Are The Same - The Young Ones

"Easter 1977. The Doune Castle, Shawlands, Glasgow. Usually when a band plays its first gig the audience consists of three men, two friends and a reluctant dog. Our first gig as Johnny and the Self Abusers is rammed.