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The new memoir ‘Our Secrets Are The Same’ and ‘Once Upon A Time’ 40th Anniversary Editions are out now.
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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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Thank you to each and every one of you for making this year one of the most successful in the band’s long history!
- Simple Minds HQ
- Simple Minds HQ
December 23, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Thank you to each and every one of you for making this year one of the most successful in the band’s long history!
- Simple Minds HQ
- Simple Minds HQ
Wishing a very happy birthday to the wonderful Cherisse Osei!
Photo by Trent Barboza
Photo by Trent Barboza
December 23, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Wishing a very happy birthday to the wonderful Cherisse Osei!
Photo by Trent Barboza
Photo by Trent Barboza
This month in 1985, Simple Minds’ two shows at The Ahoy in Rotterdam were recorded and filmed by The Tube, creating promotional concert footage for the forthcoming UK leg of the Once Upon A Time tour. #OnceUponATime40
December 18, 2025 at 3:30 PM
This month in 1985, Simple Minds’ two shows at The Ahoy in Rotterdam were recorded and filmed by The Tube, creating promotional concert footage for the forthcoming UK leg of the Once Upon A Time tour. #OnceUponATime40
‘Our Secrets Are The Same’, the joint memoir by Jim Kerr and Charlie Burchill with Graeme Thomson, has been named a Rough Trade and Uncut Book of the Year 2025.
Order your copy of #OurSecretsAreTheSame via the link below:
www.simpleminds.com/our-secrets-...
Order your copy of #OurSecretsAreTheSame via the link below:
www.simpleminds.com/our-secrets-...
December 17, 2025 at 1:07 PM
‘Our Secrets Are The Same’, the joint memoir by Jim Kerr and Charlie Burchill with Graeme Thomson, has been named a Rough Trade and Uncut Book of the Year 2025.
Order your copy of #OurSecretsAreTheSame via the link below:
www.simpleminds.com/our-secrets-...
Order your copy of #OurSecretsAreTheSame via the link below:
www.simpleminds.com/our-secrets-...
40 years ago this month, Simple Minds continued their Once Upon a Time Tour across Europe, following the major commercial success of the album.
Photos by Guido Harari
#OnceUponATime40
Photos by Guido Harari
#OnceUponATime40
December 12, 2025 at 9:19 AM
40 years ago this month, Simple Minds continued their Once Upon a Time Tour across Europe, following the major commercial success of the album.
Photos by Guido Harari
#OnceUponATime40
Photos by Guido Harari
#OnceUponATime40
Ghost Dancing - Live at Rock Werchter, 2025.
Released as the final single from 'Once Upon a Time' in November 1986, as the album tour drew to a close.
#OnceUponATime40
Released as the final single from 'Once Upon a Time' in November 1986, as the album tour drew to a close.
#OnceUponATime40
December 10, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Ghost Dancing - Live at Rock Werchter, 2025.
Released as the final single from 'Once Upon a Time' in November 1986, as the album tour drew to a close.
#OnceUponATime40
Released as the final single from 'Once Upon a Time' in November 1986, as the album tour drew to a close.
#OnceUponATime40
The last remaining Soundwaves Art prints created from the soundwaves of “Alive & Kicking” are being re-released this holiday season.
www.soundwavesartfoundation.com/collections/simple-minds
www.soundwavesartfoundation.com/collections/simple-minds
December 9, 2025 at 3:48 PM
The last remaining Soundwaves Art prints created from the soundwaves of “Alive & Kicking” are being re-released this holiday season.
www.soundwavesartfoundation.com/collections/simple-minds
www.soundwavesartfoundation.com/collections/simple-minds
Visit the Simple Minds Official Shop via the link below for gift ideas this holiday season.
store.simpleminds.com
store.simpleminds.com
December 3, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Visit the Simple Minds Official Shop via the link below for gift ideas this holiday season.
store.simpleminds.com
store.simpleminds.com
The official Simple Minds store Black Friday Sale is live, with 30% off selected items for a limited time.
Shop now: store.simpleminds.com
Sale ends Monday 1st December at 23:59pm GMT.
Shop now: store.simpleminds.com
Sale ends Monday 1st December at 23:59pm GMT.
November 28, 2025 at 11:43 AM
The official Simple Minds store Black Friday Sale is live, with 30% off selected items for a limited time.
Shop now: store.simpleminds.com
Sale ends Monday 1st December at 23:59pm GMT.
Shop now: store.simpleminds.com
Sale ends Monday 1st December at 23:59pm GMT.
November 27, 2025 at 2:46 PM
This month in 1979, Simple Minds released their second studio album, 'Real To Real Cacophony'.
November 25, 2025 at 3:36 PM
This month in 1979, Simple Minds released their second studio album, 'Real To Real Cacophony'.
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Join the Simple Minds mailing list to get early access to 30% off selected items in the official store: www.simpleminds.com/newsletter/
Join the Simple Minds mailing list to get early access to 30% off selected items in the official store: www.simpleminds.com/newsletter/
November 24, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Coming Soon
Join the Simple Minds mailing list to get early access to 30% off selected items in the official store: www.simpleminds.com/newsletter/
Join the Simple Minds mailing list to get early access to 30% off selected items in the official store: www.simpleminds.com/newsletter/
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.
Tune in at 10pm GMT or catch up on BBC iPlayer.
November 14, 2025 at 10:11 AM
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.
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...
#OurSecretsAreTheSame
Watch Jim and Charlie's full interview with Virgin Radio UK here: bit.ly/VirginRadioO...
#OurSecretsAreTheSame
November 10, 2025 at 4:31 PM
"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...
#OurSecretsAreTheSame
Watch Jim and Charlie's full interview with Virgin Radio UK here: bit.ly/VirginRadioO...
#OurSecretsAreTheSame
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.
Available now: simpleminds.ffm.to/onceuponatim...
This photo appears on the exclusive subscriber cover of the November issue of Classic Pop magazine and inside the #OnceUponATime40 5CD box set booklet.
Available now: simpleminds.ffm.to/onceuponatim...
November 7, 2025 at 2:17 PM
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.
Available now: simpleminds.ffm.to/onceuponatim...
This photo appears on the exclusive subscriber cover of the November issue of Classic Pop magazine and inside the #OnceUponATime40 5CD box set booklet.
Available now: simpleminds.ffm.to/onceuponatim...
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
November 6, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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
'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.
Thanks to Rough Trade and congratulations to Jim, Charlie, and @graemethomson.bsky.social.
November 5, 2025 at 10:52 AM
'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.
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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#OnceUponATime40
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#OnceUponATime40
November 3, 2025 at 3:53 PM
The 40th Anniversary vinyl of Once Upon A Time is out now 🔴
simpleminds.ffm.to/onceuponatim...
#OnceUponATime40
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#OnceUponATime40
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.
bit.ly/VirginRadioO...
#OurSecretsAreTheSame
bit.ly/VirginRadioO...
#OurSecretsAreTheSame
October 29, 2025 at 5:22 PM
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.
bit.ly/VirginRadioO...
#OurSecretsAreTheSame
bit.ly/VirginRadioO...
#OurSecretsAreTheSame
The 40th Anniversary 5CD boxset of 'Once Upon A Time' is out now 💿
simpleminds.ffm.to/onceuponatim...
#OnceUponATime40
simpleminds.ffm.to/onceuponatim...
#OnceUponATime40
October 24, 2025 at 10:04 AM
The 40th Anniversary 5CD boxset of 'Once Upon A Time' is out now 💿
simpleminds.ffm.to/onceuponatim...
#OnceUponATime40
simpleminds.ffm.to/onceuponatim...
#OnceUponATime40
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
#OurSecretsAreTheSame
Watch the full interview: bit.ly/LorraineOSATS
#OurSecretsAreTheSame
October 23, 2025 at 9:42 AM
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
#OurSecretsAreTheSame
Watch the full interview: bit.ly/LorraineOSATS
#OurSecretsAreTheSame
"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
simpleminds.ffm.to/onceuponatim...
#OnceUponATime40
simpleminds.ffm.to/onceuponatim...
#OnceUponATime40
October 22, 2025 at 12:55 PM
"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
simpleminds.ffm.to/onceuponatim...
#OnceUponATime40
simpleminds.ffm.to/onceuponatim...
#OnceUponATime40
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.
simpleminds.ffm.to/onceuponatim...
#OnceUponATime40
simpleminds.ffm.to/onceuponatim...
#OnceUponATime40
October 17, 2025 at 9:04 AM
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.
simpleminds.ffm.to/onceuponatim...
#OnceUponATime40
simpleminds.ffm.to/onceuponatim...
#OnceUponATime40
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.
citz.co.uk/whats-on/sim...
citz.co.uk/whats-on/sim...
October 16, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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.
citz.co.uk/whats-on/sim...
citz.co.uk/whats-on/sim...
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.
Listen here: sptfy.in/z6bt
Curated by co-author @graemethomson.bsky.social, this second half of the playlist features key Simple Minds songs explored throughout the book.
Listen here: sptfy.in/z6bt
October 16, 2025 at 11:30 AM
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.
Listen here: sptfy.in/z6bt
Curated by co-author @graemethomson.bsky.social, this second half of the playlist features key Simple Minds songs explored throughout the book.
Listen here: sptfy.in/z6bt