Jim Kerr is on a Zoom call from Los Angeles a few days out from Simple Minds embarking on their biggest tour of the United States and Canada since 1986. “Honestly, we're thrilled,” Kerr enthuses.

Simple Minds' "Don't You (Forget About Me)" topped the charts after it was released on "The Breakfast Club" soundtrack in 1985. “It sounded a little generic to us,” Jim Kerr, lead singer of the band, ...

Jim Kerr believes that "gesture music" allows Simple Minds to continue selling out arenas. The 66-year-old singer credits anthems such as Don't You (Forget About Me) and Alive and Kicking for enabling ...

When the Scottish band Simple Minds made their live debut on stage at the Satellite City club in the city center of Glasgow on January 17, 1978, it’s fair to wonder just how big the four teenagers in ...

Simple Minds is still very much an active band. In fact, its 20th studio album is in motion, according to frontman Jim Kerr. But this year, the Scottish group is enjoying the 40th anniversary of an ...

Simple Minds performs at the North Island Credit Union Amphitheatre. (Photo by Donovan Roche/Times of San Diego) It’s not easy to stand out when your lead singer is Jim Kerr. And yet, that’s exactly ...

When Simple Minds first heard “Don’t You (Forget About Me)” — their No. 1 single that would serve as the theme song and ...