Datum	Media		Act	Bands	Locatie	Gezelschap
31-08-1989			Simple Minds	Gun	Ahoy	Thois Ad
14-07-1989			Simple Minds	The Silencers	De Kuip	Thois Harry Ad Arthur Z.

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Biography van Simple Minds

Simple Minds are a Scottish pop and rock band that achieved their greatest worldwide popularity from the mid-80s to the early 90s, still playing to a massive fan-following today. The group, from the South Side of Glasgow, has produced a set of critically acclaimed albums in the early 80s. It also has secured a string of successful hit singles, the best known being their #1 worldwide hit single "Don't You (Forget About Me)", from the soundtrack of the John Hughes movie The Breakfast Club and their worldwide hit single "Alive and Kicking". The band has sold more than 40 million albums since 1979, breaking to the U.K. Top 40 chart a full 24 times. Founding members Jim Kerr (vocals) and Charlie Burchill (guitar, keyboards), along with drummer Mel Gaynor, are the core of the band. It also currently features Andy Gillespie on keyboards and Ged Grimes on bass guitar. Formed in late 1977 from the ashes of punk rock group Johnny & the Self Abusers (which had only created one single), Simple Minds initially signed to Arista, who recorded and released their first three albums. As the the Self-Abusers, they had had a very raw and unpolished sound, playing their first gig in a Glasgow bar on Easter Monday in 1977. “When we were onstage it was mayhem,” Kerr later said. “No one could play a note. It was just white noise... took us about six months to become serious about it.” The musical changes Simple Minds went through in these first three albums shows how diverse their song range is. Tracks to compare would be "Chelsea Girl", their first single with hints of Johnny and the Self Abusers that was inspired by Andy Warhol's pop art, and "I Travel", an almost disco sounding track, with "Someone", a loose yet energetic rock track that could have fit alongside the power pop bands at the Top of the Pops. The group grew major influence from the glam rock and post-punk ethos around them, particularly from the band's hero David Bowie. Virgin Records saw the potential in the band and in 1981 signed them up. The first Virgin Records release, Sons And Fascination/Sister Feelings Call, was a double album. Yet it was later released as two single albums: Sons and Fascination and Sister Feelings Call. Their fan-base in the U.K. grew, but they couldn't quite break into the mainstream yet. In September 1981, founding drummer Brian McGee left the band, to be replaced by Gaynor. They first found notable success with New Gold Dream (81-82-83-84), which is still regarded as their best album by some fans. Moving into a more melodic rock sound, Billboard magazine later called the release "a creative peak", and the 1982 album gave Simple Minds a top three U.K. chart slot. Irish rock group U2 took major influence from the band, particularly the aforementioned album, and they became often compared as friendly rivals from about this point on. Soon afterwards, the band garnered great commercial success in Europe and their native U.K. since then (in the 80s and early 90s they sold 30 million albums worldwide). In the United States, however, they had a hard time reaching the popular pop audience. They finally smashed into the States with "Don't You (Forget About Me)", a new wave gem that was used in the soundtrack to the John Hughes coming-of-age film The Breakfast Club and went to number one. Ironically it is one of few songs recorded by the band that they didn't write themselves. Producer and composer Keith Forsey was such a devoted fan of the band and so fixated on the notion of them recording his tune that he flew to London to persuade them to do so, with them acceding mostly based on their budding personal friendship with Foresey. In 1985, the arena rock fueled album Once Upon a Time yielded a string of worldwide hit singles such as "Alive and Kicking", "Sanctify Yourself", and "Ghostdancing" All this ead to playing bigger arenas and supporting Amnesty International with donations from record sales. "Alive and Kicking" in particular became something of a signature song of the band, it reached No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the U.S. and garnered airplay all over Europe Still, the pressures of touring and recording took their toll. Frontman Kerr later remarked, "Looking back now, at the end of the '80s, one of the things we didn’t have was endless energy. That was 13 years of nonstop recording, writing, rehearsing, touring. The wheels were staring to come off". Though the popularity of the band waned, with personnel changes leading to fan division, they kept on with their arena-ready sound and managed sporadic chart success. Critical reviews also favored the band. Jim Kerr and Charlie Burchill remain the core of the band to this day, with Andy Gillespie (keyboards), Mel Gaynor (drums) and Eddie Duffy (bass) supporting. Other members of the band are Michael MacNeil (keyboards), Derek Forbes (Bass), and John Giblin (Bass). They have maintained a strong fan-base world-wide, and their somewhat more recent album Black and White 050505 received critical acclaim on its release in September 2005, although it did not secure a release in the U.S. The band embarked on a U.K.-wide arena tour towards the end of 2008 to celebrate 30 years as a band. This was considered a great success. Their latest studio album, Graffiti Soul, was released on 25 May 2009. With praise appearing in publications such as Mojo magazine and the All Music Guide, the release became something of a comeback album, with it reaching the top 40 album charts in several nations. Fans also acclaimed the work. Group frontman Jim Kerr is notable outside of the music arena today for his opening of a Hotel Villa Angela in Taormina, Sicily and his public support for the Celtic FC football team. He also was famously married to rock star Chrissie Hynde of the Pretenders in 1984 (divorced 1992). They have one child, Yasmin Paris Kerr (1985). He was subsequently married to actress Patsy Kensit in 1992 (divorced, 1996) with whom he had a son, James Kerr (born, 1993). Discography: Life in a Day - 1979 Reel to Real Cacophony - 1979 Empires and Dance - 1980 Sons And Fascination/Sister Feelings Call - 1981 Sons and Fascination - 1981 Sister Feelings Call - 1981 Celebration - 1982 New Gold Dream (81-82-83-84) - 1982 Sparkle in the Rain - 1984 Once Upon a Time - 1985 Live in the City of Light - 1987 Street Fighting Years - 1989 Real Life - 1991 Glittering Prize 81/92 - 1992 Good News From the Next World - 1995 Neapolis - 1998 Neon Lights - 2001 The Best of Simple Minds - 2001 Cry - 2002 Early Gold - 2003 Black and White 050505 - 2005 Black and White Live - 2006 Graffiti Soul - 2009 Icon - 2013 Big Music - 2014 Acoustic - 2016 Walk Between Worlds - 2018 Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.

  

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Datum	Locatie	Plaats en land
Thu, 24-06-2021	WiZink Center	Madrid, Spain
Mon, 28-06-2021	Rockhal	Esch-sur-alzette, Luxembourg
Tue, 29-06-2021	Métropole Lausanne	Lausanne, Switzerland
Sat, 03-07-2021	Les Eurockéennes 2021	Belfort, France
Tue, 06-07-2021	Sports - recreation center Salata	Zagreb, Croatia
Thu, 08-07-2021	Les Déferlantes Sud de France 2021	Argelès-sur-mer, France
Fri, 09-07-2021	Musilac Festival	Aix-les-bains, France
Sun, 11-07-2021	Festival Pause Guitare 2021	Albi, France
Fri, 30-07-2021	Bodega Tio Pepe	Jerez De La Frontera, Spain
Sun, 15-08-2021	Princes Street Gardens	Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Mon, 23-08-2021	Custom House Square	Belfast, United Kingdom
Thu, 02-12-2021	Kings Park and Botanic Garden	Perth, Australia
Sat, 04-12-2021	Rochford Wines Yarra Valley	Coldstream, Australia
Tue, 07-12-2021	Margaret Court Arena	Melbourne, Australia
Thu, 09-12-2021	First State Super Theatre	Sydney, Australia
Sat, 11-12-2021	Hunter Valley	Bimbadeen, Australia
Sun, 12-12-2021	Sirromet Wines	Mount Cotton, Australia
Wed, 15-12-2021	Horncastle Arena	Christchurch, New Zealand
Fri, 17-12-2021	TSB Arena	Wellington, New Zealand
Sat, 18-12-2021	Villa Maria Estate	Mangere, New Zealand
Wed, 02-03-2022	K.B. Hallen	Frederiksberg, Denmark
Thu, 03-03-2022	Kongrescenter	Herning, Denmark
Sat, 05-03-2022	Lokschuppen Bielefeld	Bielefeld, Germany
Mon, 07-03-2022	Zénith de Lille	Lille, France
Tue, 08-03-2022	La Seine Musicale	Boulogne-billancourt, France
Wed, 09-03-2022	ARKEA ARENA	Floirac, France
Fri, 11-03-2022	MHP Arena	Ludwigsburg, Germany
Sat, 12-03-2022	Stadthalle Offenbach	Offenbach Am Main, Germany
Sun, 13-03-2022	Messe und Congress Centrum Halle Münsterland	Münster, Germany
Mon, 14-03-2022	Heinrich-Lades-Halle	Erlangen, Germany
Wed, 16-03-2022	Halle Tony Garnier	Lyon, France
Thu, 17-03-2022	Musikklub in der Sick-Arena	Freiburg, Germany
Fri, 18-03-2022	Palladium Cologne	Cologne, Germany
Sat, 19-03-2022	Thüringen-Halle	Erfurt, Germany
Mon, 21-03-2022	Columbiahalle	Berlin, Germany
Tue, 22-03-2022	Pier 2	Bremen, Germany
Wed, 23-03-2022	Swiss Life Hall	Hannover, Germany
Fri, 25-03-2022	Hallenstadion	Zürich, Switzerland
Sun, 27-03-2022	Sparkassen-Arena	Aurich, Germany
Mon, 28-03-2022	Saarlandhalle	Saarbrücken, Germany
Tue, 29-03-2022	OberschwabenKLUB	Ravensburg, Germany
Thu, 31-03-2022	The SSE Arena, Wembley	London, United Kingdom
Fri, 01-04-2022	Bournemouth International Centre	Bournemouth, United Kingdom
Sun, 03-04-2022	The Brighton Centre	Brighton, United Kingdom
Tue, 05-04-2022	P&J Live	Aberdeen, United Kingdom
Wed, 06-04-2022	SSE Hydro	Glasgow, United Kingdom
Thu, 07-04-2022	Resorts World Arena	Birmingham, United Kingdom
Sat, 09-04-2022	First Direct Arena	Leeds, United Kingdom
Sun, 10-04-2022	Metro Radio Arena	Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom
Tue, 12-04-2022	Motorpoint Arena Nottingham	Nottingham, United Kingdom
Thu, 14-04-2022	Motorpoint Arena Cardiff	Cardiff, United Kingdom
Fri, 15-04-2022	Bonus Arena	Kingston Upon Hull, United Kingdom
Sat, 16-04-2022	M&S Bank Arena	Liverpool, United Kingdom
Sun, 17-04-2022	3Arena	Dublin, Ireland
Tue, 19-04-2022	Ziggo Dome	Amsterdam, Netherlands
Wed, 20-04-2022	Sportpaleis	Wilrijk, Belgium
Thu, 21-04-2022	Barclaycard Arena	Hamburg, Germany
Sat, 18-06-2022	Blenheim Palace	Woodstock, United Kingdom
Tue, 21-06-2022	Porto Coliseum	Porto, Portugal
Wed, 22-06-2022	Cinema City Campo Pequeno	Lisboa, Portugal
Sun, 26-06-2022	Château de Tilloloy	Tilloloy, France
Sat, 09-07-2022	Festival Cognac Blues Passion	Cognac, France
Tue, 12-07-2022	Teatro Antico di Taormina	Taormina, Italy
Thu, 14-07-2022	Teatro D'Annunzio di Pescara	Pescara, Italy
Fri, 15-07-2022	Pistoia Blues Festival	Pistoia, Italy
Sun, 17-07-2022	Auditorium Parco della Musica	Roma, Italy
Mon, 18-07-2022	Arena di Verona	Verona, Italy
Fri, 29-07-2022	Starlite Marbella	Marbella, Spain