Mention Simple Minds to most music fans, and the first thing that most likely comes to mind is “Don’t You (Forget About Me).” The memorable song from the 1985 movie The Breakfast Club that went to No.
PHOENIX – If you love ‘80s new wave anthems, don’t you forget about getting tickets to see Simple Minds in Phoenix this spring. The Scottish rock band is celebrating the 40th anniversary of the smash ...
ATLANTA -- That staccato "Hey, hey, hey, hey" is all you need to hear to beat Shazam and identify Simple Minds' eternal hit, "Don't You (Forget About Me)." ATLANTA -- That staccato "Hey, hey, hey, hey ...
Presented with the biggest hit they'd ever have, Simple Minds initially balked. "We are Simple Minds; we don't do songs that sound like Simple Minds," frontman Jim Kerr remembered saying. "We are ...
When Simple Minds first heard “Don’t You (Forget About Me)” — their No. 1 single that would serve as the theme song and teenage anthem of the 1985 Brat Pack classic “The Breakfast Club” — it wasn’t ...
No one is going to forget about Simple Minds’ 30-year anniversary tribute to “The Breakfast Club” on Sunday’s Billboard Music Awards (hey, hey, hey, hey, ohhh). Certainly not Molly Ringwald. To salute ...
There was a common trajectory for the great new wave artists of the '80s. With many of them having come out of punk in the '70s, their beginnings were often more avant-garde than they might be given ...
Simple Minds is heading out on a headlining North American tour with fellow '80s favorites Modern English and Soft Cell. See a complete list of cities and dates below. "Been a while but absence makes ...
For a retrospective feature on the song for Spin in 2015, different parties involved had different recollections of how this ‘80s classic was eventually recorded by Simple Minds. Forsey, who was the ...