Simple Minds has announced a major North American headline tour – the legendary UK band’s biggest live run across the U.S. and Canada in four decades. Alive and Kicking Tour 2025 with Soft Cell and Modern English to the Walmart AMP on Wednesday, June 4, as part of the 2025 Cox Concert Series. Gates open at 5:30 pm. Music starts at 7 pm.
Presales start on Tuesday, Jan. 27 at 10 am. Tickets go on sale to the public at 10 am on Friday, Jan. 31. Standard ticket prices range from $35 - $149.50 plus applicable fees. Purchase tickets online only at amptickets.com or ticketmaster.com.
"Been a while but absence makes the heart grow fonder,” says Jim Kerr. “Simple Minds are ecstatic at the prospect of touring so extensively in the U.S. and Canada this coming spring.”
The eagerly awaited tour coincides with the 40th anniversary of Simple Minds’ momentous 1985, a milestone year in their legendary career which saw them topping the world’s charts with their Billboard“Hot 100” No. 1 smash, “Don’t You (Forget About Me),” and RIAA Gold®-certified seventh studio album Once Upon A Time, not to mention their unforgettable set in front of 135,000 fans – and a TV audience of millions – on the American leg of 1985’s Live Aid. Today sees the digital premiere of a special new nine-track edition of Once Upon A Time featuring the addition of “Don’t You (Forget About Me)” and updated Ruby Anniversary artwork. Physical versions and other anniversary reissues will follow later in the year. Simple Minds will be performing “Don’t You (Forget About Me) on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” this Wednesday, Jan. 29.
"Hindsight is a glorious thing!” continues Kerr. “40 years on and it now feels right for Simple Minds to have ‘Don't You (Forget About Me)’ included in this classy new nine track edition of Once Upon A Time."
STREAM/DOWNLOAD ONCE UPON A TIME (RUBY ANNIVERSARY EDITION)
What’s more, 2025 looks to be yet another banner year for Simple Minds, including the recent arrival of the new single, “Your Name In Lights,” released to celebrate the BBC premiere of the acclaimed documentary, Simple Minds: Everything Is Possible, available to stream now exclusively in the UK on BBC iPlayer with North American broadcast dates to be unveiled soon. “Your Name In Lights” is joined by an official music video which had its world premiere on January 17 – marking the anniversary of the band’s first-ever live performance as Simple Minds, held Jan. 17, 1978, at Glasgow, Scotland’s Satellite City.
Produced and directed by acclaimed filmmaker Joss Crowley, (Kate Bush, Freddie Mercury, Peter Gabriel), Simple Minds: Everything Is Possible is the first-ever feature-length documentary to chronicle the most iconic and influential Scottish band in history. Highlights include never-before-seen footage and feature interviews with band members, fellow musicians Bob Geldof, Bobby Gillespie (Primal Scream), Dave Gahan (Depeche Mode), Jerry Dammers (The Specials), Sharleen Spiteri (Texas), James Dean Bradfield (Manic Street Preachers), writer Irvine Welsh, actress Molly Ringwald, and album producers John Leckie, Pete Walsh, Steve Hillage, Trevor Horn, and Jimmy Iovine.
LISTEN TO “YOUR NAME IN LIGHTS”
WATCH “YOUR NAME IN LIGHTS” OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO
WATCH SIMPLE MINDS: EVERYTHING IS POSSIBLE (OFFICIAL TRAILER)
Add-ons for the 2025 season include reserved parking, AMP Underground, Fast Track, collectible tickets and lawn chair rentals. Concert tickets and add-ons for this show will be delivered digitally via Ticketmaster. Patrons will access their tickets by logging into their Ticketmaster account or using the Ticketmaster app.
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