Simple Minds Concert History

Simple Minds are a Scottish rock band formed in Glasgow in 1977. They have released a string of hit singles, becoming best known internationally for "Don't You (Forget About Me)" (1985), which topped the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States. Other commercially successful singles include "Glittering Prize" (1982), "Someone Somewhere in Summertime" (1982), "Waterfront" (1983) and "Alive and Kicking" (1985), as well as the UK number one single "Belfast Child" (1989).

Simple Minds Tours & Concerts (Updated for 2024) (Page 29)

Date Concert Venue Location
Jul 21, 2012
Simple Minds / Zulu Winter
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Théâtre Antique Arles, France
Jul 15, 2012
Latitude Festival
"Latitude Festival" / Paul Weller / Ben Howard / Bat For Lashes / Simple Minds / Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros / Zeros / Alabama Shakes / Wild Beasts / Orquesta Buena Vista Social Club / Omara Portuondo / Explosions in the Sky / M83 / Battles / St. Vincent / Jonathan Wilson / Perfume Genius / Slow Club / Other Lives / King Charles / Augustines / Daughter / Zun Zun Egui / Liz Green / Herman Dune / Lucy Rose / Hooray for Earth / The Cast of Cheers / Peace / Jack Dee / Des Bishop / Shappi Khorsandi / Tony Law / Chris Cox / Rich Hall / Reginald D. Hunter / Marcus Brigstocke / Late Night Gimp Fight / Mark Thomas / Levellers / Lang Lang / Rufus Wainwright Show all bands
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Henham Park Suffolk, United Kingdom
Jul 13, 2012
Simple Minds
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Dalhalla Rattvik, Sweden
Jul 12, 2012 –
Jul 15, 2012
Latitude Festival 2012
Lana Del Rey / Bon Iver / alt-J / M83 / Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros / Daughter / Janelle Monáe / SBTRKT / Metronomy / St. Vincent / First Aid Kit / Simple Minds / Elbow / Explosions in the Sky / The War on Drugs / Yeasayer / Kurt Vile / Rufus Wainwright / Laura Marling / Bat For Lashes / White Lies / Lianne La Havas / Sharon Van Etten / Django Django / Chairlift / Paul Weller / The Antlers / The Horrors / Tune-Yards / Glen Hansard / Poliça / Lucy Rose / Wild Beasts / Battles / Destroyer / The Staves / Richard Hawley / Slow Club / Zola Jesus / Peace / Other Lives / Givers / Thomas Dolby / kindness / George Fitzgerald / Augustines / Iceage / Rumer / Lang Lang / Cold Specks / Baxter Dury / We Have Band / Jonathan Wilson / Toy / I Break Horses / Deap Vally / Daryl Hall / The Phenomenal Handclap Band / Theme Park / Laetitia Sadier / Howler / Kwes. / Clock Opera / Team Me / SPLASHH / The Cast of Cheers / Josh T. Pearson / Smoke Fairies / Paul Thomas Saunders / Baloji / Soft / Kal Lavelle / Sam Airey / Zun Zun Egui / Fiona Bevan / Sunless '97 / Seye / Antonio Lulic / Lewis Mokler / Dingus Khan / The Delegators / Ben Perowsky / Benjamin Bloom / 2forjoy / Goldierocks / Alabama Shakes / Apparat / Dexys / Lloyd Cole / Low / Perfume Genius / The Silver Seas / Twin Shadow / dEUS Show all bands
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Henham Park Southwold, England, United Kingdom
Jul 11, 2012
Simple Minds

5x5 Live Tour

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Train Aarhus, Central Jutland, Denmark
Jul 08, 2012
Simple Minds
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O2 Academy Newcastle Newcastle upon Tyne, England, United Kingdom
Jul 07, 2012
T In The Park
"T In The Park" / The Stone Roses / Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds / David Guetta / Calvin Harris / Jessie J / The Vaccines / Two Door Cinema Club / Emeli Sandé / Ben Howard / Amy Macdonald / The Courteeners / The Maccabees / Enter Shikari / Major Lazer / Rizzle Kicks / Skream / Benga / The Wailers / Erol Alkan / Dappy / Fake Blood / Jack Beats / Crookers / Alabama Shakes / Spector / CLOUDS / Simple Minds / Shed Seven / J. Cole / Sub Focus / We Were Promised Jetpacks / Childish Gambino / Devlin / Augustines / Blood Red Shoes / Benjamin Francis Leftwich / Mull Historical Society / Stooshe / Cover Drive / DJ Yoda / Django Django / Vukovi / Here We Go Magic / The Minutes / Dawes / lonsdale boys club / The Broken Hands / MC Sgt Pokes / Ren Harvieu / alt-J / Delilah / Carly Connor / Teengirl Fantasy Show all bands
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Balado Kinross, United Kingdom
Jul 06, 2012 –
Jul 08, 2012
T In The Park
Calvin Harris / Nicki Minaj / David Guetta / J. Cole / Skrillex / Childish Gambino / Major Lazer / alt-J / Jessie J / Two Door Cinema Club / Snow Patrol / Fun. / Florence + the Machine / Swedish House Mafia / Christina Perri / Labrinth / The Temper Trap / Rita Ora / Keane / New Order / Olly Murs / Ben Howard / Kasabian / Alabama Shakes / Tinie Tempah / Emeli Sandé / Miike Snow / The Wanted / Kaiser Chiefs / NERO / Bombay Bicycle Club / The Vaccines / James Morrison / The Stone Roses / Simple Minds / Cher Lloyd / Example / Elbow / Chase & Status / The Darkness / The Maccabees / Band of Skulls / Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds / Sub Focus / St. Lucia / Rizzle Kicks / Benjamin Francis Leftwich / Django Django / Frank Turner / McFly / Paul Kalkbrenner / The Horrors / Professor Green / Maverick Sabre / Dawes / Hilltop Hoods / Amy Macdonald / Feeder / Enter Shikari / Miles Kane / Simian Mobile Disco / The Courteeners / The Brian Jonestown Massacre / The Wailers / Happy Mondays / The Cribs / Orbital / Crookers / Skream / The Subways / nina nesbitt / We Were Promised Jetpacks / Twin Atlantic / The Jezabels / Maya Jane Coles / The Enemy / Devlin / Lawson / Blood Red Shoes / Reverend and The Makers / Here We Go Magic / Peter Doherty / Fake Blood / Benga / Joris Voorn / Stooshe / King Charles / Augustines / Cover Drive / Shed Seven / Jack Beats / Spector / Dubfire / Tribes / Pan-Pot / Erol Alkan / Sven Vath / The Milk / D.I.D / The Blackout / Slam / Pulled Apart By Horses / Admiral Fallow / Howler / DJ Yoda / The Parlotones / Zulu Winter / Bellowhead / Len Faki / The Clouds / Vukovi / Gary Beck / Mull Historical Society / Ren Harvieu / Little Roy / The Minutes / Spring Offensive / Broken Hands / lonsdale boys club / James Levy and the Blood Red Rose / Randolph’s Leap / Hans Bouffmyhre / Beerjacket / More Than Conquerors / Oxygen Thief / Carly Connor / The Machine Room / Blank Canvas / Nevada Base / Horndog Brass Band / Weird Shapes / Damgroove / MC Sgt Pokes / The View Show all bands
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Balado Kinross, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Jun 29, 2012
Main Square Festival
"Main Square Festival" / The Maccabees / The Subways / Simple Minds / Garbage / Kasabian / The xx / Justice / Stuck In the Sound / Electric Guest / Brigitte / Editors / Metronomy / Chase & Status
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Citadel Of Arras Arras, Hauts-de-France, France
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Jun 28, 2012 –
Jul 01, 2012
Rock Werchter 2012
Skrillex / The All-American Rejects / Wiz Khalifa / Rise Against / The Kooks / Bombay Bicycle Club / Garbage / Within Temptation / Netsky / The Maccabees / blink-182 / Calvin Harris / Metric / Noah & The Whale / Knife Party / Gossip / Chase & Status / Simple Minds / Bat For Lashes / Agnes Obel / Birdy Nam Nam / Kitty, Daisy & Lewis / Pearl Jam / The Cure / Anna Calvi / Incubus / Kreayshawn / Milow / Justice / Jack White / Selah Sue / M83 / Red Hot Chili Peppers / Elbow / Nneka / Florence and the Machine / Deadmau5 / Mastodon / Die Antwoord / Azealia Banks / My Morning Jacket / Ed Sheeran / The Vaccines / Katy B / X / Ben Howard / 'T Hof Van Commerce / Regina Spektor / Isbells / The Hickey Underworld / Beirut / Snow Patrol / Editors / The Temper Trap / Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds / dEUS / James Vincent McMorrow / Miles Kane / Azari & III / Perfume Genius / Katzenjammer / Mumford & Sons / DJ Fresh / School Is Cool / Lana Del Rey / Kasabian / M. Ward / Dropkick Murphys / Wolfmother / Alabama Shakes / The Black Box Revelation / Michael Kiwanuka / The xx / Paul Kalkbrenner / Other Lives / Amon Tobin / Steve Aoki / Eastern Conference Champions / Mac Miller / James Morrison / Skream Ft. Sgt Pokes / Cypress Hill Show all bands
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Festivalpark Werchter Werchter, Flanders, Belgium
Show Duplicates for Jun 28, 2012
Jun 27, 2012 –
Jun 30, 2012
Rock Werchter 2012
M83 / Deadmau5 / The Cure / Red Hot Chili Peppers / Florence and the Machine / Skrillex / Wiz Khalifa / Snow Patrol / Wolfmother / My Morning Jacket / Alabama Shakes / Rise Against / Mastodon / Editors / Elbow / The xx / Justice / dEUS / Simple Minds / Selah Sue / Mac Miller / Jack White / Gossip / Netsky / Chase And Status / Mumford & Sons / Black Box Revelation / The All American Rejects / Pearl Jam / Dropkick Murphy's / Kasabian / Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds / Blink 182 Show all bands
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Festivalpark Werchter Werchter, Flanders, Belgium
Jun 23, 2012
"Donau Insel Festival" / Simple Minds

Donau Insel Festival

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Donauinsel Vienna, Vienna, Austria
Mar 30, 2012 –
Mar 31, 2012
Døgnvill Vinter 2012
Simple Minds / Elton John / Hellbillies / Halvdan Sivertsen / Jan Eggum / Violet Road / DAGNY / Vinni / DJ Ralph Myerz / Dreamon
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Skarphallen Tromsø, Norway
Show Duplicate for Mar 30, 2012
Mar 04, 2012
Simple Minds
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Olympia Theatre Dublin, Leinster, Ireland
Mar 03, 2012
Simple Minds
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O2 Ritz Manchester Manchester, England, United Kingdom
Mar 02, 2012
Simple Minds
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Roundhouse London, England, United Kingdom
Feb 29, 2012
Simple Minds
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Komplex 457 Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
Feb 28, 2012
Simple Minds
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Alcatraz Milan, Lombardy, Italy
Feb 27, 2012
Simple Minds
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Casino de Paris Paris, Île-de-France, France
Feb 25, 2012
Simple Minds
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Barrowland Ballroom Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom

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Simple Minds / Del Amitri
Mar 21, 2024
 London, England, United Kingdom
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Simple Minds / Del Amitri
Mar 21, 2024
 London, England, United Kingdom
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Simple Minds / Del Amitri
Mar 21, 2024
 London, England, United Kingdom
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Simple Minds / Del Amitri
Mar 21, 2024
 London, England, United Kingdom
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Simple Minds / Del Amitri
Mar 27, 2024
 Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom
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Simple Minds
Apr 10, 2024
 Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
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Simple Minds / Del Amitri on Apr 6, 2024 [870-small]

Simple Minds / Del Amitri
Apr 6, 2024
 Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
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Simple Minds / Del Amitri
Apr 6, 2024
 Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
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Simple Minds / Del Amitri
Apr 6, 2024
 Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
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Simple Minds / Del Amitri
Apr 6, 2024
 Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
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Simple Minds on Feb 26, 2006 [794-small]

Simple Minds
Feb 26, 2006
 Bielefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
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Simple Minds on Jun 19, 2009 [330-small]

Simple Minds
Jun 19, 2009
 Bielefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
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Simple Minds on Apr 10, 2024 [971-small]

Simple Minds
Apr 10, 2024
 Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
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Simple Minds / Bangles / The Cult / The Waterboys / In Tua Nua on Jun 21, 1986 [975-small]

Simple Minds / Bangles / The Cult / The Waterboys / In Tua Nua
Jun 21, 1986
 Milton Keynes, England, United Kingdom
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Simple Minds on Aug 21, 1991 [976-small]

Simple Minds
Aug 21, 1991
 London, England, United Kingdom
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Simple Minds on Aug 1, 1989 [977-small]

Simple Minds
Aug 1, 1989
 Birmingham, England, United Kingdom
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Simple Minds on Apr 18, 2015 [924-small]

Simple Minds
Apr 18, 2015
 Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom
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Simple Minds on Apr 8, 2024 [809-small]

Simple Minds
Apr 8, 2024
 Copenhagen, Capital Region, Denmark
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Genres:

Rock
Pop
Electronic
Pop Rock
Alternative
Post-Punk
Soft Rock
Album Oriented Rock (AOR)
New Wave
Mellow Gold
Art Rock
Synthpop
New Wave Pop
Synth-Pop
New Romantic
Male Vocalists
Dance-Rock
Big-Music
Scottish New Wave
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Latest Setlist (04/20/2024):

Open YouTube Playlist
  1. Waterfront
  2. Love Song
  3. Mandela Day
  4. This Fear of Gods
  5. Let There Be Love
  6. Sanctify Yourself
  7. Theme for Great Cities
  8. All the Things She Said
  9. Glittering Prize
  10. Promised You a Miracle
  11. New Gold Dream (81-82-83-84)
  12. Belfast Child
  13. Someone Somewhere in Summertime
  14. Don't You (Forget About Me)
  15. Book of Brilliant Things
  16. Alive and Kicking
  17. The Jean Genie

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Concerts Per Year:

2024 59 concerts
2023 2 concerts
2022 59 concerts
2021 10 concerts
2020 26 concerts
2019 2 concerts
2018 88 concerts
2017 55 concerts
2016 24 concerts
2015 81 concerts
2014 69 concerts
2013 57 concerts
2012 54 concerts
2011 28 concerts
2010 34 concerts
2009 62 concerts
2008 32 concerts
2007 11 concerts
2006 95 concerts
2005 10 concerts
2004 13 concerts
2003 50 concerts
2002 102 concerts
2001 2 concerts
1998 27 concerts
1997 38 concerts
1995 36 concerts
1994 4 concerts
1991 32 concerts
1990 3 concerts
1989 44 concerts
1988 5 concerts
1987 5 concerts
1986 49 concerts
1985 30 concerts
1984 72 concerts
1983 59 concerts
1982 104 concerts
1981 52 concerts
1980 88 concerts
1979 96 concerts
1978 64 concerts

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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

How many concerts has Simple Minds had?

Simple Minds has had 1,833 concerts.

What genre is Simple Minds?

Simple Minds is most often considered to be Rock, Pop, Electronic, Pop Rock, Alternative, Post-Punk, Soft Rock, Album Oriented Rock (AOR), New Wave, Mellow Gold, Art Rock, Synthpop, New Wave Pop, Synth-Pop, New Romantic, Male Vocalists, Dance-Rock, Big-Music, and Scottish New Wave.

When is the next Simple Minds concert?

The next Simple Minds concert is on May 11, 2024 at Brookside at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California, United States. The bands performing are: Blondie / Duran Duran / Interpol / Placebo / Simple Minds / Soft Cell / The Jesus and Mary Chain / The Stranglers / Gary Numan / Ministry / Adam Ant / The Faint / Heaven 17 / The Alarm / The Motels / General Public / TR/ST / Budgie / Tones on Tail / Adult. / DREAMCAR / Model/Actriz / French Police / Zanias / The Mission (UK) / Body of Light / Nuovo Testamento / Harsh Symmetry / Patriarchy / Lol Tolhurst / Balvanera / LEATHERS (CA) / Lol Tolhurst x Budgie.

When was the last Simple Minds concert?

The last Simple Minds concert was on April 20, 2024 at Mediolanum Forum in Assago, Lombardy, Italy.

What setlist does Simple Minds play live?

The songs that Simple Minds performs live vary, but here's the latest setlist that we have from the April 20, 2024 concert at Mediolanum Forum in Assago, Lombardy, Italy:

  1. Waterfront
  2. Love Song
  3. Mandela Day
  4. This Fear of Gods
  5. Let There Be Love
  6. Sanctify Yourself
  7. Theme for Great Cities
  8. All the Things She Said
  9. Glittering Prize
  10. Promised You a Miracle
  11. New Gold Dream (81-82-83-84)
  12. Belfast Child
  13. Someone Somewhere in Summertime
  14. Don't You (Forget About Me)
  15. Book of Brilliant Things
  16. Alive and Kicking
  17. The Jean Genie

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