LET'S TOUR - Simple Minds, 6 tappe in Italia con i greatest hits

(ANSA) - ROMA, 19 MAR - I Simple Minds tornano in Italia con The Greatest Hits Tour, un grande concerto che celebra i loro maggiori successi da Don't you forget (about me) a Belfast Child e Love song, da Alive & Kicking a Waterfront: a luglio saranno a Taormina (24), Molfetta (26), Roma (27), Ferrara (28), Lignano Sabbiadoro (29) e Torino (30). I fan italiani potranno ascoltare dal vivo i piu' grandi successi di uno dei gruppi che - con cinque acclamatissimi album - ha segnato la storia del rock. Con oltre trent'anni di carriera e piu' di sessanta milioni di album venduti in tutto il mondo, i Simple Minds hanno pubblicato lo scorso anno Celebrate - The Greatest Hits (Virgin/EMI), una nuova raccolta dei loro piu' grandi successi che ripercorre la lunga carriera della band di Glasgow, dagli esordi del 1979 fino all'ultimo Graffiti Soul, oltre a due brani inediti incisi appositamente per questo progetto, Blood Diamonds e Broken Glass Park. Queste le date: 24 luglio Taormina - Teatro antico, 26 luglio Molfetta - Banchina San Domenico, 27 luglio Roma - Cavea Auditorium, 28 luglio Ferrara - Piazza Castello, 29 luglio Lignano Sabbiadoro - Arena Alpe Adria, 30 luglio Torino - Gru
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NEWS WAVE - John Foxx remix Simple Minds' "Blood Diamonds"

Today, Simple Minds release the John Foxx & The Maths remix of their new single 'Blood Diamonds', out via Virgin Records, and we've got an exclusive stream of the track - have a listen above.
Foxx and Benge give the track an almost wholesale analogue synth re-envisioning, as well as adding in a track of his own backing vocals, with Foxx saying of the remix: "I loved Simple Minds from the first moment I heard them because they were a slightly younger generation who had taken up drum machines and synthesisers. And they were unique. The way Jim Kerr plays with words and titles makes him the best internal movie director I've ever come across. With the remix, Benge and I went for deep beep, bleep creep and stun drum with me on backing vox. It was gleeful and glittering and glamorous. Transgression never sounded sweeter!”
Head over to Beatport to get hold of the remix here.
The original track comes from Simple Minds' recent greatest hits album Celebrate, with the band touring extensively over the last year. Tonight, they'll be playing London's KOKO as part of the Virgin Records' 40th anniversary celebrations; head to the band's website for tickets.
Foxx, meanwhile, has also had a busy year, releasing Evidence, again, with Benge as John Foxx & The Maths, in February, which featured guest appearances from The Soft Moon and Gazelle Twin among others and is one of our favourite albums of the year so far, as well as putting out EPs with Jori Hulkkonen (including a remix from David Lynch) and the Belbury Circle. Read his Baker's Dozen that we posted recently and watch the video for 'Strictly' from the European Splendour EP below:

LET'S TOUR - Simple Minds+Ultravox, it's the New Gold Dream

STANDING TICKETS (front of stage) for 'The Greatest Hits Tour' at Glasgow Hydro Wednesday 27th November 2013
Simple Minds will be joined by very special guests Ultravox
Tickets will be posted out during October 2013; these cannot be reissued so will be sent by recorded mail
Venue plan is available below in detailed images, with the floor level the standing area
Doors open 6.30pm
No under 14's please
Maximum of 6 tickets can be purchased per household for each venue
Price includes £4.50 booking and admin fee
All tickets are for personal use only and cannot be resold under any circumstances. Resale or attempted resale is grounds for seizure or cancellation without refund or other compensation. The Event Partner and its affiliates, successors, or assigns may enforce these terms in accordance with the provisions of the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 (the Act)
Once purchased, tickets cannot be transferred, exchanged, refunded or returned unless the event is cancelled or moved to another date

LET'S TOUR - Simple Minds Somewhere in Summertime! New shows by Jim Kerr&Co.

Simple Minds are set to have a busy summer this year as the live dates continue to flood in! News of ticket pre-sales and a full list of confirmed dates are below.

Tickets for the following shows are about to go on sale. Please note that the Newcastle show will be similar to the recent 5x5 live shows and has a special ticket pre-sale for Members from 9.00am on Wed 28th March. This show will go on sale to the public on Friday so do get in there quickly as it may sell out fast.

8th July 2012 Sun, NEWCASTLE Academy, UK - 5x5 FULL SET - PRESALE TICKETS - Available from 9:00 (UK time) Wed 28th March

13th July 2012 Fri, SWEDEN Dalhalla nr BORLANGE - 5x5 FESTIVAL - Available from 09:00 (UK) Wed 28th March

26th July 2012 Thu, ITALY, MODENA, Piazza Grande - 5x5 + HITS - Available from 12:00 (Italian time) Thur 29th March

27th July 2012 Fri, ITALY, ROMA, Ippodromo Delle Capannelle - 5x5 + HITS - Available from 12:00 (Italian time) Thur 29th March

28th July 2012 Sat, ITALY, GRADO, Diga Nazario Sauro - 5x5 + HITS - Available from 12:00 (Italian time) Thur 29th March


All Shows Confirmed So Far

Here is a list of all confirmed Simple Minds dates so far this summer. More will follow. Click each link to see ticket details:

30th March 2012 Fri, Dognvill Festival, TROMSO, NO - 5x5 + HITS

23rd June 2012 Sat, Danube Island Festival, VIENNA, AUSTRIA, AT - 5x5 + HITS - FREE CONCERT!

29th June 2012 Fri, Main Square Festival, ARRAS, FR - 5x5 FESTIVAL

7th July 2012 Sat, T in the Park, Kinross, Scotland, UK - 5x5 FESTIVAL - SOLD OUT

8th July 2012 Sun, NEWCASTLE Academy, UK - 5x5 FULL SET - PRESALE TICKETS - Available from 9:00 (UK time) Wed 28th March

13th July 2012 Fri, SWEDEN Dalhalla nr BORLANGE - 5x5 FESTIVAL

11th July 2012 Thu, Train, AARHUS, DENMARK, DK - 5x5 FULL SET

15th July 2012 Sun, Latitude Festival, Henham Park, Southwold, Suffolk, England, UK - 5x5 FESTIVAL

26th July 2012 Thu, ITALY, MODENA, Piazza Grande - 5x5 + HITS - Available from 12:00 (Italian time) Thur 29th March

27th July 2012 Fri, ITALY, ROMA, Ippodromo Delle Capannelle - 5x5 + HITS - Available from 12:00 (Italian time) Thur 29th March

28th July 2012 Sat, ITALY, GRADO, Diga Nazario Sauro - 5x5 + HITS - Available from 12:00 (Italian time) Thur 29th March

17th August 2012 Fri, Stadtpark, HAMBURG, GERMANY, DE - 5x5 FESTIVAL

19th August 2012 Sun, E-Werk, KOLN, GERMANY, DE - 5x5 FULL SET

21st August 2012 Tue, Tonahalle, MUNICH, GERMANY, DE - 5x5 FULL SET

22nd August 2012 Wed, Amphitheater, HANAU, GERMANY, DE - 5x5 FESTIVAL

23rd August 2012 Thu, Schlachthof, DRESDEN, GERMANY, DE - 5x5 FULL SET

25th August 2012 Sat, Brabant Open Air Festival, Eindhoven, Netherlands, NL - 5x5 FESTIVAL

LIVE AND KICKING - Simple Minds : "Big Sleep"

LET'S TOUR - Simple Minds are alive and kicking again! Nuovo tour incentrato sul pokerissimo di album di esordio, quelli che hanno segnato un'epoca

(ANSA) - ROMA, 22 NOV - I Simple Minds hanno annunciato un breve e intenso tour in venue di dimensioni ridotte, dove proporranno solo del materiale dai loro primi cinque importantissimi album in due ore e mezza di show davvero da non perdere. Un tour che partira' dal Portogallo il 14 febbraio e che sbarchera' a Milano (all'Alcatraz) il 28 febbraio.

Simple Minds are pleased to announce a very rare and exciting opportunity to see them perform material from their first five albums at intimate venues, in February and March 2012. As a Member at Simpleminds.com you have access to these special tickets before general release on Friday 25th November. Read on to find out more! These landmark shows, lasting over two and half hours, will be part of a 16-date European tour beginning in Portugal on 14th February with the first UK shows taking place at Birmingham Academy and in the band's hometown of Glasgow, at Barrowlands, on 24th and 25th February respectively, with the final UK shows of the tour at London's Roundhouse (3rd March) and the Manchester Ritz the following evening. The band will exclusively play five songs from each of their first five albums - Life In A Day, Real To Real Cacophony, Empires and Dance, Sons and Fascination/Sister Feelings Calling and New Gold Dream (81, 82, 83, 84), which celebrates its 30th anniversary next year - which were released in a prolific period from 1979 to 1982. These five albums have had a massive cultural impact from the time of their release during the birth of the new wave electro scene in the late 1970s, through the dance revolution of the '80s and '90s, to the music of the Manic Street Preachers and the recent sound of The Horrors' Skying album, making them five of the most vital albums of the post-punk period and the last 35 years.

"This is the set that so many who appreciate Simple Minds have been begging us to play and finally this is that one-off chance to see it." Jim Kerr.

LET'S TOUR/OFF THE RECORDS - Don't you forget about them! Simple Minds on the summer tour plus live record...

Hurry up, boys&girls!!

The remaining Live CD recordings of Simple Minds at Bedgebury Pinetum & Forest, Hampton Court Palace and Cannock Chase Forest are selling out fast! For your chance to get these CDs, before they are all snapped up, follow the link below to the special Concert Live page. Click here for the Live CD'sClick here to listen to snippets of the songs right now.

Some tickets are still available for the shows below:

07/07/11 - St Peter at Sunset, Kestenholz, CH

09/07/11 - TW Classic Festival, Werchter, BE

09/07/11 - Rock Zottegem, Belgium, BE

10/07/11 - Festival Terres Blanches, Guerande, FR

16/07/11 - City Rocks, Inverness, Scotland, GB

19/07/11 - Honberger Festival, Festivalzelt in der Ruine, Tuttlingen, DE

21/07/11 - Zeltspektakel Festival, Winterbach, DE

23/07/11 - Burgtheater Dinslaken, Dinslaken, DE

26/07/11 - Dortmunder Music Festival, Westfalenhalle, DE

30/07/11 - INEC, Killarney, Ireland

06/08/11 - Rock the Rock Festival, Gibraltar, GB, Iberia

11/08/11 - Les nuits musicales de Ma�che, FR

12/08/11 - Festival du Chant de Marin, Paimpol, FR

13/08/11 - F�te du Bruit dans Landerneau, FR

18/08/11 - Belgrade Beer Fest, Belgrade, RS

Click Here to View Details on all Current Dates...Remember there are seven free downloads in the Members Area at Simpleminds.com right now...