Tag Archives: Simple Minds

Simple Minds Shocker: Kerr Shares Memoir With Burchill In “Our Secrets Are The Same”

Posted on July 1, 2025 by postpunkmonk

I just got the email from the Simple Minds mothership minutes ago and I’m a little shocked at how reality has refused to bend to my expectations. I you can set the Wayback Machine for about five years ago, there … Continue reading →

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Simple Minds Exit Their Live Trilogy On A High Note With “Live In the City of Diamonds” [part 3]

Posted on May 16, 2025 by postpunkmonk

[…continued from last post] Following the never ending rendition of “Belfast Child,” the set list began its sprint towards the inevitable. Their three biggest selling singles would inevitably manifest, but they were shot through with some more thrills from the … Continue reading →

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Simple Minds Exit Their Live Trilogy On A High Note With “Live In the City of Diamonds” [part 2]

Posted on May 15, 2025 by postpunkmonk

[…continued from last post] After the most perfect opening salvo to a Simple Minds live album ever, Where can anyone go but down? If Kerr’s “let me see your hands” in the song least likely to host such shenanigans was … Continue reading →

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Simple Minds Exit Their Live Trilogy On A High Note With “Live In the City of Diamonds” [part 1]

Posted on May 14, 2025 by postpunkmonk

Simple Minds: Live In The City Of Diamonds – Worldwide – 2xCD [2025] CD1 CD2 We put this on the want list when it was announced earlier this year and we made sure to pre-order so that it was posted … Continue reading →

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Upcoming Simple Minds Live Album Has An Almost Perfect Setlist; This Fan Says “Huzzah!”

Posted on February 26, 2025 by postpunkmonk

Last Friday we got a surprise notice from the Simple Minds mothership that…stop the presses… a new Simple Minds live album was being prepped for release in April. Gloryoski! Simple Minds sure have a lot of live albums. Maybe not … Continue reading →

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Simple Minds North American Tour + Reissue As 40 Anniversary Victory Lap for “Once Upon A Time”

Posted on January 28, 2025 by postpunkmonk

Of course we’re attuned to all things Simple Minds here at PPM. They are a top three band for me and I’ve stuck with them through thick and thin. The thinnest period being 1985-1994 where I bought the occasional single … Continue reading →

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60/40 Split: TH3 MINDS Show That McGee, Forbes, and MacNeil Aren’t Giving Up Their Chunk Of The Simple Minds Legacy Yet

Posted on January 20, 2025 by postpunkmonk

This weekend commenter Mr G dropped a comment that alerted me to something I was certainly not on top of. The fact that Brian McGee, Derek Forbes, and Mick MacNeil have banded together once more to form a Simple Minds … Continue reading →

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