The musician and winner of the Ivor Novello Award helped change rock music with the release of a beloved chart-topping track.

For most Americans, the Scottish rock group Simple Minds will always be synonymous with their number one hit from 1985, “Don't You (Forget About Me),” from the John Hughes movie The Breakfast Club.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Simple Minds' "Don't You (Forget About Me)" topped the charts after it was released on "The Breakfast Club" soundtrack in 1985.

Some 45 years or so after making their initial appearance during Britain’s post-punk era, Simple Minds mark their return courtesy of not one, but two new live albums, albeit each with a different ...

Scottish band Simple Minds have always been something of an anomaly. Formed in 1977, they released a string of underground post-punk/new wave albums before striking it big in the mid-’80s with the ...

We’re chatting in the bar of a central London hotel, along with guitarist Charlie Burchill as the singer enthuses about their stellar live shows. He adds: “It feels like this wave and we are on the ...

This past Friday night the legendary Scottish band Simple Minds took a sold-out 9:30 Club crowd through a rousing tour of 30+ years of great music. It was their first show in D.C. in a decade. The ...

An iconic rock band are back on our shores and have incited a very unique reaction from their Australian fans. For the true fans, it can be a dream come true. But have you ever thought how your idols ...

Simple Minds, who play Roseland Ballroom in New York City on Thursday night, were the greatest new wave band of the 1980s. And they achieved that greatness before most Americans (but not all) had even ...

Simple Minds decided to copy a Canadian band that isn't exactly huge in the US or anywhere else - they took an MGB song, and copied the tune, the bassline, the general structure of the song, and the ...

Jim Kerr is the lead singer in the notorious ’80s band, Simple Minds. Their music is the theme song in many movies such as “The Breakfast Club” with the famous scene of Judd Nelson walking off and ...

The pair also open up about the smash hit they once felt guilty about AS Jim Kerr readily admits: “There’s a bit of a moment going on with Simple Minds just now.” We’re chatting in the bar of a ...