SIMPLE MINDS TICKETS AUSTRALIA

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Scottish band Simple Minds headed back to Australia and New Zealand in November and December 2021 as part of their 40 Years Of Hits Tour. They’ll be joined by special guests Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark.

In addition to their a day on the green outdoor concert series, Simple Minds played Australian headline shows at Melbourne’s Margaret Court Arena on Tuesday 1 December 2020. In NZ, they’ll perform at Christchurch’s Horncastle Arena on Wednesday 9 December 2020 and Wellington’s TSB Arena on Friday 11 December 2020.

The band are touring in celebration of 40: The Best Of - 1979-2019, a brand new 40-song collection marking their 40th anniversary. The compilation features a cover of Scottish singer-songwriter King Creosote’s‘For One Night Only’.

Australia gave Simple Minds their first hit single in, and their first gold album, New Gold Dream (81–82–83–84). A string of awards and more unforgettable hits followed, including ‘Promised You A Miracle’, ‘Let There Be Love’, ‘Alive and Kicking’, ‘Sanctify Yourself’, ‘Belfast Child’ and the truly iconic ‘Don’t You (Forget About Me)’, recorded for the unforgettable John Hughes film The Breakfast Club.  

They’ve since gone on to sell more than 60 million albums over the last four decades, taking their rightful place as one of the great bands of their generation. Riding the wave of the post-punk era and taking cues from art-rock and early dance music, they deployed rousing choruses and booming atmospherics to provide a soundtrack that endures around the world today.

Joining Simple Minds at all shows are acclaimed avant-garde band Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark. Also celebrating their 40th anniversary, they’ll bring hits like ‘If You Leave’, famous for soundtracking iconic teen film Pretty In Pink, anti-war song ‘Enola Gay’, and other classics like ‘Souvenir’, ‘Electricity’, and ‘So In Love’.

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