The legendary UK band will mark its biggest North American run in four decades
Simple Minds has announced the Alive & Kicking Tour 2025 North American headlining tour, the legendary UK band’s biggest live run across the U.S. and Canada in four decades. Soft Cell and Modern English will support the entire run.
Presales begin on Thursday, January 30th ahead of the general sale on Friday, January 31st at 10 am local time. The tour will also offer several VIP packages and experiences for fans to take their concert experience to the next level. Packages vary but include premium tickets, a behind-the-scenes tour, a group photo in front of the stage, exclusive VIP merch item & more. VIP package contents vary based on the offer selected.
“Been a while but absence makes the heart grow fonder,” says Jim Kerr. “Simple Minds are ecstatic at the prospect of touring so extensively in the US and Canada this coming Spring.”
The eagerly awaited tour coincides with the 40th anniversary of the band’s momentous 1985, a milestone year in their legendary career which saw them topping the world’s charts with their Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 smash, “Don’t You (Forget About Me),” and RIAA gold-certified seventh studio album Once Upon A Time, not to mention their unforgettable set in front of 135,000 fans – and a TV audience of millions – on the American leg of 1985’s Live Aid.
In celebration, the band shares the digital premiere of a special new nine-track edition of Once Upon A Time featuring the addition of “Don’t You (Forget About Me)” and updated Ruby Anniversary artwork. Physical versions and other anniversary reissues will follow later in the year.
“Hindsight is a glorious thing!” continues Kerr. “Forty years on and it now feels right for Simple Minds to have ‘Don’t You (Forget About Me)’ included in this classy new nine track edition of Once Upon A Time.”
What’s more, 2025 looks to be yet another banner year for Simple Minds, including the recent arrival of the new single, “Your Name In Lights,” released to celebrate the BBC premiere of the acclaimed documentary, Simple Minds: Everything Is Possible, available to stream now exclusively in the UK on BBC iPlayer with North American broadcast dates to be unveiled soon. “Your Name In Lights” is joined by an official music video that had its world premiere on January 17th, marking the anniversary of the band’s first-ever live performance as Simple Minds, held January 17, 1978, at Glasgow, Scotland’s Satellite City.
Produced and directed by acclaimed filmmaker Joss Crowley, (Kate Bush, Freddie Mercury, Peter Gabriel), Simple Minds: Everything Is Possible is the first-ever feature-length documentary to chronicle the most iconic and influential Scottish band in history. Highlights include never-before-seen footage and feature interviews with band members, fellow musicians Bob Geldof, Bobby Gillespie (Primal Scream), Dave Gahan (Depeche Mode), Jerry Dammers (The Specials), Sharleen Spiteri (Texas), James Dean Bradfield (Manic Street Preachers), writer Irvine Welsh, actress Molly Ringwald, and album producers John Leckie, Pete Walsh, Steve Hillage, Trevor Horn, and Jimmy Iovine.
Simple Minds 2025 Tour Dates:
May 16 – Ridgefield, WA @ Cascades Amphitheater
May 17 – Seattle, WA @ Climate Pledge Arena
May 20 – Concord, CA @ Toyota Pavilion at Concord
May 22 – Inglewood, CA @ Kia Forum
May 23 – Greater Palm Springs, CA @ Acrisure Arena
May 24 – Chula Vista, CA @ North Island Credit Union Amphitheatre
May 25 – Phoenix, AZ @ Talking Stick Resort Amphitheatre
May 27 – Denver, CO @ Ball Arena
May 30 – Austin, TX @ Moody Center
May 31 – Woodlands, TX @ Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
June 1 – Irving, TX @ The Pavillion at Toyota Music Factory
June 4 – Rogers, AR @ The Walmart AMP
June 5 – Maryland Heights, MO @ Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre
June 7 – Atlanta, GA @ Cadence Bank Amphitheatre at Chastain Park
June 10 – Columbia, MD @ Merriweather Post Pavilion
June 11 – Holmdel, NJ @ PNC Bank Arts Center
June 13 – Wantagh, NY @ Northwell at Jones Beach Theater
June 14 – Philadelphia, PA @ The Mann Center
June 15 – Mansfield, MA @ Xfinity Center
June 17 – Montreal, QC @ Centre Bell
June18 – Toronto, ON @ Budweiser Stage
June 20 – Chicago, IL @ Huntington Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island
June 21 – Clarkston, MI @ Pine Knob Music Theatre
June 22 – Noblesville, IN @ Ruoff Music Center
