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The new memoir ‘Our Secrets Are The Same’ out now. ‘Once Upon A Time’ 40th Anniversary Editions out October 17th.

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Simple Minds @simplemindsmusic.bsky.social · Jun 24

Simple Minds’ landmark 1985 album 'Once Upon A Time' is being reissued for its 40th Anniversary on October 17th.

simpleminds.lnk.to/OUAT

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Simple Minds @simplemindsmusic.bsky.social · 10d

'Our Secrets Are The Same’, by Jim Kerr and Charlie Burchill with Graeme Thomson, is published today. Thanks to everyone who has already picked up a copy!

Available now in hardback and e-book at the link below:

www.simpleminds.com/our-secrets-...

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Simple Minds @simplemindsmusic.bsky.social · 11d

40 years ago this week, Simple Minds released 'Alive and Kicking'.

Pre-order the anniversary editions of 'Once Upon A Time' here: simpleminds.lnk.to/OUAT

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Simple Minds @simplemindsmusic.bsky.social · 12d

Our Secrets Are The Same’, the long-awaited joint memoir from Jim Kerr and Charlie Burchill, arrives this week! The first chapter will be shared exclusively with the Simple Minds mailing list very soon.

Sign up now to receive it when it’s released: www.simpleminds.com/newsletter/

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Simple Minds @simplemindsmusic.bsky.social · 16d

Jim and Charlie will celebrate the publication of their joint memoir 'Our Secrets Are The Same' with two special events in Scotland next month.

Tickets are on sale now:
Glasgow: bit.ly/GlasgowOSATS
Edinburgh: bit.ly/EdinburghOSATS

#OurSecretsAreTheSame

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Simple Minds @simplemindsmusic.bsky.social · 20d

I look at the photo and think: Man, he’s something.
I look at the photo and think: Well, HE’S got a career.” - Jim Kerr

Pre-order: www.simpleminds.com/our-secrets-...

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Pre-Order 'Our Secrets Are The Same' Book by Jim & Charlie - SIMPLEMINDS.COM

Available to pre-order now, Our Secrets Are The Same the long-awaited memoir from Simple Minds’ lifelong friends, Jim Kerr & Charlie Burchill

www.simpleminds.com

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Simple Minds @simplemindsmusic.bsky.social · 20d

All angles.
Everything in its right place.

There is real precision there. Real artistry.
He looks special. Because he is.

Of all the local bands I had seen, there was nobody like Charlie. The Carlsbro amp, the pedals, the echoes and reverbs. He even plays the bloody violin.

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Simple Minds @simplemindsmusic.bsky.social · 20d

Our Secrets Are The Same - Everything in Its Right Place

“Very early on, somebody takes a photograph of Simple Minds playing at the Mars Bar.

I focus in on Charlie.
Everything is in the right place.
The collar up. The star badge. The Flying V. The face. The hair.

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Simple Minds @simplemindsmusic.bsky.social · 24d

We saw it, we smelled it, we lived it — and it left a huge impression.

It all came through on the early Simple Minds records. Those trips were somehow translated into the music we ended up making.” - Charlie Burchill

Pre-order: www.simpleminds.com/our-secrets-...

#OurSecretsAreTheSame

Pre-Order 'Our Secrets Are The Same' Book by Jim & Charlie - SIMPLEMINDS.COM

Available to pre-order now, Our Secrets Are The Same the long-awaited memoir from Simple Minds’ lifelong friends, Jim Kerr & Charlie Burchill

www.simpleminds.com

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Simple Minds @simplemindsmusic.bsky.social · 24d

It was krautrock. Kraftwerk. Anything colourful and avant-garde. Certainly not Americana. That aesthetic was forged on our hitchhiking trip: travelling into Italy at midnight, visiting historic, mysterious places we’d only heard about. Beauty. Brutalism.

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Simple Minds @simplemindsmusic.bsky.social · 24d

Our Secrets Are The Same - We Travel

“By the time Jim and I had started the band – or perhaps more accurately, by the time we were thinking of ourselves as a band – our sensibility was almost completely European.

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Simple Minds @simplemindsmusic.bsky.social · 27d

Halfway through the gig, amid the chaos and the smoke and the din, Charlie and I look at each other. I know what he is thinking: Wouldn’t it be great to do this – properly – for the rest of our lives?" - Jim Kerr

Pre-order: www.simpleminds.com/our-secrets-...

#OurSecretsAreTheSame

Pre-Order 'Our Secrets Are The Same' Book by Jim & Charlie - SIMPLEMINDS.COM

Available to pre-order now, Our Secrets Are The Same the long-awaited memoir from Simple Minds’ lifelong friends, Jim Kerr & Charlie Burchill

www.simpleminds.com

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Simple Minds @simplemindsmusic.bsky.social · 27d

Our Secrets Are The Same - The Young Ones

"Easter 1977. The Doune Castle, Shawlands, Glasgow. Usually when a band plays its first gig the audience consists of three men, two friends and a reluctant dog. Our first gig as Johnny and the Self Abusers is rammed.

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Simple Minds @simplemindsmusic.bsky.social · Sep 12

45 years ago today, Simple Minds released their third studio album 'Empires and Dance'.

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Simple Minds @simplemindsmusic.bsky.social · Sep 11

Released on 2nd October, the memoir explores key songs, places, years and events in the Simple Minds story and is told in the distinct voices of both men.

Online tickets to watch a livestream of the event are available now: tinyurl.com/SimpleMindsBL

An Evening with Simple Minds | British Library

Jim Kerr and Charlie Burchill formed Simple Minds in 1977 and went on to make it one of the biggest, most influential, eclectic and pioneering groups of th

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Simple Minds @simplemindsmusic.bsky.social · Sep 11

Join Jim and Charlie at the @britishlibrary on Tuesday 21st October as they mark the release of their joint memoir 'Our Secrets Are The Same' in a special evening in conversation with broadcaster, journalist and campaigner Mariella Frostrup.

tinyurl.com/SimpleMindsBL

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Simple Minds @simplemindsmusic.bsky.social · Sep 10

To mark the release of their joint memoir Our Secrets Are The Same, Jim and Charlie will be appearing at a series of special book events and signings in London, Glasgow and Edinburgh this October.

Sign up for first access to tickets: www.simpleminds.com/newsletter/

Photo by Thorsten Samesch

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Simple Minds @simplemindsmusic.bsky.social · Sep 5

This week in 1981, Simple Minds released the double album Sons and Fascination/Sister Feelings Call, which featured the single 'Love Song', performed here on Countdown.

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Simple Minds @simplemindsmusic.bsky.social · Sep 4

A summer night in Bedford, July 2025 📹

Which track had you singing the loudest?

Footage by Trent Barboza

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Simple Minds @simplemindsmusic.bsky.social · Sep 3

Less than a month to go until the release of 'Our Secrets Are The Same’, the long-awaited joint memoir by Simple Minds’ founding members and lifelong friends Jim Kerr and Charlie Burchill.

Available to pre-order now in hardback and e-book: www.simpleminds.com/our-secrets-...

#OurSecretsAreTheSame

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Simple Minds @simplemindsmusic.bsky.social · Aug 31

📍 Loreley, 2025

Explore the full tour gallery on the Simple Minds website: simpleminds.com/category/all-media/galleries/

Photos by @toddevision.bsky.social

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Simple Minds @simplemindsmusic.bsky.social · Aug 29

We’ve loved seeing you all repping Simple Minds on the road this year! Share your favourite merch looks with us 📸

Check out the full 2025 tour range, available now in the official store: store.simpleminds.com

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Simple Minds @simplemindsmusic.bsky.social · Aug 28

"Control yourself, love is all you need."

Sanctify Yourself - Live in Verona, 1989.

#OnceUponATime40

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Simple Minds @simplemindsmusic.bsky.social · Aug 20

"Dublin, you were absolutely fabulous! It’s always a joy playing in Ireland." - Cherisse Osei

📹 Simple Minds live at Trinity College last month. Footage by Trent Barboza

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Simple Minds @simplemindsmusic.bsky.social · Aug 19

Thank you to everyone who shared their fantastic photos from Simple Minds’ Global Tour this year! Some of the best moments from the summer are now live in a new tour gallery on the band's official website.

www.simpleminds.com/category/all...

📸 Thorsten Samesch

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Simple Minds @simplemindsmusic.bsky.social · Aug 18

Out October 2nd in hardback and e-book: www.simpleminds.com/our-secrets-...

Photo by Thorsten Samesch

#OurSecretsAreTheSame

Pre-Order 'Our Secrets Are The Same' Book by Jim & Charlie - SIMPLEMINDS.COM

Available to pre-order now, Our Secrets Are The Same the long-awaited memoir from Simple Minds’ lifelong friends, Jim Kerr & Charlie Burchill

www.simpleminds.com

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