Simple Minds Unveil New Live Album and Exciting Summer 2025 UK Tour

New album announcement

Simple Minds has unveiled a new live album, just ahead of their highly anticipated tour across Great Britain and Ireland this summer. Find all the details below.

The Scottish band is set to release Live in the City of Diamonds on April 24 (Pre-order it here). This release features a full concert from the Ziggo Dome Arena in Amsterdam, recorded on April 6, 2024.

Album formats and content

Fans will have the opportunity to purchase the album in the following physical formats:

2 x CD Media Book: Contains 24 tracks and a 24-page book featuring exclusive photos and tour notes penned by Jim Kerr.

Double black vinyl: Includes 18 tracks housed in a high-spec finish sleeve.

Special retail exclusive vinyl: Features double transparent vinyl, presented in a high-spec finish sleeve.

The new Live album in the City of Diamonds, April 25, 2025. Listen to the first track “Not You (Forget About Me).” https://t.co/u16t8vqpyz pic.twitter.com/tu9igEFQZ7

– Simple Minds (@simplemindscom) February 21, 2025

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=durmx7Weoii

The upcoming album features a live rendition of Simple Minds’ 1985 hit single “Not You (Forget About Me)”, along with classic tracks such as “Song of Love”, “Sons and Hobbies”, and “Sweat in the Bullet”, as well as selections from their 1982 defining album, New Gold Dream.

Additionally, the album includes material from the group’s 1985 track “Once Upon a Time”, the chart-topping “Belfast Child” from 1989, and songs from their 1991 album Real Life, including fan favorites like “SM . Light”.

To give fans a sneak peek of Live in the City of Diamonds, Simple Minds has shared their performance of “Not You (Forget About Me)” online. Listen above.

Tracklist for Simple Minds’ Live in the City of Diamonds:

CD1
1. ‘Waterfront’
2. ‘Song Song’
3. ‘Sons and Hobbies’
4. ‘Sweat in the Bullet’
5. ‘This Fear of the Gods’
6. ‘Come On Love’
7. ‘Once’
8. ‘Brilliant Prize’
9. ‘New Golden Dream’
10. ‘Promised You a Miracle’
11. ‘Belfast Child’

CD2
1. ‘Somewhere (In the Summer)’
2. ‘See the Light’
3. ‘Book of Brilliant Things’
4. ‘Not You (Forget About Me)’
5. ‘Alive and Kicking’
6. ‘Vision Thing’
7. ‘American’
8. ‘Solstice Kiss’
9. ‘Hunter and Hunted’
10. ‘Colors Fly and Katherine Wheel’

Double Vinyl Format:
Side A
1. ‘Waterfront’
2. ‘Song Song’
3. ‘Sons and Hobbies’
4. ‘Sweat in the Bullet’
5. ‘This Fear of the Gods’

Side B
1. ‘Come On Love’
2. ‘One Day’
3. ‘Brilliant Prize’
4. ‘New Golden Dream’

Side C
1. ‘Promised You a Miracle’
2. ‘Belfast Child’
3. ‘Somewhere (In the Summer)’
4. ‘See the Light’

Side D
1. ‘Book of Brilliant Things’
2. ‘Not You (Forget About Me)’
3. ‘Alive and Kicking’

Simple Minds will hit the road this summer to headline concerts across Great Britain and Ireland.

The tour kicks off with a monumental show in their hometown of Glasgow at Bellahouston Park on June 27, where they will perform their 1985 album Once Upon a Time in its entirety to celebrate its 40th anniversary.

Following this, Simple Minds will perform in Lincoln, Southampton, Dublin, Bedford, Halifax, and Derby. Tickets are on sale now – Get your tickets here and check out the full itinerary below.

They will also take the stage at the Lytham Festival 2025, sharing the lineup with big names such as Justin Timberlake, Alanis Morissette, and Texas.

Simple Minds’ 2025 Tour Dates in the UK and Ireland:

JUNE
27 – Bellahouston, Glasgow
28 – CASL Lincoln, Lincoln
29 – Summer Sessions, Southampton

JULY
01 – Trinity Summer Series, Dublin
03 – Summer Sessions, Bedford
06 – Lytham Festival, Lytham St. Annes
07 – Product Hall, Halifax
08 – Derby Summer Sessions, Derby

Simple Minds released their 19th and latest studio album, Direction of the Heart, in 2022.