SIMPLE MINDS four concerts in Italy this summer (Info & Tickets)

Simple Minds announce the Italian summer stages of 2024. After the band’s next arrival in our country with the already sold-out date of April 20, 2024 at the Mediolanum Forum in Milan, the band led by Jim Kerr returns with four new concerts.

Concerts are the lifeblood of Simple Minds, it’s where we and our audience come to life and vigor through music. Four decades after we set off, this global tour will prove that Simple Minds are still alive and well!” Jim Kerr

Formed in the 1970s and named after a lyric – “so simple minded” – in David Bowie’s famous 1972 single The Jean Genie, Simple Minds have become one of the most successful groups to come out of the UK, selling over 60 million albums. records worldwide, with number one singles on both sides of the Atlantic and number one albums worldwide, including five number one albums in the UK: Sparkle In The Rain (1984), Once Upon A Time (1985) and Street Fighting Years, as well as the concert recording Live In The City Of Light (1987) and the Glittering Prize81/92 compilation.

Over the past 10 years Simple Minds have rekindled the magic that made them a vital artistic force, found themselves being referenced by younger artists and playing to tens of thousands of people every year, all over the world. The request to see the band perform well-known hits, including “Promised You a Miracle”, “Glittering Prize”, “Someone Somewhere in Summertime”, “Waterfront”, “Alive and Kicking”, “Sanctify Yourself” and “Don’ t You Forget About Me,” has grown year after year, with the band consistently acclaimed as one of the best live groups of its generation. Referring to their 2022 concert at Wembley Arena, The Times newspaper said: “back in style and in top form”. They have been honored with the Q Awards Lifetime Achievement and have received universal critical acclaim for their recent albums. 2015’s Big Music was defined by MOJO magazine as “their best album of the last 30 years”, while 2018’s Walk Between Worlds saw Simple Minds engaged in their biggest US tour to date and, together with Direction Of The Heart of 2022, reached number 4 in the UK charts and the top 10 in several territories.

THE BAND

Simple Minds are: Jim Kerr (vocals), Charlie Burchill (guitars, keyboards), Gordy Goudie (acoustic guitar), Ged Grimes (bass), Cherisse Osei (drums) and Sarah Brown (vocals).

INFO & TICKETS

FRIDAY 28 JUNE 2024 |ROME @ AUDITORIUM PARCO DELLA MUSICA – CAVEA ROMA SUMMER FEST
SUNDAY 30 JUNE 2024 | BARI @ ROTONDA VIA PAOLO PINTO – LOCUS FESTIVAL
MONDAY 1 JULY 2024 | SENIGALLIA @PIAZZA GARIBALDI
THURSDAY 4 JULY 2024 | MANTOVA @ PIAZZA SORDELLO – MANTOVA SUMMER FESTIVAL

The official ticket presale on My Live Nation (www.livenation.it) will be available in preview from Monday 4 December at 10.00.

The general sale opens on Tuesday 5 December at 10.00.