Simple Minds are set to release BIG MUSIC, their first album of new material in five years on November 3rd . They have also confirmed a major multiple date UK tour in 2015, including Edinburgh Usher Hall on Tuesday 7th April and Perth Concert Hall on Wednesday 8th April. Tickets for the tour go on sale 9.00AM Friday 26 September.

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Simple Minds Big Music 2015 Tour

Fri 27 March Grimsby Auditorium

Sat 28 March Llandudno Venue Cymru Arena

Mon 30 March Stoke Victoria Hall

Tue 31 March Leicester De Montfort Hall

Thu 02 April Liverpool Empire Theatre

Fri 03 April Blackpool Opera House

Sat 04 April Bridlington Spa

Mon 06 April Newcastle City Hall

Tue 07 April Edinburgh Usher Hall

Wed 08 April Perth Concert Hall

Fri 10 April Manchester O2 Apollo

Sat 11 April Birmingham O2 Academy

Sun 12 April Sheffield City Hall

Tue 14 April Brighton Dome

Wed 15 April Portsmouth Guildhall

Fri 17 April Plymouth Pavilions

Sat 18 April Cardiff Motorpoint Arena

Sun 19 April Bournemouth O2 Academy

Tue 21 April Cambridge Corn Exchange

Wed 22 April Norwich The Nick Rayns Lcr Uea

Fri 24 April Margate Winter Gardens

Sat 25 April Southend Cliff Pavilion

Sun 26 April Oxford New Theatre

Tue 28 April Guildford G Live

Wed 29 April Bristol Colston Hall

Thu 30 April Reading Hexagon

Sat 02 May Swindon Oasis

Sun 03 May Nottingham Royal Concert Hall

Mon 04 May Ipswich Regent

BIG MUSIC is Simple Minds’ 16th album, a collection that reiterates the band’s world-class credentials and a culmination of a decade of stealthy rediscovery that has seen the band make two albums, 2005's lack & White 050505 and 2009's Graffiti Soul, before reminding us all of their legacy with the acclaimed X5 boxed set and subsequent 5X5 Live album and tour.

The first single to be released from BIG MUSIC will be ‘Honest Town’, out November 3rd. The song, a dream-like travelogue through Kerr's childhood stomping grounds on Glasgow's South Side, is the most touching moment on BIG MUSIC - a haunting track inspired by fond memories of Jim Kerr’s mum, who passed away in Glasgow four years ago. It was co-written with Iain Cook of Chvrches

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