Scottish new wave/rock legends Simple Minds have revealed their new single “Your Name In Lights“.
The track features on the soundtrack of their critically acclaimed documentary ‘Everything Is Possible‘, available now via BBC iPlayer and the BBC Scotland channel.
On Your Name In Lights the band sets out to match the film’s ambience whilst recapturing the innocent spirit of their early days: “When we were ‘wee boys’ playing around with our synthesisers,” says the band’s Jim Kerr, “proudly wearing our Kraftwerk and Brian Eno influences on our sleeve.”
Made by Lonesome Pine Productions for Paramount+ and in partnership with BMG, Everything Is Possible was directed/produced by Joss Crowley. The film takes the viewer on an extraordinary journey from the band’s isolated beginnings in late 1970s Glasgow to their early groundbreaking and pioneering albums, through their stratospheric ascent in the mid-to-late 1980s, the subsequently challenging later years, and triumphant rebirth over the past decade.
Along the way the film features candid interviews with band members including Simple Minds’ founders, singer Jim Kerr and guitarist Charlie Burchill, as well as a cast of outstanding musicians, writers, actors and broadcasters: Primal Scream’s Bobby Gillespie, Depeche Mode’s Dave Gahan, Texas’ Sharleen Spiteri, Live Aid organiser Bob Geldof, The Specials and 2-Tone founder Jerry Dammers, Irvine Welsh, Molly Ringwald (The Breakfast Club), and more.
The film’s overarching theme is the lifelong friendship at the core of the group, that of Kerr and Burchill.
Take a listen now.
Next summer Simple Minds will play a series of UK and Ireland shows. The band will perform their iconic 1985 album Once Upon A Time along with a selection of greatest hits. Special guests will include Future Islands, KT Tunstall and Hamish Hawk.
Tour Dates 2025
27 June – Bellahouston, Glasgow
28 June – Lincoln Castle
29 June – Southampton Summer Sessions
01 July – Trinity Summer Series, Dublin
03 July – Bedford Summer Sessions
06 July – Lytham Festival, Lytham St. Annes *Already on sale
07 July – Live At Piece Hall, Halifax
08 July – Derby Summer Sessions
Photo taken from the band’s Facebook page
