List of Simple Minds concert tours


This is the tour history of the Scottish rock band Simple Minds.
Formed in 1977, the band have toured internationally on a semi-regular basis since 1979.
Simple Minds' August 1986 shows in Paris on their Once Upon A Time Tour were recorded and released in May 1987 as the live album Live in the City of Light. The double album set reached number one on the UK Albums Chart.
Simple Minds released in May 1990 on home video as Verona their first ever live film featuring parts of their show on 15 September 1989 in Verona, Italy during their Street Fighting Years tour.
24 years later, Simple Minds released in May 2014 on DVD/CD their second ever live film titled Celebrate – Live at the Glasgow SSE Hydro featuring their complete show on 27 November 2013 at the SSE Hydro in Glasgow, Scotland, UK during their Greatest Hits + tour.
On 4 October 2019, Simple Minds released the double live album Live in the City of Angels, mostly recorded on 24 October 2018 at the Orpheum Theatre, Los Angeles, California during their biggest ever North American tour.

1970s tours

1977

  • "Johnny and the Self Abusers 1977"

1978

  • "Simple Minds 1978"

1979

1980s tours

1980

1981

  • "Empires And Dance Tour 1981"
  • "Sons And Fascination Tour 1981" ; 13 November-13 December: Australia leg; 20&21 December:

1982–1983

  • "Sons And Fascination Tour 1982"
  • "New Gold Tour" ; 18 November-21 December 1982: UK leg#2; 1–29 March 1983: Europe leg#1; 8 April-15 May 1983: North-America leg#2 ; 23 May-16 July 1983: Europe leg#2; ; 23 July-3 August 1983: North-America leg#3

1983–1984

  • "Tour Du Monde"

1985

  • "Barrowland 1985"
  • "Live Aid"

1986

  • "Once Upon A Time Tour"

1987

  • "Cash For Kids"

1988

  • "Brazil 1988"
  • "Summer 1988 UK shows"

1989

  • "Street Fighting Years Tour"

1990s tours

1990

1991

  • "Real Life Tour"

1994

  • "US Christmas Shows"

1995

1997

  • " Festival Tour 1997"
  • "Night of the Proms '97" ' / 'Belfast Child' / 'Don't You

1998

  • "Neapolis Tour"

1999

  • "Scotland Rocks For Kosovo" ' / 'Alive And Kicking' / 'Don't You

2000s tours

2001

  • "Grand Prix Night of the Proms"

2002

  • "The Floating World Tour" ]; 13 June-4 July: North-America leg ; the set-list includes only a handful of new tracks from the new album, mostly 'Cry', 'New Sunshine Morning', 'Spaceface', 'One Step Closer' but also some tracks rarely played such as 'Space' from the delayed Our Secrets are the Same or
  • "Night of the Proms '02"

2003

2004

  • " Festival Tour 2004"
  • "Prince's Trust 2004"

2005

  • "Intimate Tour 2005"

2006

  • "Black And White Tour" : Ireland, UK, Belgium, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Germany, Austria, Yugoslavia, Switzerland, France, Spain, Luxembourg, Italy, Slovakia, Poland, Finland, Russia, Estonia, Lithuania, Slovenija, Croatia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Macedonia, Greece, Hong Kong, Singapore, Australia & New Zealand

2007

  • "Australian Tour 2007"
  • "Lisbon Lions"

2008

2009

2010s tours

2010

  • "Australian Tour 2010"
  • " Festival Tour 2010"
  • "Final Shows 2010"

2011

  • "Night of the Proms 2011"
  • "Greatest Hits Forest Tour"
  • "Greatest Hits +" Tour
  • "Australia 2011"

2012

  • "5X5 Live" Tour
  • " Festival Tour 2012" ; Europe Tour )
  • "Australia Tour 2012"
  • "Edinburgh's Hogmanay 20 years celebrations"

2013

  • "Greatest Hits + 2013":
  • *UK Tour
  • *"Newmarket Racecourse" Show
  • *"BBC Radio 2 Live in Hyde Park "
  • *Live in Brazil!
  • *US & Canada Tour
  • *"Private gig in Barcelona, Spain"
  • *Live in South Africa!
  • *"Virgin Records 40th Anniversary Celebrations"
  • *Europe Tour, Belgium and France )
  • *UK Arena Shows, Manchester, Birmingham and London
  • *"Electroset Germany"
  • *"Open Air in the Square 2013"

2014

  • "Greatest Hits + 2014":
  • *Northern Europe 'Tour
  • *Germany Tour
  • *Europe Tour
  • *Europe Tour leg#1, on 7 June 2014 at the Retropop Festival, Emmen, Netherlands, on 9 June 2014 at the KulturPur Festival, Hilchenbach, Germany, on 13 June 2014 at the Bergen Festival, Bergen, Norway, on 20 June 2014 at En Lefko Festival, Athens, Greece, on 25 June 2014 at the "Jardins del Palau Reial de Pedralbes" Festival, Palacio de Pedralbes, Barcelona, Spain, on 27 June 2014 at the Festival Estival, Parc du Vissoir, Trélazé, France, on 28 June 2014 at the TW Classic Festival, Werchter, Belgium, on 5 July 2014 at the Cornbury Music Festival, Great Tew, Oxfordshire, England, UK, on 11 July 2014 at the Kunst!Rasen, Bonn, Germany, on 12 July 2014 at the Bospop Festival, Weert, Netherlands, on 14 July 2014 at the Place de l'Office du Tourisme, Morzine, France, on 16 July 2014 at the Crazy Week festival, Nice, France, on 18 July 2014 at the Alive at Delapre
  • *Italy Tour, 26 July in Molfetta, 27 July in Rome, 28 July in Ferrara, 29 July in Lignano & 30 July in Turin
  • *Europe Tour leg#2', Skanderborg, Denmark, on 8 August 2014 at Tivoli Gardens, Copenhagen, Denmark, on 10 August 2014 headlining the "Party at the Palace" Festival, Linlithgow Palace, Linlithgow, Scotland, UK, on 13 August 2014 at the Foire Aux Vins d'Alsace, Colmar, France

2015

  • "Big Music Tour + Greatest Hits 2015":
  • *Europe '''Tour ; 59 shows; from 4 April 2015 at The Spa, Bridlington, UK till 4 May 2015 at the Regent, Ipswich, UK, Simple Minds played "White Hot Day"
  • *Europe Tour
  • *Europe one-off charity concert
  • *Europe Arena Tour'''

2016

  • "Big Music Tour + Greatest Hits 2016":
  • *Middle East 'Show
  • *"Night of the Proms 2016"
  • *Europe Show
  • *Europe Show'
  • *"Night of the Proms 2016"

2017

  • Australia & New Zealand '''Tour
  • Acoustic Live '17 UK & Europe Tour'''

2018

  • "Walk Between Worlds Tour":
  • *"Europe 'Tour" ; Manchester, UK ; London, UK ; Paris, France ; Brussels, Belgium ; Amsterdam, Netherlands ; Copenhagen, Denmark )
  • *"Europe Tour"
  • *"European Grandslam UK Tour"
  • *"US Tour"
  • *"Australia Show'"

2020s tours

2020

  • "40 Years Of Hits" World Tour 2020 ; 3 countries in total ; half a month in total )
  • *"Europe & UK 'Tour" 10 March; 10 shows ; Norway ; Sweden ; Denmark rescheduled, the other
  • *"Europe & UK 'Tour"
  • *"Australia & New Zealand Tour'''"

2021

  • "40 Years Of Hits" World Tour 2021 –

2022

  • "40 Years Of Hits" UK & Europe Tour 2022 '80 shows; 16 countries;
  • *20 rescheduled shows 4–29 March 2022; 15 shows in Germany ; 4 shows in France ; a stand-alone show in Switzerland on 25 March 2022;
  • *"UK Tour"
  • *"Europe Tour'"

2024

  • Global Tour 2024
  • *"Australia & New Zealand 'Tour"
  • *"Europe & UK Tour'"

2025

  • Global Tour 2025 - Summer Live 2025
  • *5 summer shows in South & North Americas
  • *24 shows in North America re-titled Alive & Kicking Tour: North America 2025
  • **May 2025
  • **June 2025
  • *8 summer shows in the UK & Ireland
  • **June 2025
  • **July 2025
  • *14 summer shows in Europe
  • **July 2025