Simple Minds' "Don't You (Forget About Me)" topped the charts after it was released on "The Breakfast Club" soundtrack in 1985. “It sounded a little generic to us,” Jim Kerr, lead singer of the band, ...

Mention Simple Minds to most music fans, and the first thing that most likely comes to mind is “Don’t You (Forget About Me).” The memorable song from the 1985 movie The Breakfast Club that went to No.

For most Americans, the Scottish rock group Simple Minds will always be synonymous with their number one hit from 1985, “Don't You (Forget About Me),” from the John Hughes movie The Breakfast Club.

Jim Kerr is on a Zoom call from Los Angeles a few days out from Simple Minds embarking on their biggest tour of the United States and Canada since 1986. “Honestly, we're thrilled,” Kerr enthuses.

On Thursday night, Scotland’s Simple Minds — which was born the same year as Sarah Michelle Gellar, James Van Der Beek and Jon “Napoleon Dynamite” Heder (1977) — wrap up its first U.S. tour in over a ...

Simple Minds is embarking on its most extensive U.S. tour in 40 years, and San Diego is on its itinerary. The Scottish rock band, best known for its international chart-topping 1985 hit, “Don’t You ...

Simple Minds is coming to play Ball Arena on Tuesday, May 27 – a show that won’t be threatened by Nuggets playoff basketball. (Sorry, Katy Perry.) As part of the ...

Simple Minds' "Don't You (Forget About Me)" appears in a Super Bowl ad for Facebook's parent company, Meta, which will air during the game's first quarter. The commercial, called "Old Friends, New Fun ...

'American Idol' season seven winner David Cook has released a cover of the Simple Minds classic 'Don't You (Forget About Me),' which will reportedly serve as the show's "vote out" music, played ...

When Simple Minds first heard “Don’t You (Forget About Me)” — their No. 1 single that would serve as the theme song and teenage anthem of the 1985 Brat Pack classic “The Breakfast Club” — it wasn’t ...

The documentary 'Simple Minds: Everything Is Possible' details the history of the legendary Scottish rock band Highlights from the film include their formation during the late-'70s punk-rock era, ...