If anyone were to say that today, on October 25, 2019, exactly one year, seven months and two weeks after the glorious Velvet Revolution, the punishing hand of Armenian justice has only reached Gagik Khachatryan and Manvel Grigoryan, we would ridicule them nationally. Our people dreamed of putting an end to the corruption looting in the country punishing the perpetrators of state-organized looting and returning the looted money. Simple Minds currently are Jim Kerr, Charlie Burchill, Mel Gaynor, Andy Gillespie and Ged Grimes.On May 8, 2018, when the nationwide protests compelled the parliament to elect Nikol Pashinyan as Prime Minister of the Republic of Armenia, the people were guided by one goal - to restore law and democracy in the country. What has remained a constant, from their early days at the Mars Bar in Glasgow to their most recent run of European dates via headline appearances at Wembley Stadium and Milton Keynes Bowl, is their dedication to live performance. By the time Saints And Sinners, the sole Abusers single, was issued on Chiswick six months later, Simple Minds, featuring bassist Derek Forbes, drummer Brian McGee and keyboard-player Mick MacNeil, were already moving towards a darker, broodier sound that owed a debt to the Velvet Underground but also the Krautrock of Can, Kraftwerk and Neu! Named after a lyric – 'So simple minded' to be exact – from David Bowie's seminal 1972 single The Jean Genie, Simple Minds evolved out of Johnny & the Self Abusers, the 'rank and file' punk group Kerr and Burchill had formed in 1977. They have topped the British charts half a dozen times, with the studio albums Sparkle In The Rain (1984), Once Upon A Time (1985) and Street Fighting Years as well as the Ballad Of The Streets EP (both 1989), the concert recording Live In The City Of Light (1987), and the compilation Glittering Prize 81/92, and returned to the UK Top Ten with Graffiti Soul, their most recent studio album, in 2009.

They have provided memorable movie music for movies such as L'Affaire Farewell, The Informers, Elizabethtown and, of course, The Breakfast Club. They have been sampled by Nicky Minaj, David Guetta, Joey Negro and Freddy Bastone. They have influenced acts as diverse as the Manic Street Preachers, Primal Scream, Moby and The Horrors.

Simple Minds are sound scapers, sound-shapers, soundtrack makers, serial chart-toppers. Tickets are available from Thursday, September 19. Simple Minds is one of the most prolific and fast-evolving band of a generation that also included The Cure, the Psychedelic Furs and Joy Division/New Order. The band will revisit the many chapters of their storied 35 year career and more as part of the group's extensive Greatest Hits Live tour.

On January 26 th the Palladium concert hall will host one of Britain's most successful bands - Simple Minds.

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