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Simple Minds
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Simple Minds

Popularity today
69
Belgium 70 · the Netherlands 71 · Worldwide 58 · on a scale of 100
Score back then at Rock Werchter 2025
80
Belgium 82 · Netherlands 76 · Worldwide 78 · level A

The historical score shows how big an act was at the time of that edition, on a scale of 100 against the biggest acts of all editions. The letter is the level by the festival's own scale. How the points work ›

Chances for 2027

Probability estimates remain estimates and are not an official announcement.

No rumours, no inside knowledge. Tap Why? for the reasons.

(Nearly) impossible
Why?
little that points to itplays a big venue of its own in the countryprofile fits this festival less
(Nearly) impossible
Why?
little that points to itplays a big venue of its own in the countryprofile fits this festival less
(Nearly) impossible
If this act plays this festival: 68 points (A), now 7 of 10 acts
Why?
little that points to itplays a big venue of its own in the countryplayed here two years ago, and returning that soon is rare
(Nearly) impossible
Why?
little that points to itplays a big venue of its own in the countryprofile fits this festival less
Figures
Spotify listeners
9.258.923
Deezer 775.229 · streams per day 877.234
Last.fm listeners
2.123.695
rank 624 in Belgium · rank 533 in the Netherlands
Instagram followers
209.803
@simplemindsmusic · updated on 04/11/2026
Search volume per month
3.033
Belgium 3.033 · the Netherlands 5.575 · Worldwide 143.416
Wikipedia, 12 months
557.309
EN 490.386 · NL 23.163 · FR 43.760

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Career

Line-ups
Rock Werchter 2025
Active since
1977
Albums
  • Sacrosanct 2027
  • Direction of the Heart 2022
  • Walk Between Worlds 2018
  • Acoustic 2016
  • Big Music 2014
New album
Sacrosanct · 29/01/2027
Concerts per year
  • 2026 2
  • 2025 52
  • 2024 67
Older concert dates are still being added, so this may be incomplete.

Stature

De Tijdloze 2025
  • 11 nummers, hoogste #123 (New Gold Dream (81-82-83-84))
  • in the list since 1987, 12 years
  • per song
Gold and platinum
Belgium: 3 albums, 0 singles
  • The Best Of Simple Minds platina, 2006
  • The Promised (Night Of The Proms) goud, 1998
  • Good News From The Next World goud, 1995
the Netherlands: 7 albums, 0 singles
  • Best of goud, 2001
  • Best of glittering prize '81/'92 goud, 1993
  • Real life goud, 1991
  • Street fighting years platina, 1989
  • and 3 more
Discogs
  • 122,359 times in a collection
  • 14,514 on a wishlist
  • 146 uitgaven
Most collected, times in a collection
  • Sister Feelings Call 1981 · 5.123
  • New Gold Dream (81-82-83-84) 1982 · 8.297
  • Sparkle In The Rain 1983 · 8.238
  • Once Upon A Time 1985 · 8.196
  • Glittering Prize 81/92 1992 · 4.820
Biggest own venue
  • Sportpaleis, Merksem
  • ±23.000 plaatsen
  • 2022 (Benelux, last three years)
Older concert dates are still being added, so this may be incomplete.

Today

Radio
Last 30 days
Willy571.9 a day
KINK301.0 a day
Joe240.8 a day
VRT Radio 180.3 a day
Qmusic60.2 a day
Qmusic NL60.2 a day
KEXP60.2 a day
Studio Brussel30.1 a day
Since we track the station
Willy1.2681.8 a daysince Dec 2024
KINK9920.9 a daysince Nov 2023
Studio Brussel1750.2 a daysince Nov 2023
Qmusic1410.2 a daysince Feb 2025
KEXP1280.1 a daysince Nov 2023
Joe1220.8 a daysince Jun 2026
NPO 3FM880.1 a daysince Nov 2023
BBC Radio 6 Music760.1 a daysince Nov 2024
Similar to
The Human League, Tears for Fears, Duran Duran, Level 42, Echo & The Bunnymen, a-ha

De Tijdloze on StuBru

De Tijdloze is the all-time list of Studio Brussel, the Flemish rock station. Listeners vote for their favourite songs every year, and since 1987 StuBru has broadcast the top 100 at the end of December. Since 2019 the rest of the vote is known as well: 500 places in 2019, around 2,000 since 2021. A place above 100 did not make the broadcast. The figures come from tijdloze.rocks, an independent site that keeps every list since 1987. Click a column header to sort.

SongFromYears in the list2025HighestLowest
New Gold Dream (81-82-83-84)19829 (1987–2025)#123#87 (1987)#183 (2022)
Don't You (Forget About Me)198512 (1987–2025)#223#77 (1988)#426 (2022)
Belfast Child19897 (2019–2025)#246#246 (2025)#426 (2020)
Theme for Great Cities19816 (2020–2025)#431#431 (2025)#884 (2023)
Someone Somewhere in Summertime19826 (2020–2025)#534#534 (2025)#901 (2022)
Waterfront19846 (1987–2025)#590#61 (1987)#869 (2021)
Alive and Kicking19856 (2020–2025)#679#679 (2025)#1147 (2023)
I Travel19803 (2023–2025)#1376#1376 (2025)#1857 (2023)
Glittering Prize19823 (2023–2025)#1776#1497 (2023)#1877 (2024)
The American19811 (2025)#1879#1879 (2025)#1879 (2025)
Promised You a Miracle19824 (1987–2025)#2129#73 (1987)#2267 (2023)
Love Song19812 (2023–2024)–#1630 (2024)#1668 (2023)
Sanctify Yourself19851 (2021)–#1857 (2021)#1857 (2021)

Records

Studio albums, the highest position in the Belgian and Dutch album charts (Ultratop, Dutch Charts) with the number of weeks, gold and platinum (BEA, NVPI), and how many Discogs members own the record. Data provided by Discogs.

AlbumYearBelgian album chartDutch album chartGold/platinumDiscogs collections
Sacrosanct2027––––
Direction of the Heart2022#3 (9 wk)#7 (1 wk)––
Walk Between Worlds2018#4 (12 wk)#23 (1 wk)––
Acoustic2016#12 (23 wk)#27 (3 wk)––
Big Music2014#11 (18 wk)#22 (3 wk)––
Graffiti Soul2009#9 (16 wk)#29 (6 wk)––
Black & White 0505052005#3 (11 wk)#25 (6 wk)––
Cry2002#18 (4 wk)#56 (6 wk)––
Neon Lights2001––––
Our Secrets Are the Same1999––––
Néapolis1998#13 (5 wk)#22 (4 wk)––
Good News From the Next World1995#21 (7 wk)#5 (14 wk)gold BE–
Real Life1991–#6 (19 wk)gold NL–
Street Fighting Years1989#77 (1 wk)#1 (26 wk)platinum NL–
This is Your Land1989––––
Once Upon a Time1985#18 (3 wk)#1 (49 wk)platinum NL8.196
Sparkle in the Rain1984#89 (2 wk)#2 (30 wk)–8.238
New Gold Dream (81‐82‐83‐84)1982–#31 (36 wk)platinum NL8.297
Sister Feelings Call1981–––5.123
Sons and Fascination1981––––
Empires and Dance1980––––
Real to Real Cacophony1979––––
Life in a Day1979––––

Other albums in the charts or with gold or platinum (live, compilations, reissues):

AlbumYearBelgian album chartDutch album chartGold/platinumDiscogs collections
Live In The City Of Diamonds2025#7 (3 wk)#7 (1 wk)––
New Gold Dream - Live From Paisley Abbey2023#9 (2 wk)#12 (1 wk)––
40: The Best Of - 1979-20192019#23 (14 wk)#68 (1 wk)––
Live In The City Of Angels2019#18 (8 wk)#56 (1 wk)––
New Gold Dream (81/82/83/84) - Remastered 20162016#40 (9 wk)#65 (1 wk)––
Sparkle In The Rain - Remastered 20152015–#45 (1 wk)––
Celebrate - Live At The SSE Hydro Glasgow2014#70 (9 wk)–––
Celebrate - The Greatest Hits+ Tour 2013 - 30.11.2013 O2 Arena London2014#143 (1 wk)–––
Celebrate2013#29 (16 wk)#86 (1 wk)––
5x5 Live2012#124 (4 wk)–––
x52012–#49 (1 wk)––
Glittering Prize 81/922002#35 (6 wk)#7 (28 wk)–4.820
The Best Of Simple Minds2001#19 (12 wk)#11 (30 wk)platinum BE–
The Promised (Night Of The Proms)1997#12 (25 wk)#45 (6 wk)gold BE–
Live - In The City Of Light1987–#1 (19 wk)gold NL–
Best of––gold NL–
Best of glittering prize '81/'92––gold NL–

Discogs: 122,359 times in a collection. 14,514 times on a wishlist.

How popular is Simple Minds compared with other countries?

Bigger in the Netherlands and Belgium than you would expect.

Italy×7,014,000 per month
United Kingdom×3,130,450 per month
France×2,910,925 per month
Netherlands×2,65,575 per month
Zweden×2,52,175 per month
Belgium×2,53,033 per month
Germany×2,311,250 per month
Denmark×2,31,226 per month
Spain×2,34,608 per month
Poland×1,11,425 per month

Based on search volume and listeners from the various sources. Each country compared with the worldwide figure.

Upcoming concerts

Benelux first, then Europe. Alle data op Ticketmaster.

DateStadCountryZaal of festivalEvent
30/04/2027AmsterdamNetherlandsZiggo DomeSimple Minds - V Tour 2027
01/05/2027AmsterdamNetherlandsZiggo DomeSimple Minds - V Tour 2027
18/09/2027AmsterdamNetherlandsZiggo DomeSimple Minds — The V Tour: Amsterdam
16/04/2027AssagoItalyUnipol ForumSIMPLE MINDS
17/04/2027Casalecchio di Reno (Bologna)ItalyUnipol ArenaSIMPLE MINDS
22 more dates

Europa (18)

DateStadCountryZaal of festivalEvent
20/04/2027MunichGermanyOlympiahalleSimple Minds - European Tour - Live 2027
21/04/2027BerlinGermanyUber ArenaSimple Minds - European Tour - Live 2027
24/04/2027København SDenmarkSimple Minds
27/04/2027HamburgGermanyBarclays ArenaSimple Minds - European Tour - Live 2027
28/04/2027CologneGermanySimple Minds - European Tour - Live 2027
06/05/2027LondonUnited KingdomThe O2Simple Minds
07/05/2027ManchesterUnited KingdomCo-op LiveSimple Minds
08/05/2027BirminghamUnited KingdomUtilita Arena BirminghamSimple Minds
10/05/2027NottinghamUnited KingdomMotorpoint Arena NottinghamSimple Minds
11/05/2027LeedsUnited KingdomLeeds First Direct Bank ArenaSimple Minds
13/05/2027Newcastle Upon TyneUnited KingdomUtilita Arena NewcastleSimple Minds
14/05/2027GlasgowUnited KingdomOVO HydroSimple Minds
15/05/2027GlasgowUnited KingdomOVO HydroSimple Minds
17/05/2027DublinIerland3ArenaSimple Minds
12/09/2027GlasgowUnited KingdomOVO HydroSimple Minds — The V Tour: Glasgow
15/09/2027LondonUnited KingdomThe O2Simple Minds — The V Tour: London
22/09/2027ParisFranceAccor ArenaSimple Minds — The V Tour: Paris
26/09/2027BerlinGermanyUber ArenaSimple Minds — The V Tour: Berlin

Rest of the world (4)

DateStadCountryZaal of festivalEvent
14/11/2026Huntington BeachUnited StatesHuntington State BeachDarker Waves
25/02/2027AucklandNZSpark ArenaSimple Minds
27/02/2027WellingtonNZTSB ArenaSimple Minds
01/03/2027ChristchurchNZWolfbrook ArenaSimple Minds

On the map, until the end of September 2027

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EuropeNorth AmericaOceaniaown showfestival★our festivals (green = confirmed)

The numbers follow the dates, also in the timeline above. Hover or tap a number for the date and venue.

Best-known songs (Deezer)

Alive And Kicking (Remastered 2002)
Once Upon A Time
op Deezer
Alive And Kicking
Alive And Kicking
op Deezer
Someone Somewhere (In Summertime)
New Gold Dream (81/82/83/84)
op Deezer

Per edition, historical

Score measured in the twelve months before each edition, place = rank in that line-up. The letter differs per festival: an A at Best Kept Secret can be a C at Rock Werchter.

EditionScoreLevelRankExceptionalBelgiumNetherlandsWorldSources
Rock Werchter 202580A2 / 9222827678Wikipedia, search volume, Google Trends, charts, setlist.fm, stature

Reviews and reports

Reviews by Dansende Beren and Festileaks.

EditionTitelBronDateSoort
Rock Werchter 2025Rock Werchter 2025 (Festivaldag 2): Geslopet en gesloopt wordenDansende Beren05/07/2025dagverslag

Over the years

◆ purple = album, ▲ red = festival in Belgium, ▲ green = festival in the Netherlands, ● grey = own concert. Click the legend to switch them on or off.

Festivals and own concerts

192 earlier dates

Place among all acts on this site: 80 = viewed or searched more than 80% of the other acts that month. The thick line is the average.

Studio Brussel since August 2023, NPO 3FM and KINK since 2020, the other stations since late October 2026. "Compare countries" shows the average per station.

Songs per station, last 18 months
StationCountryMost played
JoeNetherlandsDon't You (Forget About Me) 82 · Alive And Kicking 34 · Belfast Child 4 · Promised You A Miracle 1 · Waterfront 1
KINKNetherlandsTheme for Great Cities 3 · Sanctify Yourself 3 · Alive and Kicking 2 · New Gold Dream (81%9682%9683%9684) 2 · Promised You a Miracle 1
MNMBelgiumDon't You (forget About Me) 1
QmusicBelgiumDon't You (Forget About Me) 59 · Alive And Kicking 54 · Sanctify Yourself 5 · Promised You A Miracle 1 · Belfast Child 1
Qmusic NLNetherlandsDon't You (Forget About Me) 20
Studio BrusselBelgiumDon't You (forget About Me) 48 · New Gold Dream 14 · Don't You (forget About Me) (live) 8 · Promised You A Miracle 7 · Alive And Kicking 5
VRT Radio 1BelgiumSomeone, Somewhere In Summertime 2 · Don't You (forget About Me) 2 · Someone, somewhere in summertime 1 · Theme For Great Cities 1 · Alive And Kicking 1
WillyBelgiumAlive And Kicking 152 · Don't You (Forget About Me) 145 · New Gold Dream 143 · Promised You A Miracle 142 · Sanctify Yourself 134
FIP RockFranceAlive And Kicking 1
KEXPUnited StatesDon’t You (Forget About Me) 18 · Alive and Kicking 17 · All the Things She Said 5 · New Gold Dream (81–82–83–84) 4 · Waterfront 4
RADIO BOB!GermanyDon't You (Forget About Me) 1
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