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Simple Minds and Chaka Khan to headline star-studded Radio 2 festival

The Script, ABC, Blue and Cast are amongst the other acts appearing at the festival in Stirling

The Independent UK

Simple Minds and Chaka Khan to headline BBC Radio 2 In The Park

Radio 2’s flagship live music event will take place in Scotland this September.

Evening Standard

Radio 2 in the Park announces 2026 line-up for Scotland festival

A MAJOR music festival hosted by BBC Radio 2 and taking place in Scotland this year has announced its full line-up, plus the headline acts

The National (Scotland)

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Jim Kerr credits 'gesture music' for Simple Minds longevity

Simple Minds frontman Jim Kerr thinks anthems such as Don't You (Forget About Me) are responsible for the band's enduring appeal.

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“Obviously sounded like it should’ve been on there, but I guess we were a bit arrogant and stupid”: Charlie Burchill on his one regret from Simple Minds’ 1985 smash-hit album, Once Upon A Time

Eight tracks, all killer, no filler, but why did the Scottish rockers leave their biggest hit out?

MusicRadar

Actress Patsy Kensit: We live in a very chauvinistic world

The Emmerdale and Holby City star also discussed how she has ‘really conquered empty nest syndrome’ now her children have grown up.

Evening Standard

“They explained about this movie called The Breakfast Club. They apparently had a song for us. We said: ‘No chance!’”: How Simple Minds went from punk to stadium rock, via an 80s Brat Pack classic

The epic story of Simple Minds, the Scottish rock band who conquered the world

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“Bowie comes in wearing a black jumpsuit, holding a can of Heineken and a big bit of cheese”: Simple Minds on the night David Bowie and Iggy Pop invaded their studio

The pair roped in the Scottish rockers for some football-style chanting when they found themselves working in the studio next door

Louder

"We were just looking for a hit. And we heard the beginnings of a new kind of sound": Inspired by Australian pubs and riding a wave of optimism, Simple Minds made the album that sent them soaring

As the 80s dawned, Simple Minds were in crisis. But, believing that life was without limits, they recorded the album New Gold Dream and the dream became reality

Louder

Patsy Kensit reflects on failed marriages: 'You don't have to marry all of your boyfriends'

The British star is reportedly preparing to marry multi-million property tycoon Patric Cassidy

Evening Standard

‘Don’t say: what if we did this reggae style?’ The huge yet humble lives of unofficial band members

From Manic Street Preachers to Simple Minds, few bands are complete without their full-time touring players. They discuss the peaks and practicalities of life on the sidelines

The Guardian - UK

"We’re thinking, why would we do someone else’s song? Why can’t you take one of our songs?": How Simple Minds' Don't You (Forget About Me) eventually became the perfect meeting of worlds – but two other stars turned it down first

They didn't want to record Keith Forsey's song, but it became a US No. 1 for the Glasgow band via The Breakfast Club and fan John Hughes

MusicRadar

Simple Minds review – stadium tour polishes 80s hitmakers’ gold dream

Jim Kerr and Charlie Burchill preside over an energetic set thrills fans of their chart reign and their post-punk era

The Guardian - UK

Simple Minds: Everything Is Possible review – a straightforward portrait of unpretentious rockers

From their punk origins to their stadium-level success in the Live Aid and Breakfast Club era, this music doc finds the Glasgow band still sweetly and likably down to earth

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"Hardcore fans always talk to us about the first five albums, the cooler, blurrier, druggy art school ones that no-one bought": why Simple Minds tired of cult status and went for broke

There's a new Simple Minds documentary coming, and it helps explain where things went right and wrong for the Glasgow band

The Guardian - UK

Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget to Maestro – the best films to watch on TV until Christmas

Aardman’s egg-streamly excellent British comedy makes a welcome return, and Bradley Cooper is a superb Leonard Bernstein

Guitar World

“My playing was a response to whoever said, ‘Bass should be felt and not heard’. To me, bass should be like warfare!” Derek Forbes, founder member of Simple Minds, on his five best basslines

Derek Forbes was Simple Minds’ bassist from 1978 to 1985. Here he explains how he was inspired by Andy Fraser and Stanley Clarke, why he prefers Precision to Jazz, and the influence of magic mushrooms...

The Guardian - UK

Chrissie Hynde: ‘I’m more relaxed now. Ageing is like being a pothead again’

The Pretenders frontwoman takes questions from famous fans and Observer readers on her relentless creativity, rethinking her hippy youth, and her cruelty-free farm

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The Guardian - UK

‘A nuclear reactor of music’: the story of Simple Minds’ classic album Empires and Dance

Before their 80s megastardom, the band minted a strange vision of European culture and tension that still resonates. They – and superfan James Dean Bradfield from the Manic Street Preachers – reflect on its power

Daily Mirror

EastEnders star Patsy Kensit joins son Lennon Gallagher for rare family outing

EastEnders actress Patsy Kensit has had a rare night out with her youngest son Lennon Gallagher as she stunned in a shimmery dress on Wednesday night

Daily Record

EastEnders star Patsy Kensit flaunts toned abs in bikini after getting engaged for fifth time

The 54-year-old soap star is glowing following a dreamy beach proposal to 58-year-old millionaire Patric Cassidy.

Daily Mirror

Patsy Kensit shows off her toned abs in bikini after getting engaged for the fifth time

Patsy Kensit is well and truly glowing after getting engaged for the fifth time, this time to 58-year-old millionaire Patric Cassidy following a dreamy beach proposal

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Patsy Kensit's fiancé Patric Cassidy's real life from leaving school at 16 to making millions

The property tycoon popped the question during a romantic beach proposal

Daily Mirror

Patsy Kensit engaged to millionaire mogul as she shares romantic beach proposal

Patsy Kensit, who is currently starring in BBC One's EastEnders, has shared stunning photos of her beachside engagement after her millionaire lover popped the question with a HUGE diamond ring

Daily Mirror

New EastEnders star Patsy Kensit lifts the lid on the roles she loves to play in dramas

Patsy Kensit, who has been in Emmerdale and Holby City, made her debut in Eastenders last week - she arrived in Albert Albert Square as Emma Harding, the estranged mum of Lola Pearce (Danielle Harold)

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