Simple Minds has just announced the release of a 40th anniversary edition of the Scottish band's beloved "Once Upon a Time" coming this fall. Below is the official media release (read my review of the band's May 25, 2025 performance in Phoenix, AZ HERE)...Robert Kinsler
SIMPLE MINDS
ONCE UPON A TIME
40TH ANNIVERSARY, 5-CD CELEBRATION OF THE BAND’S MOST SUCCESSFUL ALBUM
FEATURING THE ORIGINAL ALBUM, B-SIDES, RARITIES, EXTENDED MIXES, AND THE LIVE IN THE CITY OF LIGHTS CONCERT RECORDING
THE ALBUM WILL ALSO BE AVAILABLE AS RED VINYL IN A GATEFOLD SLEEVE – WITH THE GATEFOLD SPREAD FEATURING ANTON CORBIJN’S PHOTO OF THE BAND TAKEN AT LIVE AID IN 1985 – AND CONTAINS ‘DON’T YOU (FORGET ABOUT ME)’
FOR THE FIRST TIME
OUT OCTOBER 17
PRE-ORDER HERE
 SIMPLE MINDS HAVE JUST FINISHED A HUGELY SUCCESSFUL TOUR OF THE US, AND LATER THIS WEEK KICK-OFF THEIR UK TOUR IN GLASGOW, WHERE THEY WILL PLAY ONCE UPON A TIME IN FULL
Today, UMe announces details of a forthcoming 40th anniversary cut-down format of the 2016 original Super Deluxe celebration of Simple Minds’ multi-platinum album Once Upon A Time, out on October 17, 2025.
Originally released in October 1985, Once Upon A Time became Simple Minds’ most successful album to date, shifting two million copies in two months, hitting the top spot in the UK, and making the top ten in America. It spawned four top-twenty singles and launched a fifteen-month-long world tour. And with Jimmy Iovine and Bob Clearmountain providing a production dream team, and Anton Corbijn contributing to its instantly recognizable artwork, then Once Upon A Time has all the attributes of a classic 1980s album. Coming hot on the heels of the global smash single “Don’t You (Forget About Me)” (which recently joined the Billions Club on Spotify), Once Upon a Time was to prove the album that propelled Simple Minds to stratospheric heights of artistic and commercial success. The album contains the classic hit singles “Alive and Kicking,” “All the Things She Said,” “Sanctify Yourself,” and “Ghost Dancing.” In support of the album, Simple Minds undertook their longest and biggest tour yet, beginning in the USA in October 1985 and visiting mainland Europe, the UK, the USA again, Canada, Japan, Australia, and New Zealand. This included a series of massive outdoor summer concerts at Ibrox, Milton Keynes Bowl, and Torhout-Werchter. Their first three top-10 singles from the album were signposts detailing the progression of the tour, and the fourth, “Ghost Dancing,” was released as the tour wound up, all profits being donated to Amnesty International. As Simple Minds took a well earned rest, after years of relentless writing, recording and touring, Virgin Records released the lavishly packaged Live In The City Of Light (included in the box set, over two discs), a massive live souvenir of Once Upon A Time recorded over several nights at Le Zenith in Paris, which earned them their third successive UK number one. This incredible 5CD box set consists of the original album, bonus discs with a wealth of supplementary tracks, including the original and extended versions of “Don’t You (Forget About Me),” single edits, 12” mixes, B-sides, rare tracks, and the 2-disc Live in The City of Lightconcert, as well a 36-page booklet with rare photos, interviews with Jim Kerr and Charlie Burchill and a track-by-track guide.
Tracklist: CD CLAMSHELL BOX:
DISC ONE: Once Upon a Time Once Upon a Time All The Things She Said Ghost Dancing Alive And Kicking Oh Jungleland I Wish You Were Here Sanctify Yourself Come A Long Way
DISC TWO: B-Sides / Mixes Don't You (Forget About Me) - 7" Single A Brass Band in African Chimes - 7" Single Don't You (Forget About Me) - 12" Single A Brass Band in African Chimes – - Extended Version Alive And Kicking - Edit Alive And Kicking - Instrumental Up On the Catwalk - Live (Barrowlands, Ballroom, Glasgow: 5th January 1985 Alive And Kicking - 7" Remix / Edit Alive And Kicking - 12" Remix Alive And Kicking - Kevorkian 12" Remix Sanctify Yourself - Edit Sanctify Yourself - Instrumental Sanctify Yourself - Alternative Edit
DISC THREE: B-Sides / Extended Mixes Street Hassle - Live - Ahoy, Rotterdam: 3rd December 1985 Love Song -Live - Ahoy, Rotterdam: 3rd December 1985 Sanctify Yourself - Extended Mix Sanctify Yourself - Dub Version All The Things She Said - Edit Promised You a Miracle - US Remix All The Things She Said - Extended Version Don't You (Forget About Me) – Live- Ahoy, Rotterdam: 3rd December 1985 Ghost Dancing - 12" Remix Ghost Dancing - Instrumental Oh Jungleland - 12" Remix Oh Jungleland - Instrumental
DISC FOUR: Live In the City of Light - Live From Le Zenith, Paris 1986 Ghost Dancing Big Sleep Waterfront Promised You a Miracle Someone Somewhere (In Summertime) Oh Jungleland Alive And Kicking
DISC FIVE: Live In the City of Light - Live From Le Zenith, Paris 1986 Don't You (Forget About Me) Once Upon a Time Book Of Brilliant Things East At Easter Sanctify Yourself Love Song / Sun City / Dance to The Music New Gold Dream
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Red vinyl:
Side one Once Upon a Time All The Things She Said Ghost Dancing Alive And Kicking Don't You (Forget About Me) Side two Oh Jungleland I Wish You Were Here Sanctify Yourself Come A Long Way
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Following the completion last year of the first part of their hugely successful Global Tour (their largest tour since 1985), Simple Minds recently played shows in Latin America, performing in Chile, Argentina, Brazil and Mexico, and have just completed a 24-date leg of the US and Canada.
These dates will be followed by a series of UK and Ireland summer shows, commencing with a very special one-off hometown show at Glasgow’s Bellahouston Park on June 27th, where the band will perform their iconic 1985 album Once Upon A Time in its entirety to celebrate its 40thanniversary, along with a selection of their greatest hits. It will be the band’s biggest UK headline show in over 30 years.
June 27th Bellahouston, Glasgow June 28th Lincoln Castle June 29th Southampton Summer Sessions July 1st Trinity Summer Series, Dublin July 3rd Bedford Summer Sessions July 6th Lytham Festival, Lytham St. Annes *Already on sale July 7th Live At Piece Hall, Halifax July 8th Derby Summer Sessions
Throughout the rest of July, Simple Minds will play concerts across Europe.
Tickets can be purchased HERE |
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