This morning UK time, Simple Minds: released a new single, announced the arrival of a new album, followed by a European tour.
The new single is called ‘Beginner Boys’ and can be heard via the YouTube clip below.
There is a different mix as well… I’m assuming the first (above) is the ‘single version’.
New album is called Sacrosanct and is available in all the formats and bundles that you’d like to shake a stick at. All through Townsend Music, which I know will please many fans (/s). Oh, there are t-shirts too. And ‘test pressings’ which have already sold out (only to appear on eBay next year, no doubt).
The standard album has just eight tracks. The mythical Kerr ‘sweet spot’ as far is he is concerned for track-listing. The deluxe CD and 2LP versions are bloated out with single versions of songs, because shorter seemingly is better in today’s Simple Minds world. Sacrosanct is released on 29 January 2027.
The standard track-list is as follows:
Elysium
King of the Underworld
Beginner Boys
Jerusalem (State of Mind)
Our Secrets Are the Same
Songs
Alive in This Moment
The Next Right Thing
The deluxe editions include:
Seven
Your Name In Lights
Beginner Boys (Single Version)
Jerusalem (State of Mind) (Single Version)
Songs (Single Version)
The European tour starts on 5 April 2027 in Porto, Portugal and ends on 14 May 2027 at the Hydro in Glasgow. They head to Lisbon after Porto. They hit Spain for a single night in Madrid. France is next for ‘V’ shows. Italy get due shows. Switzerland is a lone one as well. Germany get vier shows – broken up by single shows in Norway, Denmark, and Sweden. Final stop on the mainland is Amsterdam. A hope over to Ireland for a Dublin show, then they hit the opening night in the UK in London 6 May 2027. That is literally the only show that southern England get. Nothing for Wales, or Northern Ireland. If you live north of Birmingham then you’re fairly well catered for, until you hit the central belt of Scotland.
Tickets are on sale next week. There are pre-sales, of course. All tour details can be found HERE
Details for the album pre-orders can be found HERE
