Simple Minds Announce 2027 U.K. Arena Tour

Scottish rock band Simple Minds have announced a 2027 U.K. arena tour and a new album, Sacrosanct.

Simple Mind returns to U.K. arenas in May 2027, bringing their V Tour to seven cities with Gary Numan as special guest. The run follows the release of Sacrosanct on January 29 – the band’s first studio album since 2022’s Direction Of The Heart.

Along with the announcement, Simple Minds shared a new single, “Beginner Boys,” with Jim Kerr drawing its subject from watching his twin grandsons grow up and considering what it means to raise a good man amid mixed cultural signals.

Across eight tracks, Sacrosanct also turns its attention to Kerr and Charlie Burchill‘s friendship on “Our Secrets Are The Same,” a bond that began on a Glasgow street when the pair were eight years old.

The record took shape during a particularly busy stretch on the road. Simple Minds say their touring in 2025 reached more than 1.5 million people, with a North American run reconnecting Kerr and Burchill with the art-rock and new-wave charge of early material including Sons and Fascination, with that energy feeding directly into the new songs.

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