Radio 2 In Concert: Simple Minds

Jo Whiley presents Simple Minds live in concert from the Hackney Empire in London.

The band perform a very special acoustic set of some of their biggest hits from the last three decades, and what’s more this is their only UK show of 2016. They're also releasing a brand new one-off album of stripped down and re-imagined songs from across their career. Jim Kerr said: “The synths are no more – but the Celtic soul remains.” They recorded the album in Jim’s home city of Glasgow, in Gorbals Studio, a former railway workers’ social club where Jim and Charlie played their first gig as teenagers in a school glam-rock band. The start of Simple Minds Acoustic can be traced back to a rare live session the band recorded for The Chris Evans Breakfast Show in September 2014, promoting their 16th album, Big Music.

The performance will also be available to watch live on the BBC Red Button and online at bbc.co.uk/radio2.

Presenter: Jo Whiley
Producer: Ricky Marshall for the BBC

Publicity contact: BBC Radio 2 Publicity