80s Pop Rockers Simple Minds Heading To Philly On Upcoming Tour

PHILADELPHIA — One of the seminal 80s pop rock bands is hitting the road, launching their biggest live run across the US and Canada in four decades, and they're coming to Philadelphia.

Simple Minds will head out on tour in May. The tour will stop at TD Pavilion at The Mann in Philadelphia on June 14. The band will be joined by Soft Cell and Modern English in Philadelphia.

Artist presales begin at 10 a.m. Wednesday, while local presales start at 10 a.m. Thursday All presales end at 10 p.m. Thursday

General ticket sales start at 10 a.m. Friday

For complete details and ticket availability, visit the Simple Minds tour website here.

"Been a while, but absence makes the heart grow fonder," Simple Minds founding member Jim Kerr said. "Simple Minds are ecstatic at the prospect of touring so extensively in the US and Canada this coming Spring."

The tour coincides with the 40th anniversary of Simple Minds’ momentous 1985, a milestone year in their legendary career which saw them topping the world’s charts with their Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 smash, "Don’t You (Forget About Me)," and RIAA Gold-certified seventh studio album "Once Upon A Time," not to mention their set in front of 135,000 fans – and a TV audience of millions – on the American leg of 1985’s Live Aid.

The band Monday digitally premiered a special new 9-track edition of "Once Upon A Time," featuring the addition of “Don’t You (Forget About Me)” and updated Ruby Anniversary artwork. Physical versions and other anniversary reissues will follow later in the year.

"Hindsight is a glorious thing," Kerr said. "Forty years on and it now feels right for Simple Minds to have ‘Don't You (Forget About Me)’ included in this classy new nine track edition of 'Once Upon A Time.'"

The band also released their new single, “Your Name In Lights,” to celebrate the BBC premiere of the documentary, "Simple Minds: Everything Is Possible," which available to stream now exclusively in the UK on BBC iPlayer with North American broadcast dates to be unveiled soon.