The live concert USB stick is the brainchild of Germany’s leading online music live recording company, Concert Online, whose policy is to instantly issue fans live concert recordings on customized USB sticks directly after the concerts. Simple Minds are the latest rock band to participate in Concert Online’s live concert USB stick campaign, following in the footsteps of other name bands that include KISS and Madness.

Directly after a Simple Minds show, fans can purchase a USB stick which will come with an individual serial code number. They will then be able to download the encores once they install the memory stick into the USB port on their computers. To download the encores, the user can automatically hyperlink to www.concert-online.com and can enter the serial code clearly marked on their USB concert stick.

“In addition to buying the USB stick after the concert at the merchandise stall,” says Simple Minds lead singer Jim Kerr, “no matter where you are in the world, you can go online and download the songs from that show, or you can have the stick packaged and sent directly to you. It’s amazing.”

Fans will be able to purchase a memory stick for all of Simple Minds’ European concerts, and every concert will feature a different selection of Simple Minds songs. No two concerts will have the same set list.

Simple Minds will play in Dublin at the O2 Arena on December 9 and in Belfast at The Odyssey on December 10.

www.simpleminds.com

www.concert-online.com

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