Archive: Article Of The Day

As Hot Press earlier reported, Simple Minds will be returning to Irish shores for two dates in March of next year. So we're bringing you back to 1998 for our 'Archive: Article Of The Day' today.

"In many ways the music industry is a scam".

These words of wisdom belong to Jim Kerr, a working-class boy from Glasgow who proved that he was as good at scamming it as the next man. Now he's back for one more shot with the new Simple Minds album Neapolis.

"In pure record company terms, the last two records were commercial failures," he suggests. "But quietly, over the last few years they've each ended up selling a few million between them and we've toured to huge crowds. So in our minds we haven't failed. The thing is, we're a lot more relaxed about it this time around. It's not the most important thing in the world to us anymore and, if we stopped enjoying ourselves, the old 'yacht on the Cote D'Azur' scenario becomes an attractive option."

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