📊 Statistics
Dive into the numbers behind Simple Minds' live history
1,957
Shows Played
254
Songs in Database
23
Albums
52
Countries Visited
81
Tours
634
Cities
1181
Venues
48
Years Active
17.2
Avg Songs/Show
12,367
Avg Venue Capacity
14,431,930
Est. Total Audience
📁 Database Completion
Shows with setlist
1700 / 1957 (87%)
Shows with audio recording
1275 / 1957 (65%)
Shows with complete recording
883 / 1957 (45%)
Shows with video
17 / 1957 (1%)
🎭 Show Types
1694
🎸 Full Show
127
Gala
111
🎪 Festival
12
🔒 Private Event
7
📺 TV Show
5
Support
1
📻 Radio
📅 Shows by Year
📆 Shows by Decade
1970s
3
1980s
522
1990s
303
2000s
416
2010s
503
2020s
210
🌍 Shows by Country
England
288
Germany
278
USA
192
France
169
Italy
134
Belgium
123
Scotland
105
Australia
84
Netherlands
83
Spain
72
Switzerland
57
Canada
55
Denmark
43
Sweden
34
Ireland
33
Norway
23
New Zealand
22
Portugal
18
Wales
14
Austria
14
🏙️ Top 20 Cities
Based on full concerts and festivals only — excludes galas, TV shows, radio and private events.
Glasgow
59
London
58
Paris
30
Brussel
26
Birmingham
26
Hamburg
25
Dublin
23
Berlin
21
Amsterdam
20
København
20
Manchester
20
Roma
19
Sydney
19
Edinburgh
18
Melbourne
18
Toronto
17
Stockholm
16
München
16
Aberdeen
14
Newcastle
14
🏛️ Top 15 Venues
Based on full concerts and festivals only — excludes galas, TV shows, radio and private events.
Barrowland Ballroom (Glasgow)
17
Resorts World Arena (Birmingham)
16
OVO Arena Wembley (London)
14
Forest National (Brussel)
11
Eventim Apollo (London)
11
Rock Werchter (Werchter)
9
Le Zénith de Paris (Paris)
9
Ahoy Sportpaleis (Rotterdam)
9
Massey Hall (Toronto)
9
HMH Heineken Music Hall (Amsterdam)
8
Alsterdorfer Sporthalle (Hamburg)
8
SEC Centre (Glasgow)
8
O2 Apollo (Manchester)
8
Sentrum Scene (Oslo)
7
Olympia Theatre (Dublin)
7
🎤 Top 25 Most Played Songs
Waterfront
1460×
Don't You (Forget About Me)
1442×
Someone Somewhere (In Summertime)
1421×
Alive And Kicking
1403×
Sanctify Yourself
1202×
New Gold Dream (81,82,83,84)
1047×
Love Song
1025×
See The Lights
984×
Promised You A Miracle
923×
Glittering Prize
837×
Book Of Brilliant Things
761×
Big Sleep
722×
The American
709×
Belfast Child
683×
All The Things She Said
593×
Once Upon A Time
588×
Let There Be Love
586×
Ghost Dancing
559×
Speed Your Love To Me
542×
She's A River
479×
I Travel
461×
Up On The Catwalk
439×
Mandela Day
395×
East At Easter
372×
Theme For Great Cities
358×
📌 68 songs in the database have never been played live (27%)
🎸 Shows by Tour
Once Upon A Time
149
New Gold Tour
129
Good News From The Next World Tour
115
Tour Du Monde
106
Black And White Tour 2006
100
40 Years Of Hits European Tour
91
Real Life Tour
85
Street Fighting Years Tour
74
The Floating World Tour
72
Global Tour 2024
67
Big Music European Tour 2015
59
Alive & Kicking Tour 2003
58
Acoustic Live 2017
47
Night Of The Proms 2002
41
Neapolis Tour
38
30 Years Live European Tour
35
Summer Tour 2014
33
Graffiti Soul Tour
32
Night Of The Proms 1997
32
Walk Between Worlds Summer Tour 2018
32
💎 Rarities — Songs Played Fewer Than 5 Times
Destiny
1×
Murder Story
1×
Here Comes The Fool
1×
Kaleidoscope
1×
Pablo Picasso
1×
20th Century Promised Land
1×
Careful In Career
1×
My Life
1×
Gloria
1×
Bring On The Dancing Horses
1×
Rockin' In The Free World
1×
Whiskey In The Jar
1×
Summertime Blues
1×
Death By Chocolate
1×
When Two Worlds Collide
2×
Swimming Towards The Sun
2×
Mr. Silversmith
2×
Lay Lady Lay
2×
Make Me Smile (Come Up And See Me)
2×
Fire Fighter
2×
Sugar
3×
Karma To This Rain
3×
💎 22 songs have been played fewer than 5 times
🎵 Openers & Closers
🟢 Top 10 Opening Songs
1
Waterfront
366×
2
New Gold Dream (81,82,83,84)
128×
3
The Signal And The Noise
83×
4
Stay Visible
81×
5
She's A River
80×
6
Act Of Love
79×
7
Broken Glass Park
78×
8
Alive And Kicking
73×
9
Theme For Great Cities '90 Remix
69×
10
Theme For Great Cities
68×
🔴 Top 10 Closing Songs
1
Alive And Kicking
516×
2
Sanctify Yourself
411×
3
Ghost Dancing
143×
4
Love Song
133×
5
Don't You (Forget About Me)
131×
6
New Gold Dream (81,82,83,84)
115×
7
Theme For Great Cities '90 Remix
47×
8
Belfast Child
47×
9
Sweat In Bullet
25×
10
Room
22×
🏆 Setlist Records
12 songs
Longest Encore
03 Nov 2003
40 songs
Longest Setlist
28 Jul 2025
1 songs
Shortest Setlist
30 Sep 2005
🗺️ Concert World Map
✈️ Geography
592,905 km
Total Distance Travelled
14.8× around the Earth
18,187 km
Longest Jump
Auckland, New Zealand → Bonn, Germany
8
Countries Visited Only Once
Slovakia, Russia, Lithuania, Hong Kong, Hungary, Gibraltar, Latvia, Montenegro
⏱️ Timeline Records
1,137 days
Longest Break
Oct 1991 → Dec 1994
54 shows
Longest Consecutive Run
30 Jan 2006 → 16 Apr 2006
🎧 Recording Coverage by Decade
1970s
1 / 3 (33%)
1980s
327 / 522 (63%)
1990s
180 / 303 (59%)
2000s
243 / 416 (58%)
2010s
328 / 503 (65%)
2020s
196 / 210 (93%)
🏛️ Venue Records
700,000
Largest Venue
Festival Interceltique de Lorient, Lorient
09 Aug 1995
09 Aug 1995
98
Smallest Venue
Rock50, Sijsele
25 Jun 2022
25 Jun 2022
👥 Community
19
Registered Members
181
"I Was There" Check-ins
🏅 Top Concert-Goers
Poekie
98 shows
Alain
42 shows
Simplymindless
39 shows
Lichtenstein
2 shows