📊 Statistics
Dive into the numbers behind Simple Minds' live history
1,864
Shows Played
254
Songs in Database
23
Albums
52
Countries Visited
81
Tours
628
Cities
1155
Venues
48
Years Active
17.4
Avg Songs/Show
12,692
Avg Venue Capacity
14,266,186
Est. Total Audience
📁 Database Completion
Shows with setlist
1615 / 1864 (87%)
Shows with audio recording
1215 / 1864 (65%)
Shows with complete recording
830 / 1864 (45%)
Shows with video
17 / 1864 (1%)
🎭 Show Types
1601
🎸 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
429
1990s
303
2000s
416
2010s
503
2020s
210
🌍 Shows by Country
Germany
273
England
264
USA
180
France
161
Italy
131
Belgium
123
Scotland
101
Netherlands
81
Australia
79
Spain
68
Switzerland
55
Canada
43
Denmark
42
Sweden
32
Ireland
29
Norway
23
New Zealand
19
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
47
Paris
29
Brussel
26
Birmingham
24
Hamburg
24
Berlin
21
Dublin
21
Amsterdam
20
København
19
Manchester
19
Roma
19
Sydney
17
Edinburgh
16
Melbourne
16
Stockholm
15
München
15
Oslo
13
Aberdeen
13
Toronto
13
🏛️ 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
Rock Werchter (Werchter)
9
Le Zénith de Paris (Paris)
8
HMH Heineken Music Hall (Amsterdam)
8
Alsterdorfer Sporthalle (Hamburg)
8
SEC Centre (Glasgow)
8
Sentrum Scene (Oslo)
7
Olympia Theatre (Dublin)
7
Hallenstadion (Zürich)
7
Ahoy Sportpaleis (Rotterdam)
7
Cardiff International Arena (Cardiff)
7
Teatro Antico di Taormina (Taormina)
7
🎤 Top 25 Most Played Songs
Don't You (Forget About Me)
1442×
Alive And Kicking
1403×
Waterfront
1374×
Someone Somewhere (In Summertime)
1336×
Sanctify Yourself
1202×
Love Song
993×
See The Lights
984×
New Gold Dream (81,82,83,84)
962×
Promised You A Miracle
838×
Glittering Prize
752×
Belfast Child
683×
Book Of Brilliant Things
676×
Big Sleep
637×
The American
624×
All The Things She Said
593×
Once Upon A Time
588×
Let There Be Love
586×
Ghost Dancing
559×
She's A River
479×
I Travel
461×
Speed Your Love To Me
457×
Mandela Day
395×
Theme For Great Cities
358×
Up On The Catwalk
355×
Hypnotised
342×
📌 69 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
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
Walk Between Worlds North And South American 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×
White Hot Day
3×
Sugar
3×
Karma To This Rain
3×
💎 23 songs have been played fewer than 5 times
🎵 Openers & Closers
🟢 Top 10 Opening Songs
1
Waterfront
342×
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
68×
10
Theme For Great Cities
68×
🔴 Top 10 Closing Songs
1
Alive And Kicking
516×
2
Sanctify Yourself
411×
3
Ghost Dancing
143×
4
Don't You (Forget About Me)
131×
5
Love Song
107×
6
New Gold Dream (81,82,83,84)
63×
7
Belfast Child
47×
8
Theme For Great Cities '90 Remix
46×
9
Sweat In Bullet
23×
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
586,516 km
Total Distance Travelled
14.6× 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
267 / 429 (62%)
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