📊 Statistics

Dive into the numbers behind Simple Minds' live history

🎸
2,242
Shows Played
🎵
264
Songs in Database
💿
23
Albums
🌍
52
Countries Visited
82 Tours
683 Cities
1328 Venues
49 Years Active
16.9 Avg Songs/Show
9,648 Avg Venue Capacity
12,493,682 Est. Total Audience

📁 Database Completion

Shows with setlist
1769 / 2242 (79%)
Shows with audio recording
1327 / 2242 (59%)
Shows with complete recording
930 / 2242 (41%)
Shows with video
40 / 2242 (2%)

🎭 Show Types

1881
🎸 Full Show
127
Gala
114
🎪 Festival
100
Support
12
🔒 Private Event
7
📺 TV Show
1
📻 Radio

📅 Shows by Year

31
78
95
79
86
80
58
81
105
82
63
83
139
84
36
85
117
86
3
87
4
88
74
89
5
90
85
91
9
94
115
95
50
97
38
98
1
99
2
01
113
02
58
03
20
04
17
05
100
06
11
07
28
08
67
09
58
10
29
11
52
12
60
13
61
14
76
15
23
16
57
17
87
18
10
20
81
22
67
24
50
25
1
26

📆 Shows by Decade

1970s
126
1980s
685
1990s
303
2000s
416
2010s
503
2020s
209

🌍 Shows by Country

England
369
Germany
306
USA
230
France
184
Scotland
168
Italy
137
Belgium
124
Australia
99
Netherlands
95
Spain
75
Canada
69
Switzerland
57
Denmark
44
Sweden
37
Ireland
33
Norway
23
New Zealand
22
Portugal
21
Wales
15
Austria
14

🏙️ Top 20 Cities

Based on full concerts and festivals only — excludes galas, TV shows, radio and private events.

London
77
Glasgow
74
Edinburgh
37
Paris
34
Birmingham
30
Hamburg
28
Brussel
26
Berlin
23
Amsterdam
22
Manchester
22
Dublin
22
Sydney
22
København
20
Toronto
20
Melbourne
20
Aberdeen
19
Roma
19
Stockholm
17
München
17
Newcastle
16

🏛️ 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
Lyceum Theatre (London)
11
Eventim Apollo (London)
11
Nite Club (Edinburgh)
10
Rock Werchter (Werchter)
9
Le Zénith de Paris (Paris)
9
Rotterdam Ahoy (Rotterdam)
9
Massey Hall (Toronto)
9
Tiffany's (Glasgow)
9
AFAS Live (Amsterdam)
8
Alsterdorfer Sporthalle (Hamburg)
8
SEC Centre (Glasgow)
8

🎤 Top 25 Most Played Songs

Waterfront
1481×
Don't You (Forget About Me)
1449×
Someone Somewhere (In Summertime)
1435×
Alive And Kicking
1411×
Sanctify Yourself
1209×
New Gold Dream (81,82,83,84)
1058×
Love Song
1050×
See The Lights
989×
Promised You A Miracle
937×
Glittering Prize
848×
Book Of Brilliant Things
774×
Big Sleep
735×
The American
733×
Belfast Child
688×
All The Things She Said
595×
Once Upon A Time
593×
Let There Be Love
590×
Ghost Dancing
562×
Speed Your Love To Me
556×
I Travel
485×
She's A River
478×
Up On The Catwalk
454×
Mandela Day
397×
East At Easter
383×
Theme For Great Cities
363×

📌 61 songs in the database have never been played live (23%)

🎸 Shows by Tour

Once Upon A Time
149
Tour Du Monde
146
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
Real To Real Cacophony Tour
73
The Floating World Tour
72
Global Tour 2024
67
Big Music European Tour 2015
59
Life In A Day Tour
58
Alive & Kicking Tour 2003
58
Empires And Dance Tour 1980
52
Acoustic Live 2017
48
Sons And Fascination Tour 1981
47
Night Of The Proms 2002
41
Neapolis Tour
38
30 Years Live European Tour
35

💎 Rarities — Songs Played Fewer Than 5 Times

Kaleidoscope
20th Century Promised Land
Careful In Career
When Two Worlds Collide
My Life
European Son
Gloria
Bring On The Dancing Horses
Rockin' In The Free World
Whiskey In The Jar
Angel Underneath My Skin
Summertime Blues
Death By Chocolate
Garden Of Hate
Special View
Saints and Sinners
Caught In A Dream
You Better Watch Out
Doo-Be-Doo
Tonight
Swimming Towards The Sun
Mr. Silversmith
Lay Lady Lay
Make Me Smile (Come Up And See Me)
Fire Fighter
New Warm Skin
Rosemary's Baby
Constantinople Line
Sugar
Karma To This Rain

💎 32 songs have been played fewer than 5 times

🎵 Openers & Closers

🟢 Top 10 Opening Songs

1 Waterfront 368×
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 80×
7 Broken Glass Park 78×
8 Theme For Great Cities 74×
9 Alive And Kicking 73×
10 Theme For Great Cities '90 Remix 69×

🔴 Top 10 Closing Songs

1 Alive And Kicking 517×
2 Sanctify Yourself 414×
3 Ghost Dancing 143×
4 Love Song 139×
5 Don't You (Forget About Me) 131×
6 New Gold Dream (81,82,83,84) 122×
7 Belfast Child 51×
8 Theme For Great Cities '90 Remix 46×
9 Room 32×
10 Sweat In Bullet 27×

🏆 Setlist Records

🎤
12 songs
Longest Encore
03 Nov 2003
📋
29 songs
Longest Setlist
07 Feb 2015
📝
1 songs
Shortest Setlist
30 Sep 2005

🗺️ Concert World Map

✈️ Geography

🌍
1,772,874 km
Total Distance Travelled
44.2× around the Earth
✈️
19,476 km
Longest Jump
Vilar de Mouros, Portugal → Taupō, New Zealand
🦄
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
13 / 126 (10%)
1980s
362 / 685 (53%)
1990s
181 / 303 (60%)
2000s
244 / 416 (59%)
2010s
330 / 503 (66%)
2020s
197 / 209 (94%)

🔊 Soundchecks & Meet & Greets

🔊
1
Documented Soundchecks
🤝
1
Meet & Greets
🎵
1
With Recording
🎸
6
Unique Songs Played

🏆 Most Played in Soundchecks

🏛️ Venue Records

🏟️
150,000
Largest Venue
Nürburgring, Nürburg
14 Jun 1986
🎵
98
Smallest Venue
Rock50, Sijsele
25 Jun 2022

👥 Community

👤
16
Registered Members
🙋
593
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121 shows
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47 shows
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