Concerts

MCD Presents
Simple Minds
Live at The Olympia Theatre
Sunday 4th March 2012

Tickets from €44.05, however please note this show is now SOLD OUT! There will be no support act on the night, the doors open at 7pm with Simple Minds coming on at 8pm sharp. Make sure you get there early!

Simple Minds to perform a never-before-played set dedicated solely to their highly acclaimed & hugely influential early albums!

Simple Minds are pleased to announce a very rare and exciting opportunity to see them perform material from their first five albums The Olympia Theatre on March 4th. This landmark show, lasting over two and half hours, will be part of a 16-date European tour.

The band will exclusively play five songs from each of their first five albums – Life In A Day, Real To Real Cacophony, Empires and Dance, Sons and Fascination/Sister Feelings Calling and New Gold Dream (81, 82, 83, 84) which celebrates its 30th anniversary next year – which were released in a prolific period from 1979 to 1982. These five albums have had a massive cultural impact from the time of their release during the birth of the new wave electro scene in the late 1970s, through the dance revolution of the ‘80s and ‘90s, to the music of the Manic Street Preachers and the recent sound of The Horrors’ Skying album, making them five of the most vital albums of the post-punk period and the last 35 years.

“This is the set that so many who appreciate Simple Minds have been begging us to play and finally this is that one-off chance to see it.” Jim Kerr.

To coincide with 5x5 Live, on 13th February, EMI Music will release the box set Simple Minds X5. The box will feature all five of the albums over six discs - with Sons and Fascination and Sister Feelings Calling as separate discs in a gatefold sleeve – as well as bonus material on each disc including rare and previously unavailable CD, b-sides and remixes.

Simple Minds 5X5 Live Tour
4th March Olympia Theatre, Dublin
Tickets from €44.05 (inc booking fee) on sale now from Ticketmaster.