how Can Have we forgotten them? This week in 1985, Scottish simple mind landed an indelible number on the shattered wings, the final scene of the era's groundbreaking teen drama Breakfast Club. It also offers a significant boost: the second British invasion, MTV, Live Aid and Charming lead singer Jim Kerr's high-profile marriage to pretender Chrissie Hynde.

Forty years, the band started a live and kick tour in North America this weekend and found themselves on the subject of a new documentary that premieres in the theater next month. Kerr talks thr The 2024 festival show about "Wonderful" paved the way for the trek at the age of 24 this year, how he celebrated "you (don't forget me) to the pinnacle of American pop music and why this Scots decided to make him his home in Sicily forever.

Hollywood Reporter: You are the day when the tour begins, including guests’ modern English and soft cells, and arrives at the Los Angeles Kia Forum on May 22. A simple mind does not visit the United States as often as many of its peers. What made you want to be the title of this year’s tour?

Jim Kerr: Tomorrow is exactly one year, and we came to participate in a performance in Pasadena: The Cruel World Festival. We were putting our toes in the water and seeing how that was done, and we were shocked by the reaction we received. And we are not the only ones because within a few days, Live Nation talks about giving us a chance to come back and play in the United States. From a tour perspective, there has been a huge imbalance between these years and tours in the United States, and we never have a chance to get it again. So we're here.

I am in a cruel world. You play in the glorious sunset! The crowd responded impetuously. You sounded like you were surprised by this - right?

that's right. I know we have great fans here and people who know the band usually really like the band. But there is something in the air that we feel before we continue. When we looked there, there were already a much larger crowd than we expected. As we kept moving forward, after about 14 minutes it felt like Oh God, are we in Europe? Because this is more of a situation we are used to (there).

You say all of this humbly, but 40 years ago, this July will be the anniversary of on-site assistance. Bob Dylan played football in Philadelphia that day, reunited with Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath. But the simple mind gets one of the biggest reactions from Kennedy Stadium – even if the band is still new to American audiences, you personally hold the crowd in your palm.

One thing from day one - don't ask me where to get the ball - we want to be a great live band. what does that mean? This doesn't mean you can perform well or sing well; it's more intrinsic than that. When you play the game, something happens- you go beyond it. We dreamed we would be able to do that and we could attract audiences in the palm of our hands no matter where we went during the competition. Now, I don't want to attract fate here, but this is the story of our life, played live. Of course, this is two-way. You see some behaviors that you listen and watch, which is cool. But then there is some behavior (closing the gap between the audience and themselves) - this hug continues. A simple mind is one of the bands that seem to be able to achieve this. I don't hesitate to say (it) because it's another art. Attend a festival, this is not your show. You are one of many, and there are many external factors. You don't know what the weather will look like, you don't know if you're doing it during the magic period. But we are really strong at the festival. We can put everything aside, keep moving forward and sweep the audience. Of course, we will certainly do more in the weeks that will start the tour next weekend (May 16 at the Cascades Amphitheater in Ridgefield, Washington).

Speaking of the weekend: Sunday is the 40th anniversary of "You Don't Forget Me" and will rank first in the United States. Do you still remember where it was on May 18, 1985?

I do, because I don't receive a telegram every day, and another fax says, "Your song is Billboard chart. "My sin in France, we know to work with Jimmy Iovine and Bob Clearmountain; this will be number one - be prepared for it."

When it happens, I think, I have to open a bottle of champagne because I know this won't happen all the time. Now, I am a very unusual specimen because I am a Scot who doesn’t drink alcohol. Don't let me feel like a good thing. Everything else I wanted, but alcohol never worked for me. But that night, I went to the hotel bar and there was no one there except the men and women bar and me. I said, what is the best champagne you have? He said, Oh, I get it. "I said, "Open it." "He said: "Who?" "I said, "You and I, and others, walked through the door." "The first person who came in had a cup to celebrate.

There is the first song every week, but "You Don't (Forget Me) is a Generation X song. I feel like "You Don't (Forget Me)" is the 80s "smell like team spirit" is for the 90s.

This is a huge blow to all over the world. Even now, radio stations get in touch and say, “We just polled the best songs of the 80s and we’ve already mentioned how many times “no” times” it’s amazing, considering the great songs of that decade. I think the thing is that we have not only this song, but also from a movie, not only that generation, but the generations that followed, Judd Nelson slammed his fist at the end. Excitingly, we have a song, even though we were a little reluctant and wary when the song first brought us.

Talk about looking at the gift horse in your mouth!

A big part of reluctance is the method. It's not from a record label. (Songwriter) Keith Forsey came backstage one night, what would I say? - He was a little overwhelmed. We don't know who he is. There will always be people in the backstage saying they want to work with you and then stuff a box box in their pocket, and you think, who is this guy? That box-style box stayed in someone’s pocket for about a month and we didn’t get in touch with them. Then, when the record label got in touch, we had this song "Alive and Kicking, we thought, we thought, Hey, if you want to work with us, you can handle it. They said, "No, that's not working with the script", of course, that definitely makes sense. But you know, once we talk to John Hughes, the attitude becomes Madame, and Keith walks over and is more coherent.

How do you think of the song when Forsey first played the demo?

There is nothing wrong. It just sounds a bit universal. We thought, let's go to (studio) for a few hours; nothing is taken, nothing is gained. And it's been a few hours, no more. However, here, we're talking about it later.

Tell me about the new documentary, Simple mind: Everything is possiblewhich will premiere in the US theater on June 13.

You'll see a pattern here because we don't want to do that either. We just thought, how do you make it a reality in any unique way? But, I often see its humility in rock documentaries. Director Joss Cowley - Although we don't think this little kid will ever capture the security case of the era he did. He also captured the monochrome Glasgow of Glasgow in the 70s and 80s, from where we came there and dreamed of the big. He grabbed all of this. Then, you know, it's in a coagulated way. It gives the story of the band, the ups and downs, the side and the stuff. Finally, we had to raise our hands and say, “Very good.”

The simple mind is Scots, but you live in Sicily now. What's going on?

Don't ask me how my mom and dad shave the money together, but they did, and when I was under 14, we went on this school trip. When I got off the plane in Italy, I realized that the world was people of color because, growing up in Glasgow, I liked it was just a different world. I immediately envisioned myself living there for the next few years. Don't ask me how to do it or anything, because someone I know doesn't do it.

It turns out that Italy was one of the first countries to embrace simple ideas. But one place where no band goes is Sicily because the mafia is going to steal your equipment and you won't get paid. But we have been going all the time, and I started to go back frequently

Taormina, where White lotus Being photographed. It's an amazing place with incredible history: Roman, Greek. By the end of the 90s, when simple minds weren't that busy with our busyness, I think, I'm going there for about a year. I will be in the Hemingway stage: I will get the language, I will fish for swordfish. I have the language; I didn't get swordfish, but that's all. It has been my home ever since.