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Simple Minds in August 1981 (from left):

Mick MacNeil, Derek Forbes, Charlie Burchill,

Kenny Hyslop and Jim Kerr.

Photograph: Virginia Turbett

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‘A nuclear reactor of music’:

the story of Simple Minds’ classic album Empires and Dance

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Tue 27 Jun 2023    10.00 BST

Last modified on Tue 27 Jun 2023    14.35 BST

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a-nuclear-reactor-of-music-the-story-of-simple-minds-classic-album-empires-and-dance

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