James Dean Bradfield

Their ABBA, Bowie and REM-inspired 14th album will arrive in September, and is launched with a gem that tackles our "perpetual state of culture war"

"It’s the usual thing, miserable lyrics and great pop"

"I had one of those goosebump moments where you pinch yourself that one of your childhood idols is singing a song that I wrote"

“Musically, I wanted to present some sense to the listener about what it feels like to go through trauma"

'The Stars Come Out To Sing At Christmas' will take place in aid of Nordoff Robbins Music Therapy

Though writing songs about the ongoing health crisis would be "adding insult to injury"

"We will play those gigs eventually, whatever happens. It will just be fucking beautiful to step on stage and just move to music"

The "prophetic" record was in the works at the same time as bandmate James Dean Bradfield's

This tribute to Chilean revolutionary Víctor Jara steers clear of hackneyed music homage

Episode one of 'Inspired By Jara' features Simple Minds' Charlie Burchill