2 days ago
- Entertainment
- Toronto Star
A major 1980s nostalgia concert, Canadian pop punk and an imploding submersible: what we're obsessed with this week
Concert: Simple Minds
Sure, everyone knows that song from that movie. But there's a lot more to Simple Minds than meets the eye, beginning with their fantastic early albums, on which they merged David Bowie's flash with the Velvet Underground's verve and Kraftwerk's Euro-cool grooves. And in a live setting, the band, featuring original members Jim Kerr and Charlie Burchill, are simply thrilling and uplifting. They're bound to play a few deep cuts along with their latter-day stadium fillers at Budweiser Stage on Wednesday night. Opening are two equally credible one-hit new wave wonders: Soft Cell and Modern English. John Hughes would definitely approve. —Doug Brod
