SCOTTISH rock band Simple Minds are returning to the O2 Academy Bournemouth next year with a new album and tour. Tickets go on sale this Friday at 9am for the show that takes place on Sunday, April 19 2015.

Their imminent 16th album, Big Music sees the band rekindling the energy and attitude, the mystery and magic that made them one of the greatest bands on the planet. It’s been over 30 years now since Simple Minds exploded on the music scene.

In the ’80s they enjoyed unparalleled success as one of the UK's most popular live acts, and also notched up quite a few hit singles to boot – including Alive and Kicking, Glittering Prize, Promised You A Miracle, Sanctify Yourself and their number one smash Belfast Child.

The Scottish rockers featured on the soundtrack to the cult 1985 film The Breakfast Club with pop gem Don’t You (Forget About Me).

The inclusion of the track broke Simple Minds into the US market almost overnight, when the band achieved their only No. 1 U.S. pop hit that year with the film’s closing track.

Despite their ’80s success, the band went through a fallow period in the ’90s, displaced by the new wave of young indie acts spearheaded by Blur and Oasis.

However, the current line-up of Jim Kerr, Charlie Burchill, Mel Gaynor, Andy Gillespie and Ged Grimes are out to prove that they are not forgotten. Having topped America’s Billboard chart, the Glasgow band have achieved six No.1 albums in the UK as well as hitting the top spot in countless other countries including Germany, Italy, France, Spain, Australia and New Zealand.

Simple Minds are also arguably one of the best live bands in the world and over a thirty-year career have been responsible for some of the most innovative and enduring anthems in rock music. The Bournemouth audience can expect to hear all the songs from their glittering back catalogue and plenty of new material.

The first single to be released from Big Music will be Honest Town, out November 3. The song, a dream-like travelogue through Kerr's childhood stomping grounds on Glasgow's South Side, is the most touching moment on Big Music - a haunting track inspired by fond memories of Jim Kerr’s mum, who passed away in Glasgow four years ago. It was co-written with Iain Cook of Chvrches.

More relevant than ever, Simple Minds have been lauded current artists including The Horrors, The Killers, King Creosote, Manic Street Preachers, Primal Scream and Radiohead.