Simple Minds have announced details of their brand new studio album, Sacrosanct, which is due to be released on January 29, 2027 on BMG.
You can hear “Beginner Boys”, the first taste of the album, below.
The track is inspired by Jim Kerr watching his twin grandsons grow up and thinking about what it means to raise a good man today — “how strength, tenderness, courage, and gentleness might still belong together, even when the wider culture around them can send mixed signals. It’s less a statement than a question I hope they’ll spend their lives answering for themselves.”
Regarding the choice of album title, Kerr said: “We called the album Sacrosanct because after a lifetime of doing this — nearly fifty years of writing songs together — it’s stopped feeling like a career and started feeling like something closer to faith. Calling the record Sacrosanct isn’t an exaggeration. It’s just honest.”
The tracklisting for Sacrosanct is:
Elysium
King Of The Underworld
Beginner Boys
Jerusalem (State Of Mind)
Our Secrets Are The Same
Songs
Alive In This Moment
The Next Right Thing
The band will also tour in 2027, with Gary Numan in support on the UK dates:
- 06/05 – O2 ARENA – LONDON, UK
- 07/05 – CO-OP LIVE ARENA – MANCHESTER, UK
- 08/05 – UTILITA ARENA – BIRMINGHAM, UK
- 10/05 – MOTORPOINT ARENA – NOTTINGHAM, UK
- 11/05 – FIRST DIRECT ARENA – LEEDS, UK
- 13/05 – UTILITA ARENA – NEWCASTLE, UK
- 14/05 – OVO HYDRO – GLASGOW, UK
Sacrosanct is available to pre-order now. Orders made before Tueaday, September 8 can also access the UK tour pre-sale. Tickets go on general sale on September 11.
The rest of their world tour dates are:
AUSTRALIA & NEW ZEALAND
- 13/02 – RAC ARENA, PERTH, AUSTRALIA
- 16/02 – AEC ARENA, ADELAIDE, AUSTRALIA
- 18/02 – ROD LAVER ARENA, MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA
- 20/02 – QUDOS BANK ARENA, SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA
- 21/02 – ENTERTAINMENT CENTRE, BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA
- 25/02 – SPARK ARENA, AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND
- 27/02 – TSB ARENA, WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND
- 01/03 – WOLFBROOK ARENA, CHRISTCHURCH, NEW ZEALAND
EUROPE
- 05/04 – SUPER BOCK ARENA – PORTO, PORTUGAL
- 06/04 – SAGRES CAMPO PEQUENO – LISBON, PORTUGAL
- 07/04 – MOVISTAR ARENA – MADRID, SPAIN
- 09/04 – LDLC ARENA – LYON, FRANCE
- 10/04 – ACCOR ARENA – PARIS, FRANCE
- 11/04 – LE GALAXIE – AMNÉVILE, FRANCE
- 13/04 – ZÉNITH NANTES MÉTROPOLE – NANTES, FRANCE
- 14/04 – ARKEA ARENA – BORDEAUX, FRANCE
- 16/04 – UNIPOL FORUM – MILAN, ITALY
- 17/04 – UNIPOL ARENA – BOLOGNA, ITALY
- 19/04 – HALLENSTADION – ZURICH, SWITZERLAND
- 20/04 – OLYMPIAHALLE – MUNICH, GERMANY
- 21/04 – UBER ARENA – BERLIN, GERMANY
- 23/04 – OSLO SPEKTRUM – OSLO, NORWAY
- 24/04 – ROYAL ARENA – COPENHAGEN, DENMARK
- 25/04 – AVICII ARENA – STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN
- 27/04 – BARCLAYS ARENA – HAMBURG, GERMANY
- 28/04 – LANXESS ARENA – COLOGNE, GERMANY
- 30/04 – ZIGGO DOME – AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS