Simple Minds’ latest album, Walk Between Worlds, pierced the Top 5 on the Official U.K. Album Charts earlier this year, and the band is receiving rave reviews on its current world tour. Cofounder and frontman Jim Kerr, along with original guitarist Charlie Burchhill and a full band, will perform at Atlanta Tabernacle on October 8, 2018. I recently caught up with Kerr to discuss Simple Minds’ past and present, and how it feels to be in the spotlight again after being away from

U2’s intersections with Atlanta over the years have gone beyond the city as a requisite tour stop.