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Simple Minds have announced that they are currently rehearsing material from their first five albums for a 2012 tour.

The hugely influential Scottish post punk band turned stadium rockers will be selecting material solely from the albums Life In A Day, Real To Real Cacophony, Empires And Dance, Sons And Fascination/Sister Feelings Call and New Gold Dream (81, 82, 83, 84).

Speaking about the move, frontman Jim Kerr said: "This is the set that so many who appreciate Simple Minds have been begging us to play and finally this is that one-off chance to see it.”

See you down the front for 'Theme For Great Cities'.

5 X 5 LIVE, TOUR DATES:

FEBRUARY

Tue 14 Coliseum, Lisbon, Portugal

Wed 15 Riviera, Madrid, Spain

Thu 16 Razzamatazz, Barcelona, Spain

Sat 18 Paradiso, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Sun 19 Admiralpalast, Berlin, Germany

Mon 20 Vega, Copenhagen, Denmark

Tue 21 Sentrum Scene, Oslo, Norway

Thu 23 Cirque Royal, Brussels, Belgium

Fri 24 Birmingham Academy

Sat 25 Glasgow Barrowland

Mon 27 Casino De Paris, France

Tue 28 Alcatraz, Milan, Italy

Wed 29 Komplex 457, Zurich, Switzerland

MARCH

Fri 2 London Roundhouse

Sat 3 Manchester Ritz

Sun 4 Olympia Theatre, Dublin