Editing Simple Minds (section)

===''Live in the City of Angels'' and cancelled tour (2019–2022)===
In 2019, Simple Minds released ''[[Live in the City of Angels]]'', a snapshot from the band's 2018 North American tour, their biggest ever to date. The live album was made available on multiple formats; the standard CD and vinyl versions feature 25 songs, mostly recorded on 24 October 2018 at the [[Orpheum Theatre (Los Angeles)|Orpheum Theatre]], whereas the Deluxe CD and digital formats contain an additional 15 tracks recorded during sound checks and rehearsals, yielding a 40-song collection to mark the band's 40-year career.<ref name="facebook Live In The City Of Angels">{{cite web |url=https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=2373884122691510&id=100317830048162 |title=LIVE IN THE CITY OF ANGELS, out 4th October, is the new album from Simple Minds capturing the band on their biggest ever North American tour. |date= 20 August 2019 |website=[[Facebook]] |access-date= 20 August 2019}}</ref><ref name="simpleminds.com Live In The City Of Angels">{{cite web |url=https://www.simpleminds.com/2019/08/20/simple-minds-release-live-in-the-city-of-angels/ |title=20 Aug, 2019 Simple Minds Release: Live In The City Of Angels |date= 20 August 2019 |website=Simpleminds.com |access-date= 20 August 2019}}</ref>

In 2019, Simple Minds also released a new compilation album entitled ''40: The Best Of 1979-2019'', a retrospective of the band's 40-year long recording career. It includes as a new track the band's cover of "[[From Scotland with Love#Track listing|For One Night Only]]" by [[King Creosote]].<ref name="simpleminds.com 40 The Best Of 1979-2019">{{cite web |url=https://www.simpleminds.com/2019/09/30/40-the-best-of-1979-2019-album-announced/ |title=30 Sep, 2019 40: The Best of 1979 – 2019 – Album Announced |date= 30 September 2019 |website=Simpleminds.com |access-date= 5 October 2019}}</ref>

The first Europe & UK (Winter–Spring) leg of the 40 Years Of Hits world tour 2020 kicked off on 28 February 2020 in Stavanger, Norway but was interrupted with the cancellation of the show due to take place on 11 March 2020 in Herning, [[Denmark]] and the cancellation of the rest of the tour due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic|coronavirus pandemic]].