Big Music is the sixteenth studio album by Scottish rock band Simple Minds.

[1] The album's release campaign started on 4 September 2014 with "Blindfolded" being issued as a video teaser (not as a single).

[1] On 23 September 2014, Simple Minds announced that the first play of their new single "Honest Town" would have its worldwide premiere the following morning on the Ken Bruce Show on BBC Radio 2.

"[5] Record Collector's Daryl Easlea positively found that "Big Music embraces their past and looks resolutely to the future (...) This is the first new Simple Minds album in recent memory that you'll want keep returning to.

[20] Most of the songs have been played live by Simple Minds: "Broken Glass Park": on 18 May 2010 at ABC2, Glasgow, UK.

"Fire Fighter": on 18 June 2010 at Le Bataclan, Paris, France (just after another live debut, "Stagefright", played as the opener).

"Concrete And Cherry Blossom" was planned to be debuted as part of the encore of the Bataclan show but dropped due to time constraints.

"Honest Town" and "Machines": soundchecked in April 2014 at the private ElectroSet gig at Annabel's, London, UK.