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James "Jim" Kerr (born 9 July 1959) is a Scottish musician and singer-songwriter, best known for his work with the band Simple Minds who achieved five UK No. 1 albums and a No. 1 single "Ballad of the Streets EP".
He released his first solo album, Lostboy! AKA Jim Kerr, on 27 May 2010.Lostboy! AKA Jim Kerr (2010–present)"Shadowland" was released as the first single from the album.
The album version of the song was made available to listen as an audio stream on 13 March 2010.
A new remix, more suitable for radio airplay, was done by Cenzo Townshend whom Jim Kerr chose because of Townshends's previous work with Simple Minds' latest album Graffiti Soul.
A promotional single with the new radio mixes of the song was shipped to radio stations on 4 April 2010."Shadowland" was originally meant to be released as a commercial physical release, but it was eventually only released as a download single on 9 May 2010.
The three tracks on the download single were the same three tracks previously available on the "Shadowland" radio promo single.The album version of "Refugee" was premiered on Billy Sloan's show on 7 March 2010.
A week later, the full album version of "Refugee" was made available as a download from the initial www.lostboyaka.com website.
On 13 April 2010 "Refugee" was released as the lead track of the Welcome Gift 1 free download twin pack which was released as part of the main website launch of www.lostboyaka.com.
In addition to the previously released album version of "Refugee", the free download twin pack included the track "What Goes On" (Scary Monsters Mix), which was exclusive to this release.
The package also included the artwork and a text file requesting that the tracks not be uploaded to any other site."She Fell in Love With Silence" was released as a single on 15 August 2010.
The single was released in both digital and physical formats.Jim Kerr released his first solo album Lostboy! AKA Jim Kerr on 17 May 2010 under the name "Lostboy! AKA".
Explaining the project name and ethos, he commented "I didn’t want to start a new band.
I like my band (laughs)...and I didn’t want a point blank Jim Kerr solo album either."The first Lostboy! AKA 10-date (European) tour occurred from 18 to 31 May 2010.
In August 2010, Lostboy! AKA embarked on a 12-date "Electroset Radio" tour for various European/UK radio stations but the band played only 4 dates (3 in Germany and 1 in Spain).
A third Lostboy AKA! tour, a new 25-date "Electroset" (European) one (featuring Simon Hayward and Sarah Brown) was scheduled from 18 October to 3 December 2010 but the band played only 9 shows till the rest of the tour was cancelled after the performance on 13 November 2010 in Dublin, Ireland because of Jim's mother Irene who had become ill with a recurrence of cancer.The second Lostboy! album, The Return Of The Lostboy!, was first mentioned by Jim Kerr during the post-production work on the first album in February 2010.
The second album was to be released after Simple Minds' planned 2013 world tour but the release was indefinitely postponed.
Jim Kerr has yet written, demoed or recorded up to 25 songs for the new album.Other workKerr helped organise a 90th birthday party for Nelson Mandela at Hyde Park, London on 27 June 2008.
The event came 20 years after Kerr and Simple Minds played a role (releasing the single Mandela Day amongst other activities) in the 70th birthday concert at Wembley Stadium, which was held to demand Mandela's release.
Mandela attended the 2008 event in person.Personal lifeKerr was married to Chrissie Hynde, lead singer of The Pretenders, in 1984 (divorced, 1990).
They had one daughter, Yasmin.
He was subsequently married to actress Patsy Kensit in 1992 (divorced 1996) with whom he had a son, James (born September 1993).Jim Kerr is a Hearts FC fan and active supporter of the club.