Simple Minds, one of the world’s premier stadium rock acts in the 1980s, will return to the Hunter to headline the Newcastle Supercars concert next month.
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The Scottish band, who played well reviewed concerts at Bimbadgen Estate in the vineyards early last year and in 2012, will perform at No.1 Sportsground on the night of Saturday, November 24.
Perth band Birds of Tokyo will be the support act.
The inaugural Newcastle 500 weekend last year included a Friday night performance inside the track by Australian songstress Delta Goodrem and a Saturday night concert featuring Cold Chisel which attracted an estimated 20,000 people.
This year organisers have reduced the off-track entertainment to one night and shifted it two kilometres to No.1 Sportsground.
Birds of Tokyo will take to the stage about 7pm in Newcastle and Simple Minds about 8.30pm before the concert wraps up at 10pm.
The concert is free for anyone with a same-day Supercars ticket.
