LOS ANGELES, May 7 (UPI) — The Scottish rock band Simple Minds will perform its hit single “Don’t You [Forget About Me]” from the 1985 movie The Breakfast Club at this year’s Billboard Music Awards, ABC announced.
The ceremony will coincide with the 30th anniversary of the classic song reaching No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100. The musicians will be introduced by the film’s star Molly Ringwald.
Simple Minds joins previously announced musical performers Mariah Carey, Kelly Clarkson, Hozier, Nick Jonas, Ed Sheeran, Van Halen, along with special duet performances by Empire recording artists Jussie Smollett and Bryshere “Yazz” Gray with Estelle, Fall Out Boy featuring Wiz Khalifa, Little Big Town and Faith Hill, Britney Spears and Iggy Azalea, and Meghan Trainor featuring John Legend.
The 2015 Billboard Music Awards will be hosted by Ludacris and Chrissy Teigen, and broadcast live on ABC May 17 from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.
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