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Recap of new SimplePlan.cz’s interview with SP: plans for 2024, band’s future as a four piece, secret featuring and more!

by Dominika | Jun 17th, 2023 | 1 comment

Last week, SimplePlan.cz caught up with Simple Plan before their performance at Rock For People in the Czech Republic and got to interview Chuck Comeau and Jeff Stinco, who gave us the most time out of any of the other media (for which we’re extremely grateful!).

In the interview, we decided to focus on some of the more important current topics and questions that have been in the minds of many fans recently and in this post we’d like to put down a summary of them in case you don’t have the time to listen to the full interview (which we wholeheartedly recommend, though!). Let’s get to the important stuff then, shall we?

ON CONTINUING WITHOUT DAVID
For the past few years, many fans have still been quite unsure about the current situation in Simple Plan after the rather vague announcement of David’s departure from the band, following the sexual misconduct allegations. In this interview, we decided not to ask but rather give the guys space to tell the fans how they feel about the situation without putting them on the spot with any specifics. And while it is still a very sensitive subject, which the guys can’t talk about in details, we think they made it clear that at least for now, the only way to go is to continue as a four piece. No plans on adding a new member to the band are on the horizon.

THE FUTURE OF SP CREW
For many hardcore Simple Plan fans, it has been a sad few years after their official fanclub SP Crew, which used to offer some amazing perks such as soundchecks with the band, has stopped functioning. The band knows this is an important feature in the fandom and they told us it is on their to-do list to bring it back in some new form. The fans however need to be aware that when it is back, they must not expect it to be the same as it used to be, but the band is trying to come up with a concept that would work out both for the band and for the fans and offer them something worthwhile.

SNGA AND GYHO ON VINYL
We also raised the question about the possible release of the not-yet-released Simple Plan albums on vinyl – Still Not Getting Any and Get Your Heart On. The guys said that that is another thing that is in works and they are thinking about either releasing them either separately or perhaps even as a boxset.

MUSIC VIDEO FOR ‘ICONIC’ FEAT. JAX?
By asking the guys two seemingly unrelated questions, we might have actually made them spill the beans about a secret project. Judging by Chuck’s “secretive hints”, it looks like Simple Plan might be releasing a music video for the song ‘Iconic‘ (which has been a hit on many radio stations at least in the Czech Republic for a while now) and that release might actually feature a collaboration with Jax, an American singer/songwriter, mostly popular for her viral song ‘Victoria’s Secret’. We can’t wait to find out more!

TOURING PLANS FOR 2024
A question we could not have not asked was about Simple Plan’s touring plans for the foreseeable future. According to Chuck and Jeff, the band still aims to visit places they haven’t been to after the pandemic – and that is Australia and South America. Besides that they also revealed to us that their plans include a European tour very early in the new year (2024).

NEW MUSIC ON THE HORIZON
It is not just touring that the guys have their minds set on, though. They still have some new songs left over from the recording session of Harder Than It Looks and they are trying to come up with ways how to release them – possibly similarly to their EP from 2013 that came out after Get Your Heart On with a few unreleased tracks.

25th ANNIVERSARY PLANS
During the interview, the boys have also mentioned that Simple Plan’s 25th anniversary is coming up in 2024, which deserves to be celebrated, so it is possible that some of the previously mentioned things – such as the vinyls or the EP might be tied to this special anniversary next year. And of course knowing Simple Plan, we can always expect a lot more exciting stuff!

You can check out the full video interview below (the audio quality isn’t the best, so make sure to turn on the English subtitles we’ve already provided!):

The Vamps’ Connor Ball expressed wish to work with Pierre Bouvier

by Dominika | Nov 13th, 2021 | no comments

RockSound recently interviewed Connor Ball, bassist of the British pop rock band The Vamps, who recently started a new side project The Lunar Year. Besides his side project, the interviewer also asked Connor who else he would possibly like to work with in the future and surprisingly, Connor explained his connection with Pierre Bouvier from Simple Plan and expressed his wish to possibly do some collaboration together in the future.

Check out what Connor said below:

“I mean, there’s so many people, like all my favorite bands I’m down. I speak to Pierre from Simple Plan a lot and he’s a great guy. I’d love to get into the studio with him. And he’s a production tweak actually, so it would be cool to do something with him.”

– Connor Ball from The Vamps [on Instagram] –

Below you can find the actual interview. Connor talks about Pierre from mark 7:38:

As It Is pay homage to Simple Plan in new song “I Miss 2003”

by Dominika | Nov 13th, 2021 | 1 comment

Thanks to our reader Julia we’ve learned that the British-American rock band As It Is released a brand new single this week called “I Miss 2003”, which the band formed as a love letter to the alternative scene from the early 2000s. In the lyrics, the band hid a number of references to bands from this era, such as Jimmy Eat World, My Chemical Romance, Paramore, Good Charlotte or Simple Plan.

Simple Plan in particular are referenced in “I Miss 2003” through their hit song “Welcome To My Life” (featured on the album “Still Not Getting Any”). The verse referencing Simple Plan goes as follows:

I’m in the middle of a crisis
Welcome to my life, no I don’t think that I like this
I can’t believe I got this jaded (got this jaded)
I remember singing to “The Anthem”
My friends were the best, wish I knew it when I had them
‘Cause now it’s kind of complicated

Check out what the band’s guitarist Ronnie Ish said about the inspiration for this song:

“Growing up in a small town isn’t easy when you’re different. Bullied for the way you dress, criticized for the things you like, hated on for the music you listen to. Some days were a battle for me getting out of bed to go through the same routine again and again. But there’s something special about a song that makes you feel alive, and has the power to put all the negative shit in the back of your mind. This scene gave me a place to call home and empowered me to be me, unashamedly and unapologetically. If it weren’t for the bands and the songs and the words and the community to get me through all of the shit, I don’t know who I’d be today or if I’d even be at all.

We wrote a love letter to the scene titled ‘I MISS 2003’ to pay homage to all the bands that paved the way for us to say what we want to say, the way we want to say it. IM’03 was the last song we wrote and recorded with ZJ to finalize ‘I WENT TO HELL & BACK’ [coming out 02/04/22] there’s an undeniable energy to it, it feels different but the scene’s DNA that runs through all our veins makes it feel all the same. Load up the car with all your friends and turn this shit up to ten. Hope it makes you feel something.”

– Ronnie Ish (guitarist of As It Is) [on Instagram] –

Check out the full song below:

Simple Plan reveal new single’s name: The Antidote!

by Dominika | Oct 25th, 2021 | 1 comment

It didn’t take long and after Friday’s announcement by Simple Plan about an exciting new music project being released on November 5th, the band revealed today that the project will in fact be their brand new single – a song titled “The Antidote”. On Instagram, Chuck confirmed that this song will be the first song off the new record.

The band is extremely stoked to have new music out next week. Check out what the band and Chuck himself wrote about the new release below:

“It’s been a long, long time coming and we couldn’t be more ecstatic to finally announce that our new song, “The Antidote”, is coming out on November 5th! We’re so excited for you to hear it and can’t wait to know what you think. You can pre-save it now at the link in our bio!

Thank you all for being so patient and always supporting us. It means the world to us and we’re so grateful. We’ve got tons of exciting news coming, so get ready! We’re only getting started. Let’s go!” 🤘⚡️🤘

– Simple Plan [on Instagram] –

“Feeling pretty emotional today to finally announce that we have a new song coming!!! 🤘⚡️🤘 It’s called “The Antidote” and it will be out on November 5th! You have no idea how good it feels to be able to share this news with you. I couldn’t be happier and more excited! So much more is coming…Let’s go!! 👊👊👊 You can pre-save now at the link in my bio. Thank you for your patience and I hope you enjoy the new music! 🙏🙏🙏

– Chuck Comeau [on Instagram] –

Below you can also check out the full version of the artwork for the new single in high quality:

To make sure you get “The Antidote” saved into your favorite music streaming library – such as Spotify or Apple Music – right on the release date, make sure to pre-save it below. Are you excited about “The Antidote”?

Simple Plan performed at Riot Fest for the first time since pandemic started & promised new music in a few weeks!

by Dominika | Sep 20th, 2021 | 1 comment

It took over a year and a half, dozens of canceled shows and lots of nerves but finally, after all that the covid pandemic has brought, Simple Plan were finally able to once again step on the stage for the first time in forever – at Riot Fest in Chicago, IL yesterday, September 19th 2021.

Many fans have been wondering how come Simple Plan have canceled their appearance at the Pop Punk’s Still Not Dead tour with New Found Glory, yet they still decided to go ahead and perform at such a huge festival. The answer is simple – the danger of any of the crew contracting COVID-19 (and therefore endangering the cancelation of more dates) is way smaller at one outdoor festival than it would have been at a month-long tour, where they would have likely interacted with a lot more people in much smaller and enclosed spaces for a much longer time.

But let’s get going with the Riot Fest recap, yeah? The band kicked off their set at 5:30pm local Chicago time and what did the setlist looked like:

1. I’d Do Anything
2. Shut Up!
3. Jump
4. Addicted
5. Boom!
6. Your Love Is A Lie
7. Welcome To My Life
8. Jet Lag
9. Can’t Keep My Hands Off You
10. Crazy
11. Where I Belong
12. What’s New Scooby Doo?
13. I’m Just A Kid
14. Perfect

And do we have any first-hand scoops from the show? Of course we do! Our long-time reader May was there and she let us know that Pierre mentioned on the stage that the band will be releasing “new stuff in a few weeks” – turning the band’s “soon” into something slightly more concrete and less vague. According to May, Pierre did not specify whether that meant new song or new album, but we can definitely count on the word “music”.

In our gallery you can finally have a look at some of the first photos posted on Simple Plan’s official accounts from their appearance at Riot Fest:

And finally, get a glimpse at what being at a Simple Plan show in 2021 is like and check out this video capturing the band performing I’m Just A Kid at Riot Fest yesterday. Enjoy: