As of this moment, some of the member of Simple Plan are already back home in Canada, some of them back in the States and they are all enjoying some well-deserved time-off. On Saturday the band played their last show (for about a month) – in Tel-Aviv, Israel, where they’ve gathered quite a few souvenirs (as you can see on the picture on the left).

A highlight of this concert was a moment right before Perfect, when Pierre asked the crowd to be silent for a while before he comes back and says something important. It took him two takes, but finally manage to announce that “Simple Plan’s single is coming out in the United States”.

You can check out the announcement on the video below:

Since Simple Plan are currently promoting their single Summer Paradise, I’m assuming this is the single they are talking about (and that it really arrives to the US only now). This could be a fairly good news for the US fans because if the band gets lots of radio play in the country, the chances of them coming back there are even better. And so far, with Get Your Heart On!, Simple Plan haven’t really spent much time in the US.

And to wrap this post up, let’s get back to the night in Israel – in the gallery you can check out some new picturesy from Simple Plan’s third performance in this country:

Pierre and Jeff were spotted at the Groezrock festival in Belgium, at the booth of the “I Love Boobies” campaign that is organized by Keep A Breast, an organisation that is trying to promote a new approach and positive style of communication about breast cancer. You can check out a photo from Simple Plan’s appearance at their booth in the gallery:

Yesterday, Simple Plan rocked Glasgow, in Scotland and wrapped up the second leg of their European tour, which has so far been one of the biggest they have ever done on this continent. They even had to split it into two halves: during the first one they visited Portugal, Spain, France, Germany, Austria and Italy and the second one included Russia, Finland, Sweden, Denmark, France, Switzerland, Belgium and finally the United Kingdom.

To end the tour on a high note, the local fans in Glasgow prepared something special for the band, when during This Song Saved My Life they held up letters and signs, all filled with Simple Plan related confessions. The letters then have been crumpled and thrown on stage for the band to see.

Also, Travis Clark (the lead singer of the opening band We The Kings) decided to watch Simple Plan one last time and said some very nice words about the band in one of his tweets: “Watching Simple Plan…they are seriously so good live!! Love this tour to death.” Of course this is not the last stop for We The Kings and Simple Plan together! They will say their goodbyes only for a moment till they see each other again in a month, when they are touring Australia together.

And we here in Europe won’t have to miss the boys for very long – we already know that they are coming back very soon. In June they already have a couple of festivals lined up and apart from that it is said that they are also planning a return to Europe in fall of 2012.

Now don’t forget to check out the first pictures from the last show of Simple Plan’s European tour – from Glasgow:

Yesterday, on May 2nd, Simple Plan performed on their second stop in the United Kingdom – in the city of Manchester. Laura sent me a couple of her photos from this show and you can now check them out the in gallery:

Simple Plan (along with their opening band We The Kings) performed in London, UK last night for a completely sold-out HMV Forum.

Among the crowd was also Dan Hetherton, who you may remember as the drummer for Elliot Minor (a band that toured with SP in Europe four years ago), and who came to see his good old friends from Simple Plan. Dan himself later complimented SP when he tweeted: “Simple Plan were wicked as usual! Amazing live band.”

Make sure to check out the first pictures from this show in the gallery (thanks to Katie for some of them):

But one of the biggest surprises happened on the soundcheck before the show, when the guys from Simple Plan played two covers of Blink 182 – “All The Small Things” and “Family Reunion”, and then also from Red Hot Chili Peppers – the song “Suck My Kiss”. And to spice it all up a little bit, during these covers, Pierre was behind the drum set and while during “Suck My Kiss” David was singing, during “Family Reunion” Chuck was at the mic, singing… or well, rapping.

Thanks to Sophie, here is a video of the cover of “All The Small Things” (originally by Blink 182):

After a week of touring France, this weekend, Simple Plan have returned to Switzerland, where they played in Zurich, and then on Sunday to Belgium, where they were one of the headlining acts at the Groezrock festival.

You can now check out some pictures of the band’s performance from this weekend in the gallery (I would like to thank Sandra for some of them):

As the Belgic Groezrock festival defines itself as a “punk-rock and hardcore” festival (just look at its line-up), Simple Plan were naturally a bit afraid to play some of their more “pop-ish” songs. That’s why (and also because they only had a 1 hour set), you can see many changes to their setlist – for example you won’t find the “party medley” on it, and neither the final Perfect.

Simple Plan’s setlist from the Groezrock festival in Belgium, from April 29th 2012

1. Shut Up
2. Can’t Keep My Hands Off You
3. Jump
4. When Im Gone
5. Thank You
6. Addicted
7. You Suck At Love
8. Your Love is A lie
9. Summer Paradise
10. Jet Lag
11. Loser Of The Year
12. No Pads medley
13. Welcome To My Life
14. I’d Do Anything

Despite all that though, Simple Plan’s show on this festival has been a huge success.

Also, there are a few more interesting pictures from Groezrock, that zou should check out. First, there is one from an interview with David and Jeff and then thanks to Jessica, there is also a couple of photos from Simple Plan’s signing session at Groezrock: