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Alternative Press features Simple Plan among 5 bands who stood up to security

In one of their latest articles, Alternative Press named 5 examples of times when bands stood up to security, when they treated their fans badly or didn’t do their job correctly. The bands that Alternative Press mentioned included Tonight Alive, State Champs, Knocked Loose, The Story So Far and… you’ve guessed it: Simple Plan.

The incident happened on the 2012 European tour in Milan, Italy [we reported about it here, back in March 2012]. In case you don’t recall, here’s a little recap of what happened: A fan first jumped on stage out of fun, after which he was escorted off the stage by security. Usually, the story would end here and we would say job well done, security. However, the security then proceeded to beat-up this fan on the side of the venue. When the members of Simple Plan noticed that, they stopped the show (right during one of their biggest hits ‘Welcome To My Life’) and Jeff even went to get the fan out of the security’s hands and brought him back on stage.

Check out what Alternative Press had to say about the band’s quick step-in into the incident and remind yourselves of the video of what all went down that night below:

“Security have a responsibility to step in if a fan jumps on stage because it poses a danger to the artist, but no fan deserves a full beatdown. Simple Plan brought this fan back on stage to make up for it!”

– Alternative Press [link] –

VIDEO: Italian band Room On The 3rd Floor jams with Simple Plan at soundcheck in Milan

The guys from the Italian band Room On The 3rd Floor, who are all very big fans of Simple Plan attended the soundcheck party in Milan, Italy on June 16th and Jeff Stinco invited them to play ‘Addicted’ on stage with them with Pierre sang below the stage among the fans.

This was of course an amazing opportunity and a dream come true for the three young musicians and this is what they later wrote about this experience:

“Simple Plan is one of the main reason we’ve loved pop punk when we were kids and why we have a band today so, being on stage with them, play their instruments and sing with them was a surreal moment that we’ll surely never never ever forget!”

– Room On The 3rd Floor –

Check out the video of the guys from Room On The 3rd Floor rocking out alongside Jeff and Pierre:

Gallery update: last three shows of SP’s European tour

Last week, Simple Plan finished off their European stay with three final shows: two headlining No Pads shows in Italy (Padova and Milan) and the final festival performance at the last day of the Nova Rock festival in Austria.

You can now have a look into the gallery, where tons of new pictures from these three shows await you (big thanks to our reader Laura for her great pictures from Milan!):

VIDEO: Simple Plan invite Italian fans to shows in Padova and Milan

For a few months now, the Italian fans have been over the moon after the announcement of Simple Plan returning to their country with not one but two No Pads shows: in Milan and Padova.

The promoters of the shows, Indipendente Concerti, revealed two brand new video shoutouts from the members of Simple Plan, in which they invite their local fans to the show in Padova, which will take place on June 14th and also to the show in Milan, which will take place two days later, June 16th. Read more about these shows and check out the videos of SP below:

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Simple Plan stun Milan with another great show

Last night, Simple Plan played their last show in Italy (at least until May) on this first part of the European tour – in Milan – and from the reactions of both the band and the fans, it was quite a spectacle. The boys returned some of the older setlist’s songs (such as YLIAL or TSSML) to the setlist but also kept the newer ‘I Refuse’. You can finally see a video of the live version of ‘I Refuse’ below:

Check out the full setlist below:

1. Opinion Overload
2. Jet Lag
3. Jump
( ‘I Gotta Feeling’ snippet)
4. I’d Do Anything
5. Boom
6. The Rest of Us
7. Welcome to My Life
8. Your Love Is A Lie
9. I Refuse
10. Party medley
(‘Uptown Funk’ / ‘Can’t Feel My Face’ cover)
11. Can’t Keep My Hands Off You
12. Summer Paradise
13. Farewell
14. Crazy
15. I’m Just a Kid

Encore:
16. Shut Up!
17. Perfect World
18. This Song Saved My Life
(no drums)
19. Perfect

See the gallery for some of the first photos from the show in Milan, Italy: