Simple Plan kick off new tour cycle: at La Fete du Lac des Nations & Ottawa Bluesfest

That’s right! Simple Plan are back on the road and soon will get to see all of you everywhere in the world. But for the start of their new tour cycle, the band chose their home country, Canada, as the place for their first two performances.

Simple Plan started their tour at the La Fete du Lac des Nations festival in Sherbrooke, QC on Friday, July 17th and continued the next day with a show at Ottawa Bluesfest in Ottawa, ON. Both of the shows were a major success. In fact, as Jeff noted, it’s amazing that just 10 years ago the band played for only 70 people in Sherbrooke, and this time around they headlined the whole La Fete du Lac festival. In the gallery you can check out a couple of pictures of the guys in the backstage and soundcheck at these two events. According to our fan Jennifer, the boys even did an autograph session in Ottawa:

The most important thing about these concerts though for many fans, was the setlist. While we don’t have the actual order of the songs the band played, Jennifer at least sent me the list of all the songs that have been played:

As you can see, for the first time ever, the band performed a regular – NOT acoustic version – of two of their newest songs – “The Rest Of Us” (which appeared on the bands latest release, their 2013 EP “Get Your Heart On – The Second Coming!”) and also “Boom” (which is to be featured on the band’s upcoming fifth album). Besides these new songs, Simple Plan also surprised with the addition of a regular live version of “Crazy” since that song has mostly been performed acoustically in the past. According to the attendees of La Fete du Lac, the band also mentioned that their new album should come out in October.

You can check out the performances of “The Rest Of Us” and “Boom” on the following videos from Ottawa Bluesfest:

And finally, the pictures from the shows at La Fete du Lac des Nations festival and Ottawa Bluesfest are also available in the gallery: