Simple Plan left from Antwerp in the night and got to Amsterdam a few hours later. The fans started lining up around Paradiso around mid-day and around 4pm some of them were let in for the soundcheck.
Since Paradiso used to be a church, the interior featured incredible stained glass on the windows and two sets of balconies on top of each other, which were underlit by gorgeous strings of light bulbs.
The sold-out show itself started later that evening, once again with The Overslept as the opening act. Simple Plan’s show started half an hour after The Overslept finished their set and the setlist was the same as in Antwerp:
1. Jet Lag
2. Can’t Keep My Hands Off You
3. Jump / I Gotta Feeling
4. Welcome to My Life
5. The Rest of Us
6. Your Love Is a Lie
7. Astronaut
8. You Suck at Love
9. Boom
10. When I’m Gone
11. Shut Up
12. Crazy
13. Loser of the Year
14. I’d Do Anything
Encore:
15. Summer Paradise
16. I’m Just a Kid
17. Perfect
You can check out some of my pictures from the soundcheck and the show itself in the gallery (along with pics from DuchScene.nl):
– Pierre’s family (wife Lachelle and daughters Lennon and Soren) were present at the show and watched the first part of it from the balcony
– during Summer Paradise, Pierre’s daughters helped kick the inflated beach balls into the crowd with the help of Pierre and his bandmates (see the gallery for pictures)
– it might have been the first time David and Pierre actually publicly shared a kiss on the lips live on stage
To me personally, this might have been the best Simple Plan show I have ever attended: the band was fantastic and so was the amazing crowd. And finally, you can check out some of the forementioned interesting scoops on the two videos below:
(thanks Laura for the video)
Pierre’s daughters help kick “Summer Paradise” beach balls into the crowd
(thanks Anouk for the video)
Can someone tell me please what did they say after the kiss? I don’t really understand and they’re talking at the same time…
Pierre: oh no, they didn’t!
David: what, we’re in Amsterdam.
Pierre: must cut the sexual tension.
…I think that’s what they said. Can’t remember the exact words. :)
Exactly what Paula said :)
Thank You :)