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London show now oficially sold-out – security measures enhanced

AUTHOR: Dominika | 24. May 2017 | no comments

The news that the Simple Plan show in London, UK (June 9th) is very close to being sold-out has been around for weeks now, but today, the promoters have officially announced that tickets are no longer available and the show is officially sold-out! This is currently the 4th show of Simple Plan’s upcoming European tour to be sold-out (after Hamburg, Paris and Rock Im Park) – see all the toudates here.

Regarding security measures, given that the recent devastating terrorist attack at a concert venue in Manchester made safety on everybody’s mind right now – the O2 Forum Kentish Town venue in London, where Simple Plan will be performing (same as last year) has released the following statement:

“All shows are scheduled to continue at this time and as part of our ongoing commitment to ensure the safety of our customers, security measures have been enhanced to reflect [the] events [in Manchester].”

– O2 Forum Kentish Town [Twitter announcement] –

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Aerodrome Festival reveals information about security measures

AUTHOR: Dominika | 23. May 2017 | 1 comment

Due to last night’s terrorist attack at a concert in Manchester, many attendees of the upcoming Aerodrome Festival in Prague (which will feature performances of Linkin Park, Simple Plan, Mallory Knox, Machine Gun Kelly, Counterfeit, Enter Shikari and Royal Republic) raised their concerns about security measures at this festival, which is expected to be attended by over 20 000 people.

Rest assured, fans’ security is the promoters’ main concern and nothing will be underestimated.

Regarding police security, the promoters have announced it will be four times the amount of the festival standard. The police will be guarding both the entrance and the insides of the festival grounds. A commando unit will also be present. At 8am, the whole festival grounds will be closed for any incoming vehicle.

If you’re attending this festival, the following information might be very important to you. To ensure security, the security checks at the entrance will be very thorough: a metal detector will be used, which is why you are asked to reduce the amount of metal objects to an absolute minimum). Any hand luggage brought into the festival grounds must not be larger than 40 x 30 cm.

It is forbidden to bring in the following items: weapons of any sort or anything that could be used as a weapon, selfie sticks, umbrellas, drugs, food, drinks, cameras and drones (only small compact cameras will be allowed). It is also forbidden to bring in pets.

I believe that all of our aim is to enjoy June 11th as much as we can, so I hope you will abide by the security rules. Please check the forbidden items again when you’re packing for the festival and please, be considerate of other festival attendees.

Members of Simple Plan react to Manchester concert terrorist attack

AUTHOR: Dominika | 23. May 2017 | 3 comments

By now, you have surely heard about the terrifying terrorist attack that happened after the end of the Ariana Grande show at the Manchester Arena in Manchester, UK. An explosion caused by a suicide bomber that took place in the corridors connecting the venue with the close-by subway station took the lives of 22 people and left over 50 people injured. The incident is still being investigated by the local authorities and the international terrorism threat level has now been set to severe in the United Kingdom.

This attacks comes a year and half after another terrorist attack that involved a European concert venue – the 2015 attack of the Bataclan venue in Paris, France. Back then, Simple Plan were just about to head out to Europe to perform at a secret show in Paris two days after the attack and David was even initially planning to attend the Bataclan concert. However after this (and several more happening in Paris that day) they decided to cancel their trip [read more about that here].

With last night’s terrorist attack in Manchester hitting so close to home to many music fans and musicians – once again with a concert venue being the target, some members of Simple Plan offered their condolences to the families who lost their loved ones and expressed solidarity with the city of Manchester. You can read their words below:

“This is a photo from our show in Manchester last year. We love this city and it literally breaks our hearts to see what happened last night at the Ariana Grande show. 💔💔💔 We would like to send our thoughts of love and deepest condolences to all the music fans, parents, venue staff and security personnel, artists and families affected by this tragedy. Music is a way to connect together, to celebrate life and provide an escape from our everyday troubles. It should never be a target for hate and senseless violence. We stand with you, Manchester. Stay strong! Please use the comment section below to leave your thoughts and messages for Manchester and everyone affected by this tragedy.”

– Simple Plan [official statement on band’s Instagram] –

“Completely speechless… My thoughts are with you [United Kingdom].”

– Sebastien Lefebvre –

“I can’t believe what just happened in Manchester. My thoughts and prayers go out to this beautiful city and its people.”

– Pierre Bouvier –

“Manchester – Ariana Grande’s concert – A concert is a communion of people sharing their love for music. As humans, we strive to make social connections and we often identify ourselves with a culture, an esthetic, an artist, a movement that allow us to meet like minded people. Attacking the expression of one of our most beautiful human traits is horrible. My prayers and thoughts are with the victims and their families. Don’t get desensitized to these events even if they occur more often now. “

– Jeff Stinco –

“Absolutely heartbreaking to see what is happening in Manchester right now. Terrifying to think that concerts are a target again. 💔 My heart goes out to all the music fans and people affected by this horrific event.”

– Chuck Comeau –

Callum Amies (The Bottom Line) to guitar tech for Simple Plan on European tour

AUTHOR: Dominika | 22. May 2017 | 2 comments


It looks like a familiar face will be joining Simple Plan’s crew on the upcoming European tour that kicks off in Berlin, Germany this Sunday! Yes – you read correctly – Callum Amies, the lead singer of the British band The Bottom Line – will be stepping in as Simple Plan’s guitar tech – or more specifically the guitar tech for David and Jeff.

The Bottom Line have previously toured with Simple Plan twice on both European tours in 2016 (March & May) and over that time have managed to create a very good relationship with the members of SP. This time around, The Bottom Line will be joining Simple Plan on tour again, for three shows of this European tour: Berlin, Hamburg and London. According to Callum’s words, he is to be “gone on tour” for about 4 weeks, so it seems he will be teching on the whole European tour.

You can remind yourselves of Callum by reading the interview SimplePlan.cz did with him last year.

Japan gets its own NPNHJB tour: three new dates announced!

AUTHOR: Dominika | 22. May 2017 | 1 comment

As promised, Simple Plan revealed a bunch of new NPNHJB tourdates today and this time around it was time for Asia to get some No Pads love – Japan in particular.

Simple Plan will be heading out to Nagoya, Tokyo and Osaka in October for three shows to celebrate the 15th anniversarzy o their debut album with their local fans in Japan. Presale begins June 1st at 12pm local time and regular sale starts June 24th at 12pm local time.

Check out the Japanese dates below [or see all the upcoming SP tourdates in the Tour section]

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