Pierre, Seb and Jeff finished their short acoustic promo tour after the end of their official TOFTT tour in the U.S. with their final stop at another charitable event – this time at The Pink Prom in Louiseville, Kentucky on October 21st.
Check out some of the first pictures that leaked from the event:
And since we haven’t had many videos from these acoustic events here yet, have a look at this one that was posted by 102.3 The Max, a radio station that hosted the event on Friday:
On their day off during their short acoustic promo tour, Sebastien, Pierre and Jeff visited the Evan Williams Bourbon Experience in Louisville, Kentucky, where among other things they also they got to taste some Bourbon. Check out some pictures from this experience:
A couple days ago, while in Indiana for the Pretty In Pink event, Pierre, Seb and Jeff gave an interview to 97.3 WMEE. In this interview the guys mentioned various fun things such as their favorite past Halloween costumes, their favorite hockey team, but things got a little more interesting when the interview turned to what Simple Plan have up their sleeves for next year.
Given how successful Simple Plan’s U.S. tour in October was, after selling out almost every venue they played at, the band has decided not to wait much longer to return to the U.S. and revealed that they are in fact already planning to come back and according to this interview that tour should happen in spring 2017. Rumor also has it that the band previously stated in other interviews back in California that the tour should take place even sooner – in February [however this is yet to be confirmed]. And this time around, this tour should cover more U.S. cities and states than the October one.
Check out what Jeff said about the U.S. tour in this interview:
Jeff: “There are rumors.. We just had an amazing U.S. tour, you know. It was mostly sold-out. It did really really well. It was a killer tour. And we haven’t been here for a while, so it was cool to reconnect with our fans. So it kinda gave us a taste of touring here and it’s so fun! Like, you’re right close to home and it’s… We’ve toured a lot in the U.S., we have a lot of friends here, so we’re talking about maybe coming back here in spring. So doing a more extensive tour. You know, we did two, three weeks of touring, a bunch of acoustic shows. But this time around we’d like to go, you know, from coast to coast and just check out places that we haven’t been on this particular tour. So definitely sooner than the usual three years that we take between tour. We’re gonna be here a lot sooner.”
Another confirmation that this interview has given us is that Simple Plan are most definitely releasing a new Christmas song soon! Alright, the band hasn’t directly said it’s a new Christmas song, but given the amount of hints, it’s pretty clear they have a new Xmas song in mind. Also, even though Pierre declined to reveal the title of the song to the interviewer, if nothing’s changed, we already know the title – and we’ve known for a while. Back in fall of last year, Simple Plan mentioned in a webchat that they plan on releasing a Christmas song called “Christmas Every Day” the following year – that means right in time for Christmas 2016! You don’t fool us, Pierre! :)
Pierre: “We have a new song coming out soon! It’s kind of a “gift” or a “present”. ”
Interviewer: “What’s it called?”
Pierre: “Can’t tell you. The only hint I can tell you is: It’s a “present”.”
Interviewer: […] “Is it gonna come out for Christmas?”
Band: *acts like they don’t know but they really do*
You can check back on all this info and more in the forementioned interview below:
In just about a month, Simple Plan’s long-awaited Canadian tour will kick off but, unfortunately, one part of it won’t be attending it anymore. While the tour was initially supposed to include the bands All Time Low and PVRIS as opening bands for Simple Plan, PVRIS has announced earlier that due to a scheduling conflict they will be canceling their appearance on this tour.
See their official statement below:
Due to a scheduling conflict we are no longer able to join Simple Plan and All Time Low on their upcoming Canadian tour. We sincerely apologize to anyone who planned on seeing us. It is a huge priority right now to focus on and complete our second record. We promise we will be back in Canada very soon! – @ThisIsPVRIS
If you planned on attending the Canadian tour – have no worries about the rest of the line-up – both Simple Plan and All Time Low are still on board and a new opening band that will be replacing PVRIS should be announced soon. Keep checking back to find out who this band is very soon!
IHeartRadio recently published a two-part interview [read part 1 & part 2] with Chuck Comeau from Simple Plan, which besides the obvious and so-many-times answered questions also asked Chuck some fun questions regarding his bandmates: Pierre, Jeff, Seb and David.
Have a look at his answers and find out who snores the most on the tourbus, how the band punishes those who are late, who leaves the biggest mess and who the pickiest eater is:
Who’s the messiest?
“I think it’s a tie between David and Jeff. Jeff likes to spread out. He likes to put his case on one couch and his guitar on the other couch and his suitcase on the other one so he occupies about 80 per cent of the tour bus with all his stuff. And then David, it’s contained in his bunk where he sleeps but it’s like his suitcase explodes every night. I look at his bunk and it’s like there’s no way he can ever sleep in that. Somehow he finds a way.”
Who’s always late?
“We used to have a lot of lateness in the band and then we came up with this amazing rule: If you’re one minute late, it’s $5 and every five minutes, it’s five more dollars. Until you hit 30 minutes and then we leave you there and you’ve got to make your own way to the show. That has drastically reduced the number of people being late. I’ve got to say we’re pretty punctual now.
Who’s the pickiest eater?
“I would say me. The band likes to make fun of me and say I’m a little snobby when it comes to eating. I’m definitely a little high maintenance. I will admit to that. I do because my mom is an amazing cook. So I value my food. I treat this body like a temple, you know what I’m saying, you’ve got to be careful what you put in it. David has become a vegan so that makes it even harder than me to find food on the road because it’s not always easy to find vegan restaurants and vegan meals. I would say it’s a tie between me and David.”
Who snores the loudest?
“It’s our crew, not the band. The band is pretty good like that. But the crew are terrible. Our light guy, our sound guy, our tour manager — they’re all pretty bad. You’ve got to wear earplugs on the bus.”