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Man Of The Hour celebrates 10 years on air!

AUTHOR: Dominika | 5. August 2016 | 1 comment

Exactly 10 years ago on this day, on August 5th 2006, the first ever episode of the Man Of The Hour radio show aired on Idobi radio. Hosted by Patrick Langlois (TV host, former SP merchguy/video/photographer) and Sebastien Lefebvre (Simple Plan), the show aired over 190 episodes of the podcast, which is available on iTunes and on ManOfTheHour.ca, and over the 10 years has managed to create a worldwide audience of over 125 000 people.

Each episode consists of blocks of music in the alternative/rock genre (but there are always exceptions), which are interspersed with funny anecdotes from the two hosts and various segments, such as ‚As Seen On The Internet‘. Long-time listeners may also remember special MOTH episodes, such Christmas specials, episodes with special guests (e.g. Chuck Comeau, Fred „The Cheese Guy“ Jerome or more recently Chady Awad) or that one time Pat and Seb decided to film the radio show on camera and provide their fans with a video-podcast [see the recap of all the episodes of seasons 1-10 here – I promise I will work on the rest soon]. Every season has also been known for its specific jingle, courtesy of Sebastien’s computer/music skills.

The connection between Sebastien, Patrick and Man of The Hour can be dated all the way back to 2002 [if you look carefully, you can spot Sebastien wearing Man Of The Hour t-shirts in Simple Plan’s first DVD – ‚A Big Package For You‘], however according to a recent interview with Patrick, the name for the show was inspired by the on-going-joke of the 2005 tour with Bowling For Soup, where Patrick would say to anyone who would walk in the room: „There he is, man of the hour!“.

As of right now, Man Of The Hour is in the midst of their 20th season and still going strong, producing a new episode every Wednesday evening at 8pm EST [with a re-run every Sunday at 3pm EST] on Idobi radio.

Let’s wish Man Of The Hour many more decades to go! Thanks for all the jokes and good music, Seb & Pat!

PHOTOS: Simple Plan performed at K-Days and Grizfest

AUTHOR: Dominika | 4. August 2016 | no comments

Last weekend, the members of Simple Plan got together once again to perform at a two festivals in Canada – the first being K-Days in Edmonton, AB (July 30th) and the second being Grizfest Music Festival in Tumbler Ridge, BC (July 31st).

Check out the first pictures that have finally made its way onto the Internet:

Simple Plan pull out of Musifest in Rawdon due to problems with promoters

AUTHOR: Dominika | 3. August 2016 | no comments

A couple weeks ago, it was reported by number of Simple Plan fans that the promoter of the MusiFest festival in Rawdon, Canada, where Simple Plan were scheduled to perform on August 13th, was contacting them via Facebook messages and offering tickets to a “VIP party” with the band. Chuck stated on Twitter that this VIP was a sham and discouraged their fans from buying any of these tickets and not attending any such party, as it has never been approved by them.

Problems with the promoter however didn’t end there. According to the article posted by L’action, communication with Dany Mayer (the promoter of Musifest in Rawdon) has been shady since the beginning of the negotiations between the agency that represents Simple Plan and the festival. Various uncertainties were tied to the event – such as that no formal contract has been signed to ensure the Ski Montcalm resort as the location of the festival. The article also states there was a financial dispute between the promoter and the band’s agency, where barely a third of the amount of money the two parties agreed upon for Simple Plan’s performance has been received. The agency as well as the Ski Montcalm resort have also apparently not been able to get in touch with the promoters for weeks now, saing: ‘Communication is virtually non-existent with him.’. A police investigation is now to follow.

With all these issues with the promoter in mind, the band had to make the tough decision to completely pull out of the event and cancel their performance. This is a very rare occurence as Simple Plan do not cancel their concerts lightly, but only in very serious cases. The band has not yet commented on this cancelation on social media, but the date of the festival has disappeared from their official website, as well as from recently published online posters with the list of all upcoming Simple Plan dates.

As of right now, it is unsure whether the whole festival is being canceled or just Simple Plan’s performance. Nevertheless, Simple Plan’s agency apparently stated that all spectators will be refunded. The Cultural Center of Joliette should get in touch with each customer and make the repayment by August 5th. However, the ticket office has no responsibility towards customers who have purchased their tickets via other businesses or people.

Release of Taking One For The Team vinyl postponed to September

AUTHOR: Dominika | 2. August 2016 | 1 comment


[note: this image is only a mock-up – actual image of the TOFTT vinyl has not been released yet]

Back in June, SimplePlan.cz was the first to inform that Simple Plan’s latest studio album – ‘Taking One For The Team’ would be released on a vinyl. At that point, various European multimedia retailers put up Taking One For The Team as a vinyl up on their websites, stating the LP would become available on August 5th or 6th. With this date being just a few days away and with no vinyl announcement from the band yet, it was time to check out these retailers again for some updated info.

Turns out that for an unknown reason, the release date of the ‘Taking One For The Team’ vinyl has been postponed until September 2nd – which is being reported both on the Norweigan store and also the Swedish store. The price still remains the same – 179 Swedish crowns or 149 Norwegian crowns, which equals to approximately €15.7 to €19.7 or $17.6 to $22.1.

The band is yet to confirm the release of the vinyl, however Jeff has previously hinted on the release a number of times through his tweets.

After selling out Melbourne twice, Simple Plan add THIRD concert in the city

AUTHOR: Dominika | 2. August 2016 | 3 comments

Even though after the first Melbourne show in Australia sold-out in just a few days and Simple Plan promised the second added Melbourne show would be their final show down under, with the announcement of the second Melbourne show being sold-out again as well, they decided to change their minds. Due to high demand, the band added a third Melbourne show – on September 15th, at the same venue (Prince Bandroom) in Melbourne, Australia. Tickets will go on sale this Thursday at noon (local time).

As of right now, the only Australian tickets left are for this third Melbourne show and a few are also still Available for Sydney. Brisbane and first two Melbourne dates are completely sold-out.

Check out the details of the third Melbourne show below:

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