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Simple Plan ended the TOFTT tour cycle with the last show at a hot-air-balloon festival in Canada with Perfect World & Untitled on the setlist!

AUTHOR: Dominika | 12. August 2018 | no comments

On Saturday, August 11th, Pierre, Chuck, Jeff and Sebastien all gathered in the city of Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu near Montreal, QC, Canada to perform the very last set of their Taking One For The Team tour cycle. After this concert, the band’s plans are to get back to writing and hopefully reach the studio a bit later down the road and produce a brand new album [in fact, Simple Plan have previously stated they would like to release some new music hopefully early next year].

The final show of the tour took place at the International Hot-Air-Balloon Festival in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu and since it was in such a close proximity to the band’s hometown, many of their friends could have been seen in the crowd, including the band’s graphic designer Fred Jerome, or their former merch manager, photographer and co-host of the Man Of The Hour show – Patrick Langlois (also known as the “6th member of Simple Plan). Besides them, the band members’ families were also present at the show, which Simple Plan took advantage of during I’m Just A Kid, when they invited their own kids on stage (as well as some other ones) to take a group picture with their dads… and Patrick and his son [check it out above].

Before the show started, Simple Plan had a soundcheck that was open to public, during which Pierre got down from the stage to interract with the crowd a bit and give plenty of high-fives, while singing ‘Farewell’ [check out a video of this cool moment here]

As far as the actual concert goes, it was the first show after a whole summer of shorter sets, that Simple Plan got to perform a full setlist. Similarly to their appearance at the Pro-Am Gagné-Bergeron ice-hockey match two days before, they kept Untitled on the setlist [see the video below!] and to make the night even more special they also added Perfect World!

Check out the full setlist below (big thanks to Jen!):

1. I’d Do Anything
2. Jet Lag (French version)
3. Jump
4. Your Love Is A Lie
5. Welcome To My Life
6. Boom
7. Addicted
8. Can’t Keep My Hands Off You
9. When I’m Gone
10. Grow Up
11. Crazy
12. I’m Just A Kid
Encore:
13. Shut Up!
14. Perfect World
15. Untitled
16. Perfect

Finally, have a look at some of the first pictures from the final Simple Plan show for a while in our gallery:

Simple Plan performed ‘Untitled’ at Pro-Am Gagné-Bergeron ice-hockey match & more exclusive info from the event

AUTHOR: Dominika | 10. August 2018 | 1 comment

Centre Vidéotron, the second largest ice-hockey arena in Quebec, held a very special event last night: the 10th edition of the Pro-Am Gagné-Bergeron charitable ice-hockey match that attracted around 10 000 spectators. The event offered amateur players to get the unique opportunity to help support the cause as well as get to play a game with and against some of the best Canadian ice-hockey players from the NHL. Thanks to all those involved, the event eventually raised $428 000 that will benefits multiple organizations that are helping children in the Quebec City region, including the Simple Plan Foundation.

The match began around 7pm yesterday with the two competing teams on the opposite sides of the rink: Sharks vs Bruins. An avid ice-hockey fan and player himself, Simple Plan’s own Chuck Comeau joined the Sharks team for the game with #26 on his back as one of the amateurs and donated $3000 to the cause to be a part of this special occasion. The match eventually resulted in Chuck’s team’s victory (24:23 after shootouts) and even though Chuck did not score, he did get an assist for one goal for the Sharks.

Since Simple Plan were scheduled to perform as a special guest after the game was over, Chuck could not stay for the whole duration of the match and a few minutes before its end, he was replaced by Chady Awad, Simple Plan’s photographer. Check out some of the pictures of Chuck rocking the skates at Pro-Am Gagné-Bergeron in our gallery (big thanks to our reader Audrey who attended the event for all the insights and some of the photos!) and also more pictures of the rest of Simple Plan at the event:

For the Simple Plan part of the event, the band surprised all the attendees of their 45-minute set by including one of the rarest songs to be found on their setlist lately – the epic ballad ‘Untitled (How Could This Happen To Me?)’. Check it out:

And on the video below, you can have a look at some of the highlights from the whole Pro-Am Gagné-Bergeron event, published on Centre Vidéotron’s and Simple Plan’s Instagram Stories:

Simple Plan release a new comedy sketch: Weekend at Broco’s

AUTHOR: Dominika | 8. August 2018 | 1 comment

As we’re sure you’re well-aware, Simple Plan have always been quite the jokers and once in a while they like to surprise their fans with a funny comedy sketch video. Previously, we’ve lived to see some hilarious and unforgettable sketches such as ‘Do You Got Wifi?‘, ‘You Alright?‘, ‘Pierre’s Day Off‘, ‘Chuck Comeau, a serious man‘, ‘100K on Instagram‘ or ‘I’m a Ninja‘. So to honor the ending of Warped Tour, Simple Plan could not miss out on this great opprotuniry to create yet another comedy sketch – this time featuring Don Broco, the British band that members of Simple Plan got really tight with over this summer on Warped.

The video, entitled ‘Weekend at Broco’s’, spoofs the 1989 comedy ‘Weekend at Bernie’s’ and as such the whole plot revolves around Simple Plan unintentionally killing the lead singer of Don Broco, Rob Damiani, by partying too hard and then trying to maintain the illusion for the rest of Don Broco (and the rest of Warped Tour) that he is still alive by making his lifeless body do a bunch of everyday things. The video features a number of special guests – let’s see how many of them you can recognize:

Simple Plan reflect on the end of Warped Tour

AUTHOR: Dominika | 7. August 2018 | no comments

On Sunday, one of the most popular alternative touring festivals, Warped Tour, has closed its gates for the very last time, ending on a high note after 24 summers filled with great music, good times, always unpredictable weather and a very special atmosphere. The decision to end Warped Tour with a final cross-country run was announced by Kevin Lyman, Warped Tour’s founder, earlier this year and as such was met with emotional reactions from all around the world, since Warped Tour has over the years managed to become a staple in the alternative music community.

Simple Plan had the wonderful opportunity to be one of the bands who were a part of every single date of this two-months-long tour this year for the last time and on August 5th said goodbye to the Warped stage with a final set in West Palm Beach, FL. After the show, members of Simple Plan expressed their gratitude towards Kevin Lyman and the whole Warped Tour community for taking them under its wings from the very start. Not only thanks to that, Simple Plan have become the second most frequent band on Warped Tour’s lineup.

Check out some of the quotes from Simple Plan’s final goodbyes to Warped:

‘Thank you for the best summer ever, Warped Tour! And for 24 years of amazing bands and music! Thank you for giving our band a chance when we were just starting out and for providing so many people with a place where they could be themselves and who they wanted to be. Thank you, Kevin Lyman, and all the production people, everybody who worked the stages, in catering, who drove the trucks and made this tour happen. We love you and we’re forever grateful. And thank you West Palm Beach for being such an awesome crowd and giving us a spectacular last show.’

– Simple Plan –

‘Warped Tour is officially over. Thanks to all the humans who made it possible and to all the friends I’ve made along he way. So long for now.’

– Pierre Bouvier –

‘I survived the last edition of Warped Tour – and it was an amazing trip! Last night, I came back to my home, to my family and it was so heartwarming. As much as I loved the shows and meeting all the amazing people who came to Warped, I needed to get grounded again and spend time with my tribe. I’d like to thank Kevin Lyman for building such an amazing legacy and for making us part of this year’s celebrations. That man is a visionary and a force of nature. More about that soon.’

– Jeff Stinco –

‘All of this band’s best summers have been on Warped Tour and this one was no exception. A very special thank to the padre himself Kevin Lyman for inviting us on this year and for allowing us to live this amazing achievement with you. Basically every fan I met this summer was amazing! Thanks so much for waiting in line at the signing, even when they told us to stop each day we tried to stick around a little bit longer to get a few more selfies! You guys made this tour happen. You guys make this band. So many thanks.’

– Seb Lefebvre –

‘I’m Just A Kid’ should be Warped Tour’s anthem according to Travis Clark (We The Kings)

AUTHOR: Dominika | 5. August 2018 | no comments

With Warped Tour saying goodbye and farewell with today’s very last show, Alternative Press asked a number of artists, who appeared on the tour, which song best describes the atmosphere of Warped and could be considered its “national anthem”.

Many band members put their two cents in on this topic in the video, leaving quite a number of songs as the best contenders for a possible Warped anthem. Sebastien Lefebvre from Simple Plan for example named Pennywise’s ‘Bro Hymn’ as the most appropriate song for a Warped anthem [Seb appears around mark 10:25 in the video].

But our favorite tip for the anthem of Warped definitely came from Travis Clark, the lead singer of We The Kings, who had some very nice things to say about Simple Plan, who’s song ‘I’m Just A Kid’ he’d personally like to see up for this title. Check out the full video at the end of this article, but first, have a look at what Travis said about SP below:

‘If I had to pick one song of We The Kings that I thought was a Warped Tour anthem, it would be a song called ‘Check Yes Juliet’, which is our very first song, you know, that we ever kinda put out and promoted. But a song for the whole tour… I think Simple Plan’s ‘I’m Just A Kid’, which I think was written like 16 years ago for them, or 17 years ago. And it just totally encompasses Warped Tour at its core, where we’re all just kids that love music. And I hear them play it, and people just lost their minds. It’s a really cool thing to be a part of something with, you know, people that I love. I love Simple Plan to death – they are our brothers. And it’s definitely a Warped Tour anthem. Everytime I hear it, I get kinda giddy inside.’

– Travis Clark (We The Kings) –