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Chuck on next Simple Plan album: “Our goal is to make the next record faster”

AUTHOR: Dominika | 6. June 2018 | no comments

The final No Pads anniversary tour, which took Simple Plan to Brazil in the end, is now over and the first video interviews are just starting to come out! Below, we offer you a couple of the latest ones, which are definitely worth watching.

The first interview was filmed by the promoters Queremos in the backstage of the show in Rio de Janeiro with all four of the currently touring members of SP. The interview is very interestingly made and mostly features footage from the show in Rio with the voices of the members of the band in the background, discussing topics such as their fans in Brazil, the venue Circo Voador in Rio, the No Pads anniversary and the meaning of this album.

Have a look:

In the second interview for Ponto POP the guys once again discussed the importance of their first record but Chuck also mentioned the future plans for the band, which mostly revolve around making a new record. According to Chuck’s answer, it looks like the guys are still sticking to their goal to try to make their sixth release a bit quicker than the previous ones – as you may we aware, Simple Plan usually take about a year and half off to write songs and record an album. If this time were to be cut shorter, we could possibly expect a new album next year.

Check out what Chuck exactly said about album #6 and watch the full interview below:

After [Warped Tour], we’re gonna probably just slow down on touring and just focus on new music. And make a new record. I’m not sure exactly how long it’s gonna take but our goal is to try to make it a little faster than the previous albums and then just go back on tour, man! Just keep playing and, you know.. just have new music out there.

– Chuck Comeau –

Do you think Simple Plan will keep their word and we’ll get to hold the next album in our hands sooner than in 2020? Let us know in the comments below!

Happy birthday, Seb!

AUTHOR: Dominika | 5. June 2018 | no comments

Simple Plan’s guitarist Sebastien Lefebvre, is celebrating his 37th birthday today. On behalf of SimplePlan.cz we’d like to wish him everything he wishes for, lots of love, time with his family, success with his band and all his other music projects. We love you.

Happy birthday, Seb!

(Don’t forget to leave Seb a message in the comments on his Instagram, wishing him happy birthday!)

Simple Plan change setlist in Rio and officially add Vacation!

AUTHOR: Dominika | 2. June 2018 | no comments

The second-to-last show of the No Pads tour in Brazil took place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on Wednesday and just like the one in Sao Paulo, it was completely sold-out.

Prior to the day of the show, Simple Plan’s photographer Chady Awad left the tour to tour with Parkway Drive in Europe and since Chady was the one to step in for David in certain parts of the show and play bass, it was Chris Adolph, Simple Plan’s technician, who was there to help out in this matter.

The biggest and fairly unexpected change on this show however was the sudden addition of ‘Vacation’ on the No Pads part of the setlist – which has only been played at soundchecks until now. To keep the total count of the songs still 21 however, Simple Plan did not play ‘Your Love Is A Lie’ in the encore. During the show, Jeff also made an homage to a popular local pop singer called Anitta by playing a solo of the song ‘Vai Malandra’ (thx Bruno for the info). Check out the full setlist from Rio below:

1. I’d Do Anything
2. The Worst Day Ever
3. You Don’t Mean Anything
4. I’m Just A Kid
5. When I’m With You
6. Meet You There
7. Addicted
8. My Alien
9. God Must Hate Me
10. I Won’t Be There
11. One Day
12. Vacation
13. Grow Up
14. Perfect
Encore:
15. Shut Up!
16. Jump
17. Boom
18. Jet Lag
19. Summer Paradise
20. Crazy
21. Welcome To My Life

And make sure to also check out the following video that captures ‘Vacation’ live in Rio:

The gallery has also been updated with a bunch of pictures both from the backstage of the show, where Simple Plan did some interviews and also attended the pizza party before the show, as well as pictures from the show in Rio itself. Have a look:

Simple Plan appeared on Brazil’s most popular talk show The Noite

AUTHOR: Dominika | 29. May 2018 | no comments

Tuesday was the first of two days off for Simple Plan before their show in Rio de Janeiro tomorrow, yet still the members of the band chose to spend it by working – as they headed off to the studios of Brazil’s most populare late night talk show called The Noite.

The full interview with Simple Plan from The Noite, which has caused quite a controversy on social media since then (e.g. due to the host pulling up a gun in the middle of the interview or him asking the band members where the hottest girls are at), is now available on YouTube. Have a look at it as well as the band’s performance of ‘I’d Do Anything’ on the videos below:

You can also already check out some pictures from Simple Plan’s appearance on The Noite:

Sao Paulo: Chuck’s new drumkit design & sign surprise & on-stage marriage proposal

AUTHOR: Dominika | 28. May 2018 | no comments

Simple Plan’s tour across Brazil continues and last night the band dropped by the city of Sao Paulo, where they were looking forward to greeting all 3000 fans who have managed to sell out the Audio venue.

And they were in for a night full of surprises! Firstly, some fans might have noticed that Chuck didn’t use his regular No Pads transparent bass drum head, but instead kicked the show off with a new simple ‘SP’ on a black background [see the picture above] on his bass drum head (thanks Bruno for the info). Will he keep it for the rest of the tour? We’ll see!

As far as the show itself concerns, the fans surprised the band with a bunch of ‘David is here’ signs during Addicted to show their support of the band’s bass player, who currently remains home, where he’s doing his best at battling depression.

And finally, during the intermission between Boom! and Jet Lag in the encore part of the concert, Pierre invited a fan on stage, who got on his knee to propose to his girlfriend. Surrounded by loud emotional cheers and applause, the couple became another pair, who got engaged on a Simple Plan stage. Check out the cute moment on the video captured by SP:BR below:

After these exhausting three shows in Brazil, the members of Simple Plan can now rest for two days before their next gig, which will take place in Rio de Janeiro on Wednesday. In the meantime, check out all of the new pictures from last night’s show in Sao Paulo, Brazil: