This morning on the show ‘On est tous debout’ on Montreal’s Rouge 107.3 radio was quite a funny one. Patrick Langlois, who is one of the hosts of this program, exchanged his usual spoken voice for a singing voice and alongside his Man Of The Hour co-host, Simple Plan’s Sebastien Lefebvre, performed Simple Plan’s 2012 hit single ‘Summer Paradise’.
For those of you who may be newer to Simple Plan and are wondering who Patrick is… Patrick Langlois is definitely not a singer. Until 2008, Pat used to be Simple Plan’s merch guy, photographer, videographer and tour manager back in the early days of the band and you can even find him in the background of many Simple Plan music videos from the early 2000s. But most of all, even after all these years he’s still one of the dearest friends of the guys in the band. He’s since moved on to do bigger things and is now a full time radio & sometimes also TV host and a pretty well-known personality in Montreal.
Let’s have a look at how well Patrick did with ‘Summer Paradise’ on the video below:
Ever since the release of Simple Plan’s biography ‘Simple Plan: The Official Story’, it has become a widely known fact that Chuck’s parents’ house holds a rather extraordinary amount of Simple Plan memorabilia. And all those year later, it can still manage to reveal something new every now and then – just like we’ve learned just a few days ago when Patrick Langlois, Simple Plan’s former merch guy and photo/videographer, revealed some amazing newly found photos on his Instagram.
Turns out that an old camera was recently found by Chuck’s Dad is their basement, which obviously belonged to Patrick. After getting his hands on this treasure, he found out there was still a film inside: a film that had a number of pictures of the gang from the summer of 2004, when Simple Plan were recording Still Not Getting Any at the Picolo Studios in Montreal with Bob Rock.
Check out Patrick’s retelling of how this treasure was found and what was on it below and definitely make sure to check out the never-seen-before shots of the band in our gallery:
“A couple weeks ago, Chuck found an old camera in his parents basement. He wasn’t sure, but he believed it might be mine. I can’t tell you how happy I was to put my hands on what I thought was a long lost camera. It’s the most old school Canon, bought in the 70’s and gifted to me by my step-mom in the 90’s. It’s the first real camera I ever used, learnt how to shoot with and develop film in school with. When Simple Plan first started, and before digital cameras were everywhere, I had it with me.
Fast forward to 2019: I took the camera Chuck found and brought it to the shop to see if it needed a cleaning when, to my surprise, they found a roll still in it! With NO idea what might be on it, I had it developed. I didn’t have high hopes, as we opened up the camera and surely ruined a few frames, but it was exciting none the less. As you can tell by these shots, the film didn’t age too well all those years- that green tint isn’t a filter. These pictures were taken during summer 2004 at Picolo Studio in Montreal as the guys recorded their second album, “Still Not Getting Any” with Bob Rock. We used to have BBQ’s every week and it seems like that’s the last time I had the camera in my hands. 15 years ago! These pics aren’t good by any photography standards, but I think that it’s great that they even exist!”
It has been over 12 years and 27 seasons, that Patrick and Sebastien have been entertaining their loyal internet audience with their Man of The Hour podcast on Idobi radio. And after a short January break, the hosting duo now returns with a brand new season with new episodes airing every Wednesday!
The 28th season officially kicked off on February 6th with episode one, in which Patrick and Seb discussed the latest news from their New Year’s Eve happenings all the way to the Super Bowl half time show reactions. As of right now, you can already download the new episode for free right on the Idobi website, on your phone through the Podcasts app or just simply listen to it below:
Don’t forget that Man Of The Hour airs every Wednesday at 8pm EST and has a weekly rerun on Wednesdays at 11pm EST, Thursdays at 12pm EST, Fridays at 5am EST or Sundays at 3pm EST. You can also subscribe to the podcast on iTunes for free.
Good news for the fans of Sebastien’s and Patrick’s radio show! After a little time off since the last episode that aired in July, the hosting duo will be back on Internet waves in two weeks, on October 17th, when the season 27 of Man Of The Hour is set to air again!
Sebastien announced the return on his show yesterday on his Instagram:
“Big announcement! The Man of the Hour show returns with brand new episodes in 2 weeks, October 17th! Patrick and I have tons of great conversations ready for you guys. Make sure you don’t miss the season premier. I can’t remember how many seasons we’ve done but the next one will obviously be the best one ever.”
– Seb Lefebvre –
That means that in just 2 weeks we can get ready for some great new music, hilarious rants and stories from Seb & Pat… and hopefully also some more insights into where Simple Plan are regarding the new album!
You can either listen to the show live on Idobi radio every Wednesday at 8pm EST or catch its replays on Wednesdays at 11pm EST, Thursdays at 12pm EST, Fridays at 5am EST or Sundays at 3pm EST. You can also subscribe to the podcast on iTunes for free.
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:
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