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Simple Plan at Good Things Festival: live collabs and ‘Wonderwall’ cover

AUTHOR: Dominika | 10. December 2019 | 1 comment

The main reason for Simple Plan to travel all the way to Australia this December was their invitation to the Good Things Festival, where they band performed for the very first time alongside acts such as Simple Creatures, Bad Religion, The Veronicas, A Day To Remember or Parkway Drive.

This three-day festival brought all the bands to three of some of the biggest cities in Australia: Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane over the course of this past Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Fans from all over Australia and further have gathered to witness their favorite bands to play at one festival and they were in for quite a treat.

Now, let’s have a look at what Simple Plan’s set looked like, shall we? The boys decided to keep it simple and given the fact that they only had an hour, decided to play 14 of their songs with an additional cover of Oasis’ ‘Wonderwall’, which was added as an extra song before the final song on the last two days of the festival (Sydney and Brisbane). Besides this surprising addition to the setlist, the boys also had one more treat up their sleeve: a special live collaboration on Jet Lag with Erin Reus from the Australian band Stateside.

Check out the full setlist below:

1. I’d Do Anything
2. Jump
3. Welcome To My Life
4. Jet Lag (feat. Erin Reus)
5. Addicted
6. Boom!
7. Can’t Keep My Hands Off You
8. Summer Paradise
9. Thank You
10. Where I Belong
11. Shut Up!
12. What’s New Scooby Doo?
13. I’m Just A Kid
14. Wonderwall (Oasis cover)
15. Perfect

But enough talk, let’s watch! Check out Pierre performing ‘Wonderwall’ at Good Things Festival, Simple Plan performing ‘Jet Lag’ with Erin Reus from Stateside below and a short video recap of the set in Melbourne below:

And below you can already check out all three photo albums from Simple Plan’s appearance at the Good Things Festival – in Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane:

VIDEO: Pierre joined Alex Gaskarth and Mark Hoppus for ‘I’d Do Anything’ during Simple Creatures DJ set in Australia

AUTHOR: Dominika | 6. December 2019 | no comments

On the night before his first show back in Australia today at Good Things Festival, Pierre Bouvier headed out to the Stay Gold club yesterday, December 5th, where Simple Creatures (a musical duo featuring Alex Gaskarth from All Time Low and Mark Hoppus from blink-182) performed a special DJ set.

The guys then invited their old pal to join them during the set to sing his own band’s song – Simple Plan’s ‘I’d Do Anything’, accompanied by Alex and also Mark Hoppus, hence this becoming the first ever live featuring of Mark Hoppus on this song, which he had lent his vocals to back on Simple Plan’s debut album in 2002.

Check out the images from this special appearance of Pierre in our gallery and below you can watch the entire performance from many angles thanks to the Instagram Stories by Peter John, Pierre, Simple Plan and also thanks to a video sent to us by Leeann – thank you! Enjoy:

LISTEN: Simple Plan & State Champs: Where I Belong feat. We The Kings (+ lyrics)

AUTHOR: Dominika | 11. October 2019 | no comments

At midnight all across the world, Simple Plan, State Champs and We The Kings released a collaborative song called ‘Where I Belong’. The sound of this new pop-punk track brings us vibes of Simple Plan more hard-hitting side – especially the one we can find on similar songs such as Opinion Overload. It was written as a collaborative project between Andrew Goldstein, Chuck Comeau, Pierre Bouvier, Derek DiScanio (State Champs) and Zachary Joseph.

As we’re mentioned previously, this is a collaborative song, and as such it features many interesting surprises. Obviously we can find all members of Simple Plan doind their usual jobs, but besides them, there’s some other additional musicians putting a little bit of their own talent to the song. The gang vocals for instance, beside Pierre, Seb and David also include Andrew Goldstein (singer, songwriter, producer – who also co-wrote the song), Chady Awad (Simple Plan’s photographer & videographer) and Zakk Cervini (producer and mixer of the song). Beside’s Pierre’s vocals, we can also clearly hear Derek DiScanio’s (State Champs’ lead singer) voice on half the track and Travis Clark (We The Kings’ lead singer) also lent his voice to the song. And finally, besides Chuck’s drum tracks, the song also features some additional drums by Ilan Rubin, the drummer for Nine Inch Nails and Angels & Airwaves.

Check out the song and its lyrics below and make sure to let us know in the comments what you think!

Simple Plan & State Champs – Where I Belong (feat. We The Kings)

I’m looking in the rearview mirror
Everything looks the same
There’s nothing but broken streetlights
And I’m just trying to escape
I’m waiting on a distant feeling
I’m waiting for things to chance
It’s getting hard to ride on empty
But maybe I’m not so far away
‘Cause it feels like home

I found a reason
And suddenly I’m not so alone
I’m finally breathing
Like I never could on my own
Start the countdown, let’s get it on
Scream our lungs out to our favorite song
‘Cause this is where I belong
(This is where I belong)

I can tell you just don’t get it
And that you’ll never understand
I’m sorry that I can’t be perfect
But I’m not changing who I am
Maybe there’s no destination
Maybe I’m gonna make mistakes
Let you in on one of my secrets
I’m still just as lost as yesterday
But it feels like home

I found a reason
And suddenly I’m not so alone
I’m finally breathing
Like I never could on my own
Start the countdown, let’s get it on
Scream our lungs out to our favorite song
‘Cause this is where I belong

Look past the warning signs
The same ones that told me
“Yeah, you can’t turn back and run
Play it safe before you come undone”

If you saw through my eyes
This view is worth it
Can’t believe me when I say
There’s no place in this world I’d rather be

I found a reason
And suddenly I’m not so alone
I’m finally breathing
Like I never could on my own
Start the countdown, let’s get it on
Scream our lungs out to our favorite song
‘Cause this is where I belong

I found a reason (I found a reason)
And suddenly I’m not so alone
I’m finally breathing (I’m finally breathing)
Like I never could on my own
Start the countdown, let’s get it on
Scream our lungs out to our favorite song (favorite song)
‘Cause this is where I belong
(‘Cause this is where I belong)
‘Cause this is where I belong

Simple Plan to release a new song ‘Where I Belong’ feat. State Champs and We The Kings!

AUTHOR: Dominika | 10. October 2019 | no comments

It’s here!

After all the teasing today and yesterday, Simple Plan have officially revealed that they will be releasing a brand new collaborative song with their friends from State Champs and We The Kings, who they are coincidentally going on tour with this fall. The song will be called ‘Where I Belong’ and should be released tonight local time.

Simple Plan have now also officially renamed their tour with State Champs and We The Kings the ‘Where I Belong Tour 2019’.

Stay tuned for more details.

VIDEO: Simple Plan’s new sketch reveals new music to be released today at midnight!

AUTHOR: Dominika | 10. October 2019 | no comments

Yesterday, Simple Plan teased their entire fandom by a print screen of a fan comment, predicting that the band would be releasing some new music ahead of their co-headlining tour with State Champs – that means this month. Of course, many fans have been cautious about Simple Plan’s “soon”, but believe it or not, things are actually happening TONIGHT!

In a brand new sketch video, released today on Simple Plan’s social media channels, Danny Vance, Simple Plan’s tour manager can be seen walking up to all members of the band, trying to convince them to help him announce something big. Eventually the band does so… but not entirely. The only information we know is that SOMETHING is being released tonight at midnight between Thursday, October 11th and Friday October 12th. As far as time zones goes, it is unknown, but we’re betting on EST.

Check out the video teaser for the announcement below:

“We’ve got something big happening tonight and we can’t wait for you to find out what it is! But I guess you’re gonna have to wait just a little longer… unless State Champs fills you in?? 🤷🏻‍♂️🤷🏻‍♂️🤷🏻‍♂️🤣🤣🤣 #Soon #VerySoon”

– Simple Plan –

UPDATE:

State Champs replied to Simple Plan’s suggestion with the following video – making We The Kings help with the announcement instead. Watch State Champ’s reply here.

Travis from We The Kings later on replied with his own video: