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Warped Tour: Travis Clark (We The Kings) joined Simple Plan on stage for ‘I’m Just A Kid’ in Mountain View

AUTHOR: Dominika | 24. June 2018 | 2 comments

More than 15 000 people attended the third show of Warped Tour this summer that took place in Mountain View, CA, which was the first show to be sold-out on this final cross-country tun of this traveling tour. And it’s not an overstatement when we say that the crowd was one of the reasons why the shows had such an amazing atmosphere that day – all eagerly joining in in singalongs, hand-waving and jumping as the bands rotated on stage.

The highlight of the Simple Plan set yesterday was definitely when during ‘I’m Just A Kid’, Chuck and Pierre switched places – Pierre went behind the drums, while Chuck crowdsurfed – and since the microphone had no owner at that point, Travis Clark from We The Kings stepped in and joined Simple Plan on stage to sing the chorus of ‘I’m Just A Kid’ [see photos from this show here].

Instagram user @stephiebutton captured this moment on two videos, which you can both check out below (click on the arrow to the right to watch the next one):

Simple Plan performed ‘Vacation’ on soundcheck in Argentina & new merch revealed

AUTHOR: Dominika | 24. May 2018 | no comments

On Tuesday, May 22nd, Simple Plan opened their final run of the No Pads tour in South America, at the Teatro Vorterix venue in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Before the show, the band as always greeted some lucky SP Crew fans at soundcheck, where they performed a very rare song to be performed live – ‘Vacation’.

Remind yourselves of this popular New York Minute track live in Argentina below:

The addition of ‘Vacation’ on the soundcheck setlist did not however change anything on the regular show setlist and the guys went with the same-old No Pads one [check it out here]. The show was a lot of fun, even included a long chant by fans and overall the guys seemed to enjoy themselves on stage – as you can tell from the new pictures from the show in Argentina:

What was however surprising was the new merch that was available at the show in Buenos Aires and might be available on the remaining South American shows too. The image, published by HellMerch, shows us two new t-shirt designs – one featuring a picture of the whole band with red scribbles over their faces and one featuring the band’s name on a ribbon ties around four arrows (UPDATE: According to SPB, the arrow design would only be available in Argentina). You can see the merch more clearly on the video HellMerch also posted here.


Merch sold at the Simple Plan show in Buenos Aires, Argentina

‘Boom!’ to be featured on Warped Tour’s official 2018 compilation

AUTHOR: Dominika | 16. May 2018 | no comments

In June, Simple Plan will kick off their final tour before they return to writing new material for their next studio album, and for the tour that’ll end their tour cycle for TOFTT, they decided to opt for the final Warped Tour, which they will attend in its entirety.

Simple Plan will be performing at every date of Warped Tour (check out the Tour section here) from June 21th until August 5th – so don’t miss out on them! As always, we expect the guys to be hanging by their merch table before or after their sets, so make sure to drop by and come in for a photo or a little chat!

For those of you who will have to unfortunately miss out on this final run of Warped Tour, the organizers have now released new information regarding the official Vans Warped Tour 2018 Compilation, which gives you some of the best songs by the artists featured on this year’s lineup!

The Vans Warped Tour 2018 Compilation includes 2 discs, with 26 tracks on one and 25 more tracks on the other one, adding up to 51 great Warped Tour tracks, which will definitely be heard at Warped this summer at some point.

And with Simple Plan being 2nd most frequently performing Warped Tour act, it was obvious that they coould not be missing on this super-packed compilation! Their hit song ‘Boom!’, who’s music video was partially filmed on Warped Tour in 2015, appears on Disc 1 as track no. 15.

You can pre-order the CD or the digital version of this compilation here.

Check out the full tracklist for Vans Warped Tour 2018 Compilation below:

Disc One

1. Tonight Alive – Book of Love
2. Senses Fail – New Jersey Takes, The World Makes
3. Real Friends – Get By
4. Knuckle Puck – Double Helix
5. State Champs – Slow Burn
6. Sleep On It – Distant
7. Story Untold – All the Same (Once a Liar Always a Liar)
8. Mayday Parade – Jamie All Over
9. This Wild Life – Headfirst
10. The Maine – Black Butterflies And Déjà Vu
11. Palaye Royale – Get Higher
12. Doll Skin – Baby’s Breath
13. Don Broco – Stay Ignorant
14. Picturesque – New Face
15. Simple Plan – Boom!
16. The Interrupters – She Got Arrested
17. Shiragirl – Get Em Hot
18. Less Than Jake – Things Change
19. Broadside – Paradise
20. Assuming We Survive – California Stoned
21. Makeout – Crazy
22. With Confidence – Keeper
23. Summer Wars – End Of An Era
24. Grayscale – Let It Rain
25. As It Is – Austen
26. Four Year Strong – For Our Fathers

Disc Two

1. Ice Nine Kills – Nature Of The Beast
2. August Burns Red – King Of Sorrow
3. Motionless in White – Voices
4. Asking Alexandria – Where Did It Go?
5. Issues – Coma
6. Every Time I Die – Glitches
7. Wage War – Stitch
8. Knocked Loose – My Heroes
9. Chelsea Grin – Four Horsemen
10. In Hearts Wake – Passage
11. Nekrogoblikon – Mold
12. Twiztid – Nothing to You
13. Kublai Khan – Split
14. Phineas – I Saw The Bombs Fall
15. Dayseeker – Cold, Dark Winter
16. Sharptooth – Rise
17. Crown The Empire – Zero
18. Trash Boat – How Selfish I Seem
19. Dead Girls Academy – I’ll Find A Way
20. Farewell Winters – On A Light Note
21. Capstan – The Wreath And The Follower
22. The Amity Affliction – This Could Be Heartbreak
23. Movements – Full Circle
24. Hail the Sun – Suffocating Syndrome
25. Waterparks – Lucky People

Dave Franco quotes Simple Plan’s ‘I’d Do Anything’ in a new Netflix movie

AUTHOR: Dominika | 14. April 2018 | no comments

Ever since 2002, Simple Plan’s first single from their debut album – the song ‘I’d Do Anything’ has been deeply engraved in the minds of millions of people and still continues to be one of Simple Plan’s most recognizable tunes.

Big thanks to our very observative reader Yva we have now found out that a reference to this song has been made in a newly released Netflix film, co-produced by Channing Tatum, called 6 Balloons, which follows the struggles of Katie (Abbi Jacobson), who’s brother Seth (Dave Franco) is addicted to heroin.

Towards the movie’s end, around its 64th minute, the two siblings get into a car, where Dave Franco’s character tries to remember the words to the song ‘I’d Do Anything’ by Simple Plan, while his sister tries to make him stop and listen to her instead.

Check out the full conversation featuring the song’s lyrics below:

Katie: When I’m with you, all I see is you.
Seth: … What song is that?
Seth: *sings* I close my eyes…
Katie: Stop it.
Seth: *continues singing* And all I see is you..
Katie: Stop!
Seth: *continues singing* I close my eyes…
Katie: Stop it. Jesus, stop!
Seth: *continues singing* I try to sleep, I can’t forget you…

– 6 Balloons –

Check out the trailer for the movie below. 6 Balloons is now available on Netflix:

Jeff Stinco delivered a solo performance of ‘Promise’ on En Direct de l’Univers

AUTHOR: Dominika | 8. April 2018 | no comments

On Saturday night in Canada, Jeff Stinco appeared in the episode of the show En Direct de l’Univers, which celebrated the birthday of one of Canada’s most beloved comedians – Phil Roy.

In the show, Jeff appeared as a surprise guest, who in honor of Phil Roy, performed for the first time ever a guitar solo of ‘Promise’ (Simple Plan’s song from their second record ‘Still Not Getting Any…’) without the rest of his band. Jeff was only accompanied by a group of singers singing the chorus of the song.

Thanks to our reader Janie, you can now watch Jeff’s brilliant solo performance of ‘Promise’ on the video below:

Also make sure to check out some pictures of Jeff from the taping of this episode of En Direct de l’Univers in our gallery: