One of the things that one could win in auction on last year’s Simple Plan Foundation benefit event was an opportunity to jam with Simple Plan. The jamming session took place a few weeks ago, when 13 years old Matt McCormack had a chance to play on David’s bass and play a few songs with Simple Plan.
Check out the pictures from the jamming session in the gallery and a video from it below:
A new video of Simple Plan has appeared on YouTube, in which the bands invited viewers to watch the singing competition called Star Académie.
By the way, Marie-Mai, the singer who sings a duet with Simple Plan on the french version of Jet Lag, was one of the top finalists of the early seasons of Star Académie.
Here is the translation of what Simple Plan say in the French video (thanks to Sab):
Hello we are Simple Plan. Star Academie is back on winter 2012.
We were there last year, and we know it rocks.
Don’t miss it!
Have you ever wondered what exactly happens in the studio when a radio host puts on a song? Videotapes from the studios are usually something that we, the listeners, don’t get to see very often. So it’s great to be able to check out once in a while, how a Dutch radio host MetMichiel likes to sing, dance, drum and rock to Simple Plan’s Jet Lag, when it’s on air on the radio station 3FM. :)
… and when it seems like nobody’s watching:
Yesterday’s evening must have been one of the most important in Simple Plan’s career – the guys had the first opportunity to play the new songs from their upcoming album Get Your Heart On! in front of their Canadian audience and therefore capture the first reactions to the new tracks and find out if all the 2-years-long work was not just a complete waste of time.
It has been pretty obvious for the whole day that the night was going to be very emotional for the guys in the band. ” Not gonna lie, I’m a bit nervous for tonight: never played the new songs before… Last night, I couldn’t fall asleep: my mind couldn’t stop practicing the new songs,” admitted Jeff to his Twitter followers before the concert. “The most stressful thing is that we don’t want to disappoint each other.”
Thankfully the night went on great. According to Le Journal De Montreal, Simple Plan started off the sold out show in Le National in Montreal, Canada with You Suck At Love, and then continued with the following: Can’t Keep My Hands Off You, Astronaut, Loser Of The Year, Anywhere Else But Here, Last One Standing, Summer Paradise, This Song Saved My Life, Freaking Me Out and Jet Lag – for the last mentioned song, the guys were joined by Marie-Mai, who sings on the French version.
The fans were informed this was an exclusive show and were asked not to record it. All this in order to keep the songs a mystery till the new record’s official release date.
Journal Metro wrote that the guys really did play only 10 songs out of 11 (from Get Your Heart On!), which means Gone Too Soon has not been played live yet. Also, it is now clear that the only ballads on the album will be “This Song Saved My Life” and “Astronaut”.
According to Canoe.ca, the fans reacted amazingly to all the new songs, but Freaking Me Out was definitely perceived by the audience as the best song of the show.
The rest of the show was then devoted to songs from the previous three albums.
Apart from their own songs, Simple Plan also came up with a cover versions of Cee Lo’s “Fuck You”, Taio Cruz’s “Dynamite” and Pink’s “Raise Your Glass”, check it out:
You can check out the first photos from the concert and from backstage in the gallery and keep checking back for updates during the whole day.
Pierre is definitely going to celebrate his birthday in style: a very special Simple Plan show has just been announced for Monday – fans in Montreal, Canada who will attend this show will be able to hear the new songs from the album Get Your Heart On! live for the first time
| Datum | Lokace | Místo konání | Info |
| 05/09/2011 | Montreal, Canada | Le National | here |
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Pierre also added in his new Bubbletweet that the show will be only for about 500-600 people and that Simple Plan will play the entire new album: