After a little summer break, Simple Plan are back on the Blame Canada co-headlining tour with Sum 41 in the U.S., which will continue until August 28th. This time around, the boys are hitting mostly cities on the western coast with the exception of the final three dates, which will take place in New York and New Jersey to make up for the canceled shows from the first leg of this tour (which were then canceled due to positive covid tests in the Sum 41 camp).
As far as the setlist of the show goes, it mostly remained very similar to the one Simple Plan had on the first leg of the tour. Of course, every night, the guys like to switch up a couple of songs to make the shows always a little different. But the main structure of the setlist remains the same. The band also still incorporates a cover “party medley” in the middle of the show, where they cover Smash Mouth’s ‘All Star’, Avril Lavigne’s ‘Sk8er Boi’ and The Killers’ ‘Mr. Brightside’. Besides these cover, there is one extra cover that Simple Plan has played at most of the recent shows toward the end of the show right before ‘Untitled’ or ‘Perfect’ – and that is the cover of Oasis’ legendary song ‘Wonderwall’.
Check out the setlist of the most recent show in San Diego (August 5th):
I’d Do Anything
Shut Up!
Jump
The Worst Day Ever
Addicted
Wake Me Up (When This Nightmare’s Over)
Summer Paradise
Welcome To My Life
Take My Hand
Crazy
Iconic
Party medley (All Star / Sk8er Boi / Mr. Brightside)
What’s New Scooby-Doo?
Where I Belong
I’m Just A Kid
Wonderwall (Oasis cover)
Perfect
Below, you can check out a video of Simple Plan performing Wonderwall at a recent festival at Festivoix in July:
20 years after the first release of the animated TV series ‘What’s New, Scooby-Doo?’ which featured an intro song of the same name by Simple Plan, ‘What’s New, Scooby-Doo?’ finally got to have it’s own official lyrics video, which you can now stream on YouTube.
The video, edited by Brent Hallman (Tivoli Films Inc./Hallman Animation Studios) includes the original animated members of Simple Plan from the episode ‘Simple Plan and the Invisible Madman’ (where the SP members also voiced their own characters).
A couple weeks ago, Simple Plan and Sum 41 finished the first half of their ‘Blame Canada’ tour across the United States and they are currently taking some time off and performing at a few Canadian festivals in June and July before returning back on the tour with Sum 41 at the end of July to finish off their big U.S. tour.
The SP boys published a new video documenting their first few weeks of the tour. If you’re seeing Simple Plan and Sum 41 in the U.S. or even in Europe in the fall, make sure to check out the video below to get a glimpse of the tour ahead of time:
Before the pandemic has swept the world off its feet, Simple Plan were supposed to continue with their annual tradition of performing for 4 days in a row at the Garden Rocks concert series at Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida, as they have done for many previous years. However due to covid, they had to postpone this performance but finally this year, 2 years later, they got to return to the happiest place on Earth, alongside their families.
The band had 3 sets to perform every day from June 3rd to June 6th, so attendees could have technically witnessed 12 Simple Plan shows (for free!) in a course of just 4 days. Because many fans actually stayed for multiple of these sets during the day, the boys decided to switch things up and perform a slightly different set each time. All sets were 7 songs long.
Below, you can have a look at what the three setlists for the final day (June 6th) looked like:
Set #1:
I’d Do Anything
Jet Lag
Boom!
Congratulations
Party medley (All Star / Sk8er Boi / Mr. Brightside)
What’s New Scooby-Doo?
Welcome To My Life
Set #2:
Shut Up!
Jump
When I’m Gone
Wake Me Up (When This Nightmare’s Over)
Can’t Keep My Hands Off You
Crazy
I’m Just A Kid
Set #3:
Addicted
The Worst Day Ever
Astronaut
Iconic
Party medley (All Star / Sk8er Boi / Mr. Brightside)
Where I Belong
Perfect
During the time Simple Plan spent at Walt Disney World, a bunch of people celebrated their birthdays, one being Sebastien Lefebvre, who (of course) got a happy birthday from his bandmates there and another person being Pierre’s youngest daughter Soren, who turned 9 years old. Her Dad decided to make her birthday even more special by having her join him on stage during Jump. Check out the cute moment on the video below (thanks to @lor1319):
It has already been almost 2 weeks since Simple Plan kicked off their co-headlining ’Blame Canada’ tour across the United States with Sum 41. A lot has happened on the tour so far, so let’s have a little summary of it.
The tour kicked off in Raleigh, NC on April 29th. Since it’s a co-headlining tour, Simple Plan and Sum 41 decided to divide their ‘headlining shows’ evenly and the bands are always taking turns in being the opening act and the headlining act at each show.
Of course, given the fact that both bands have suffered a lot with tour cancelations in the past two years due to the pandemic, many tight security measures have been introduced on this tour, such as regular testing, mask wearing and no strange people allowed backstage. But Simple Plan decided to put a little extra spin on the security & health measures: as a band known for having their drummer Chuck crowdsurf during I’m Just A Kid amongst the crowd, they did not want to just give up on this idea because of the pandemic. Instead, the idea came to them to use the extra protective measures as a punchline and dress Chuck up in a full yellow hazmat suit and a mask before surfing the crowd and later on spraying him with as much disinfectant as possible by their tour manager Danny. This, of course, makes it a rather funny moment for all the fans in the crowd and so far everyone’s been enjoying it immensely.
You can check out a video of Chuck jumping into the crowd below:
Unfortunately, despite the tightest measures, things just don’t seem to always work out. After just 4 played shows, both bands found out during the afternoon before the Silver Spring, MD show that a member of the Sum 41 crew tested positive for COVID-19, making it impossible for Sum 41 to perform. That night, Simple Plan performed the show alone and fans who came to mostly see Sum 41 were offered refunds. Given this mishap, the bands had to make the very hard decision to postpone the shows in Worcester, Ausbury Park and New York City for later August dates, since Sum 41 would not be able to perform there. This incident was all the more disappointing for Simple Plan given that on May 6th their new album ‘Harder Than It Looks’ came out and they were supposed to have a big release day show in New York City, which the band has look forward to very much.
The tour eventually picked up on May 10th in Detroit and the two bands have been having a blast ever since.
As far as the setlist goes, the band actually seems to be switching things up a little bit at each show, so no setlist is completely the same every night. Usually, the band offers about 18 songs during the night (with the exception of the Silver Spring show, where they played without Sum 41 and where they decided to play 21 songs to make it up to the fans a little bit more, even including a Sum 41 cover of ‘In Too Deep’). From the new album, the band usually plays about 3 songs.
One new things they introduced in the Blame Canada setlist is a brand new party medley, which they perform in the second half of the show. The medley includes parts of ‘All Star’ by Smash Mouth, ‘Sk8er Boi’ by Avril Lavigne & ‘Mr. Brightside’ by The Killers. Check out the medley below:
Below you can find the most recent setlist we could find – for the May 10th show in Detroit:
I’d Do Anything
Shut Up!
Jump
The Worst Day Ever
Congratulations
Addicted
God Must Hate Me
Welcome To My Life
Wake Me Up (When This NIghtmare’s Over)
Crazy
Ruin My Life
Summer Paradise
Party medley (All Star / Sk8er Boi / Mr. Brightside)
What’s New Scooby Doo?
Where I Belong
I’m Just A Kid
Untitled
Perfect
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