At the past two shows, Simple Plan surprisingly re-added the first official single from their latest record – ‘I Don’t Wanna Go To Bed’ into their setlist.
And as this is such a rare song for SP to perform live, come have a look at the following video, captured by Felicia at the concert in Quebec City, where SP played it right before their party medley:
Before Simple Plan hit the stage in Quebec on Monday, they decided to visit the special class at the La Courvilloise high school in Quebec City, where they met with their local little admirers.
“Simple Plan is one of our favorite bands in the class,” said France Lebreux, teacher at La Courvilloise, who offers the students special music workshops every Friday. According to her, the idea of the band visiting the students only came to them last Friday and with the members of Simple Plan quickly agreeing on seeing the children and hanging out with them, the plan worked out very well: the children very very excited to meet their music heroes.
“Seeing all these people, who are involved with organizations like that which give so much to society, it changes us as well. We are a little less selfish because of it – and it’s so easy to become selfish with a job like ours. And on the contrary, things like this remind us how much we can make a difference,” said Jeff.
Check out a video of Simple Plan’s visit at La Courvilloise that was published by TVA:
Ever since Simple Plan announced they would be doing a No Pads, No Helmets… Just Balls tour, it seemed like the fanbase was most excited to hear the song ‘One Day’ live, as it was one of the very few songs on that album that hasn’t been played live in a very very long time.
So as it’s a real fan-favorite, have fun enjoying this first released video of ‘One Day’ at the first NPNHJB show in New York City:
Last night in New York City was definitely one to remember! Thousands of fans gathered at the PlayStation Theatre near Times Square to see Simple Plan play the very first show of their 15th anniversary No Pads, No Helmets… Just Balls tour. And from the reactions on social media, they left stunned by the amazing throwbacks throughout the whole night.
Before Simple Plan hit the stage, the fans had the chance to witness the performances of Patent Pending and Set It Off. Shortly after that the lights dimmed and our 5 boys from Simple Plan took the stage and kicked off their official first show of the year with ‘I’d Do Anything’ – the first song off their first record. After that the band continued the set with all the songs from their debut album, in order.
One surprising moment came right before the fans expected ‘Perfect’ to come next, as Simple Plan threw the fan-favorite b-side ‘Grow Up’ to the setlist. And not only that – in the middle of Grow Up, Chuck made a short speech to the fans, thanking them for allowing them to continue on this crazy journey for more than 15 years now. He finished the speech by jumping into the crowd and crowdsurfing, as Grow Up continued with Pierre behind the drums.
Check out this amazing moment below:
The picture of the actual printed setlist from the NYC show, which you can see above, also revealed another thing: it looks like the band is planning on switching between playing Grow Up and Vacation on the upcoming NPNHJB shows and playing just one of these songs each night.
After Grow Up, the band ended the NPNHJB part of the show with their traditional closer ‘Perfect’. But that wasn’t all for the night! The band soon returned to the stage to perform some of the greatest hits from their other albums as well.
Check out the whole setlist below (big thanks to Katie, Kellie and Kristen-Anne for the help with the setlist):
You can also have a look inside the gallery for some of the first pictures from the NYC show. More to be added later:
The NPNHJB tour is so close we can feel it! That’s why Simple Plan just released a video from their recent rehearsal sessions, where Chuck decided to bring back some 2000s nostalgia [just like we guessed!].
Check out the hilarious new vlog below: