On Sunday, Simple Plan kicked off another part of their Taking One For The Team tour – this time in China, where the band is scheduled to perform at three shows in total: one in Beijing and two in Shanghai.

The band had arrived to Beijing a day ahead and had some time to do some tourist stuff before they finally hit the LeSports Centre, where they performed for the local crowd. According to Dakota, a local fan, who’s talked to us about the show, the theme of the concert was “birthdays”. With Jeff’s birthday taking place just a couple days before and David’s birthday coming up the day after the show, Pierre had the crowd sing happy birthday three times in a row: for Jeff, for David… and also for Chuck, who’s birthday is still a couple weeks away. Eventually Jeff had to stop Pierre from all these celebrations and continue with the concert. Pierre’s reaction? “Oh, sorry, I forgot we’re a band and we’re playing a show..”

The setlist didn’t bring in any big surprises – the band played the same songs as in Vancouver:

And again, thanks to Dakota, you can now have a look at a number of great pictures taken during the show by her and also other fans and various Chinese media in Beijing last night. Check them out: