Simple Plan are back on the road and as per usual, they decided to spend the first half of June performing at European festivals! The first one the band hit tonight was in Lyon, France, where the first ever French edition of Slam Dunk (the original UK festival) took place this year. And we already have the setlist!
Now, be mindful that Simple Plan only had a 40-minute time slot at Slam Dunk France, hence why the setlist only includes 9 songs. Throughout their European run this June, the band will also be playing longer setlist (which are yet to be revealed), as they do have some longer time slots at different festivals (for instance at Rock For People in the Czech Republic, they should be playing for 75 minutes.
Check out Simple Plan’s setlist from Slam Dunk France below:
After a winter break Simple Plan have finally emerged back on stage – and for the first time since the pandemic they were finally allowed to tour South East Asia, where they’re playing a couple of festivals as well as a few headlining shows.
Now what’s so special about this tour is that this is in fact the very first solo headlining tour that Simple Plan have done for their new album Harder Than It Looks. Uptil now, since the release of the record they have only done co-headlining (with Sum 41 in the U.S.) or supporting tours (with Sum 41 in Europe and with The Offspring in Canada), meaning the shows weren’t focused on the new album and they weren’t as long as a headlining show would be.
After four full headlining shows played on this South East Asian tour (if we don’t count festivals), we can finally get a better look at what the Harder Than It Looks setlist looks like and what it could look like for possible other future shows. First things first, there is no one stable setlist for each concert, as SP try to switch things up with every show (kudos!). But overall the main structure remains the same – each of their album gets fairly the same amount of songs (3-5) with the exception of the self-titled one and TOFTT (only 1 each) and then there’s a few extra covers and a b-side song. The setlist tends to be 18 to 21 songs long, depending on each show.
Below you can check out the basic structure of the Harder Than It Looks setlist, based on the shows in Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia and the Philippines:
SETLIST FOR HARDER THAN IT LOOKS TOUR 2023
1. I’d Do Anything
2. Shut Up!
3. Jump
4. Jet Lag
5. Your Love Is a Lie
6. Addicted
7. You Suck At Love
8. Welcome To My Life
9. Iconic
10. Summer Paradise
11. Congratulations
12. Crazy
13. Wake Me Up (When This Nightmare’s Over)
14. Covers: All Star / Sk8er Boi / Mr. Brightside
15. What’s New Scooby Doo
16. Where I Belong
(sometimes also: Perfect World)
Encore:
17. The Antidote
18. Boom / Can’t Keep My Hands Off You
19. I’m Just a Kid
20. Untitled
21. Perfect
Simple Plan are currently on tour in Europe supporting Sum 41 and after the first show’s setlist was revealed, some fans felt a little let down over the amount of songs from SP’s new album ‘Harder Than It Looks’, as the original setlist for the first few shows included only one song from this record – ‘Wake Me Up (When This Nightmare’s Over)’.
Of course, given the status of an opening band, it’s understandable that the band only has a fairly limited time toperform, but even so, they still try to fit in as many hits as possible on the setlist.
As we’ve mentioned in the previous article, though, there was a strong possibility the band would switch things up during the tour, so that every show would not be as predictable, as exactly that happened in Bordeaux, France and Bilbao, Spain. According to the fans from both of these shows, Simple Plan switched ‘Wake Me Up’ for another HTIL song – ‘Iconic’. Also, they had to cut the setlist by one song and did not perform ‘What’s New Scooby Doo’ – this might again change at future shows though.
Last night, Simple Plan and Sum 41 kicked off their fall European tour in Stuttgart, Germany and therefore revealed what might be in store for the fans for the rest of the tour.
As far as the setlist goes, being the opening band on this tour, Simple Plan performed 14 songs in total and overall decided to mostly focus on their most known hits and therefore their new album ‘Harder Than It Looks’ is represented only by one song (‘Wake Me Up When This Nightmare’s Over’). And while the setlist might still slightly change throughout the tour, we can be sure that it will more or less probably look like this.
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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