A sixteen-year-old singer Christina Parie, who was one of the top finalists in the Australian version of the X Factor, met one of her favourite bands of all time today – Simple Plan. The band chose her to be the band’s Australian “Natasha Bedingfield” – a female singer who will be accompanying the band during Jet Lag live on stage during their Australian tour – after seeing her cover of Jet Lag on YouTube.
Sebastien already posted the first picture of him with Christina Parie, taken in the backstage of their first stop – in Sydney:
After three whole years Simple Plan finally returned to Australia. And just a few minutes after they landed they were warmly welcomed by a few old-school fans. The band’s first stop in Australia was at a local TV show called AFL Footy show, where the guys played their first single Jet Lag – although this time accompanied not by Marie-Mai, but by an Australian singer Vanessa Amorosi. Make sure to check out the video of their performance below:
Apart from their new show in China, Simple Plan have also recently announced first three shows from their upcoming Australian tour, where cities like Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne have been confirmed. Despite the overall excitement of Simple Plan coming back down under, many fans were clearly very disappointed after finding out most of the shows are +18. What you need to know is: decisions like this are usually made not by the band or the management but by the local venue. Chuck from Simple Plan said himself: “We had no idea and want them to be all ages. We are trying our best to fix this.”