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David releases official statement – will NOT appear on upcoming U.S./Canadian tours

AUTHOR: Dominika | 9. August 2017 | 5 comments

It has just been officially confirmed by the band that David Desrosiers will unfortunately not be joining them on the upcoming tours across the USA and Canada (August to September). Back in May, it has been revealed that David has been suffering from depression for quite a while and that this mental illness has forced him not be able to attend certain tours. The last time David performed with Simple Plan was in the USA in April earlier this year.

Read the official statement from David and also from the rest of the band below:

“Hi everybody,

I tried my best, worked very hard and I really believed I could make it. There’s nothing that I wanted more than to be ready for our upcoming US and Canadian tour. Unfortunately, there are some things you just can’t control and I will regretfully have to miss our upcoming August and September shows.

Even if I’m starting to feel better, out of respect for you and my band, I don’t feel I should be on stage if I’m unable to give my best performance. I believe this is a temporary setback and that it’s only a matter of time until I’m able to join the guys and you at the shows and do what I I love the most, once again.

I would like to thank all our fans for their support and positive messages; it means a lot to me and I can’t wait to see you all again.”

– David Desrosiers –

“We are sorry to inform you that even though David is making progress and starting to feel better, he’s still not ready to to go back on tour with us and be a part of our upcoming American and Canadian shows. He wrote a message to explain the situation and you can read it on his Instagram account @davidesrosiers.

Depression is a complex issue and there’s no “quick fix” or “magical solution” to overcome it; it takes time and hard work and David is doing everything in his power to do so. We fully support his decision to stay home and rest longer and have nothing but love and support for our friend and bandmate. We know how bad he wants to be back on stage playing with us, but his health is the number one priority for all of us and we all agreed together that this was the right decision for now.

We would like to thank all of you for the incredible amount of positive messages you sent David; it means a lot to him. We know some of you will be disappointed by the situation, and we apologize. We simply ask for your understanding, kindness and compassion in these difficult times for David.

With David’s blessing, all the August and September shows will go on as planned. We look forward to seeing all of you on tour and to welcoming back David on stage with us as soon as he’s ready.”

– Pierre, Chuck, Jeff and Sebastien –

We hope that all fans will understand and respect David’s decision to stay at home and keep working on his mental health, as I’m sure we all want him to come back stronger and healthier than ever. And we applaud Pierre, Jeff, Seb and Chuck for sticking with their friend and respecting his decision.

As far as who replaces David on tour, if nothing’s changed then Chady should be stepping in for David during some parts of the show in more or less the background of the performance set, just like he did on the South American and European tours.

The Bottom Line to join Simple Plan on tour in the U.S. and Canada!

AUTHOR: Dominika | 19. July 2017 | 1 comment

Even if you haven’t been to any of the European shows in the past year and half, if you’ve been following the news about Simple Plan, I’m pretty sure you’ve already heard of The Bottom Line. The four-piece British band from around London first opened for Simple Plan last year in Europe and after the first European TOFTT leg, they were the only opening band to be asked to join SP on the second leg as well, as the band members have developed close friendships and figured they just work very well on tour together [read SP.cz’s interview with TBL’s lead singer here]. It didn’t take long and on the next European tour, which took place this summer, Simple Plan once again had The Bottom Line open for them on selected dates and their lead singer Callum Amies even got the job as Simple Plan’s guitar technician for the course of the whole European tour.

So at this point, it wouldn’t really be a Simple Plan tour without The Bottom Line. And I assume that’s exactly what Simple Plan thought as well, cause to help their friends out and to expose them to new – North American – audiences, they decided to give them another go and have them open for them once again – this time on the NPNHJB tour in the U.S. and also Canada!

Due to their show in Prague, where they are opening for The Offspring, The Bottom Line will not be present at the first 5 shows of the U.S. tour and will officially join the Simple Plan tour in Houston, TX. In the U.S., The Bottom Line will be joining two other opening acts for Simple Plan: Set It Off and Patent Pending. In Canada, they will be another opening act alongside Courage My Love and Selfish Things.

Check out all the upcoming tourdates for the NPNHJB tour in our Tour section!

Chuck, Jeff and Pierre record video messages promoting upcoming shows in the U.S.

AUTHOR: Dominika | 7. July 2017 | no comments

To promote their upcoming tour, Chuck, Jeff and Pierre recently recorded a bunch of video messages – each for a different show in the United States, where Simple Plan are bringing their No Pads, No Helmets… Just Balls 15th anniversary tour back next month. So far, videos for Houston, Minneapolis and Cincinnati have appeared online and you can check them out below.

Simple Plan are of course hitting a lot more places than that this summer – check out all the upcoming Simple Plan tourdates with all the info you might need in the Tour section!

Simple Plan at Bogart’s in Cincinnati, OH – August 19th:

Simple Plan at the Cold National Centre in Minneapolis, MN – August 20th:

Simple Plan at HOB Houston in Houston, TX – August 25th:


Opening bands Set It Off and Seaway say goodbye to Simple Plan

AUTHOR: Dominika | 21. April 2017 | no comments

For the past month, Simpl Plan were accompanied on their NPNHJB tour in the U.S. by two stunning acts, Set It Off and Seaway, who’s task was to properly warm up the crowd before each SP set.

The tour’s final destination brought these three bands to San Diego, CA, where these bands were forced to say their goodbyes and head back home. For Set It Off, it won’t be long before they reunite with Simple Plan again, as they will be opening for them on the second part of the U.S. tour in the summer. But that definitely didn’t stop this band to share their sadness over the end of the tour with their newly aquired friends.

Cody Carson, the lead singer of Set It Off, for instance thanked SP on Twitter:

Maxx Danziger, Set It Off’s drummer, also expressed his sadness. Check out his tweet below:

Simple Plan and Set It Off got along very well throughout the whole tour. Just a week ago for example, Cody, Chady, Danny, Cowboy, Pierre and Seb went out together to play some laser tag. Check out a photo of them below:

And we cannot forget Seaway, a fellow Canadian band, who were the first to play at each date of this No Pads tour. Seaway also tweeted out thanks to both of the bands, and from a picture of Seaway and Set It off together [check it out here], we can tell some of the band members also picked up some of the Role Model t-shirts that were available at Simple Plan’s merch table.

More filming at last U.S. NPNHJB show in San Diego – live DVD or Resurgence?

AUTHOR: Dominika | 19. April 2017 | no comments

A month has passed and the first leg of the United States NPNHJB 15th anniversary tour has come to its end. But before we say goodbye to the recaps of the U.S. tour (before SP return there in August), let’s talk about the final one: for the last show in San Diego, California.

The show took place at the House Of Blues San Diego, which is a middle-sized venue that holds up to 1500 people and the room was packed. And not just with fans – according to some of the more observant fans, among the attendees of the show was also Arnold Lanni, the very producer of Simple Plan’s debut album – “No Pads, No Helmets… Just Balls”.

After the opening acts, Seaway and Set It Off, Simple Plan hit the stage and played their first album front to back, and as always left the encore for a mix of some of their greatest hits from their other records. It was the place to be on a Tuesday night – mostly as once again Simple Plan decided to have this concert filmed as well! You may recall that a couple days ago at the show in Anaheim, CA, Simple Plan filmed their show with a professional film crew, stating it’s “for a DVD”. This time around in San Diego, some filming already started away before the show has even begun. Peter John, the Australian director, who has been co-producing the Resurgence film about the reappearance of pop-punk in the music industry with Chuck Comeau, was there, as well as Dan Coronado, who is the assistant director of this documentary. The team, alongside Chady Awad were seen filming some of the members of Simple Plan in the backstage of the HOB San Diego before the show, which is also where the following picture with Jeff comes from:

Now, the question remains: was last night’s filming in San Diego for Resurgence, given the team behind the documentary was present and filming at the event, or can we really expect some possible live DVD to commemorate the 15th anniversary NPNHJB tour? Of course, it very well could be both – with Chuck possibly using some of the footage for Resurgence, but there is another clue that makes us think the filming could be for not just a live DVD, but also some behind the scenes of this tour as well. According to May, who was present at the show, the film crew also interviewed a number of fans waiting in line before the show. The fans were asked questions such as “What Simple Plan means to you?” and “What is your favorite NPNHJB song and why?”. And that to us sounds like something that could greatly fit onto a NPNHJB 15th anniversary tour DVD.

There is currently still no release date for any of the two projects, but if Simple Plan are really planning a live DVD to celebrate the NPNHJB tour, it is fair to assume they may film at shows at other continents as well. After all, Simple Plan are bringing the tour to Europe next month, then it’s back to the U.S. in the summer and in September it’s Canada’s turn with more dates yet to be announced.

And while we continue wondering about the new DVD, let’s have a look inside the gallery, where you can already find pictures from the show in San Diego: