After years and years, Simple Plan finally returned to the USA, where they are about to play 9 concerts in a number of diferent states, both on the west and the east cost. Before their first show of the tour last night, Chuck, Pierre and Jeff filmed a little video talking about their current tour and inviting the U.S. fans to come see them play live:

The very first show of the U.S. tour took place last night in Santa Ana, CA [where Simple Plan played for the first time] at The Observatory and it was completely sold-out. This was a very special show not just because it was the first official show of this part of the tour, but also because since it was in California, both Pierre’s and Chuck’s families (the only two band members who reside in California, unlike the rest who live in Canada) were there to cheer their boys on. That means that Pierre’s girls Lennon and Soren were there along with Chuck’s son London, who’s Santa Ana show was in fact his very first Simple Plan show.

And the attendees of this concert were indeed in for a very big treat! As expected, Simple Plan changed up their setlist a bit, to make i more U.S.-friendly by adding a number of hits that the band has been known for in the U.S. for a while. But they didn’t stick to only the classics like Addicted, Untitled (which they already played in Kansas) or I’d Do Anything, but they finally decided to bring back one of their most known tunes – ‘What’s New Scooby-Doo?’ which serves as the theme song to the eponymous cartoon TV show.

Along with this surprising addition, Simple Plan also performed their new single ‘Perfectly Perfect’ live for the first time – with the whole crowd singing the words right back at them. As you can see from the full setlist below (thanks a lot to Misty Lake for sending it in!), the fans in Santa Ana got to see one of Simple Plan’s longest sets of this year:

But I’m sure it’s the following videos you’re most anxious to see: so here’s a short video of Simple Plan performing ‘Perfectly Perfect’ live for the very first time:

And here’s the band kicking it old-school with a first full-band performance of ‘What’s New Scooby-Doo?’ in years:

Chady is also back on the tour with Simple Plan after a litle time off, so the boys immediately got him to shoot some cool behind the scenes photos of them. Along with that you can also check out some first pictures from the Santa Ana show in the gallery: