{"id":17446,"date":"2016-03-07T18:40:40","date_gmt":"2016-03-07T17:40:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.simpleplan.cz\/en\/?p=17446"},"modified":"2016-03-07T20:23:56","modified_gmt":"2016-03-07T19:23:56","slug":"simple-plan-stun-prague-while-prague-stuns-simple-plan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.simpleplan.cz\/en\/index.php\/simple-plan-stun-prague-while-prague-stuns-simple-plan\/","title":{"rendered":"Simple Plan stun Prague while Prague stuns Simple Plan"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\" After 5 long years (sorry \u2013 “4.5 years” as Chuck would correct me), Simple Plan returned to Prague, Czech Republic<\/b> and once again performed at the very-close-to sold-out Mal\u00e1 Sportovn\u00ed Hala venue at the exhibition grounds \u2013 making it the biggest show of Simple Plan\u2019s whole European tour (more than 4000 people).<\/p>\n

The guys from Simple Plan however arrived to Prague a day early (after their show in Zurich) and for the very first time had the chance to walk around the streets<\/b> of the Old Town or visit the St. Vitus Cathedral in the capital city of the Czech Republic.<\/p>\n

If you followed SimplePlan.cz on social media during the day of the show, you already know that the crew started loading out<\/a> Simple Plan\u2019s gear from the stage truck around noon and that \"\"was also the time when the first fans<\/a> started to show up at the venue and despite the rather chilly weather managed to hold on and stick around until the doors opened. <\/p>\n

In the early afternoon, before soundcheck, the members of the band gave a couple interviews to various Czech media<\/b>, including TV Prima, TV \u00d3\u010dko and Jackie Crash. While SimplePlan.cz\u2019s interview<\/b> was also initially planned for this time slot, due to a time delay and scheduled soundcheck, it got eventually moved up until after the band practice \/ meet & greet [keep checking back for this interview!]<\/p>\n

Finally, at 7pm the doors opened and the fans rushed to get the best places in the house, which was divided into the front of stage sector (tickets to this sector were sold-out within just 3 days!) and the regular standing sector. Shortly after 8pm, the London based band called The Bottom Line<\/b> took the stage and kicked off the show with their very interactive set. After them, it was Ghost Town<\/b>\u2019s turn to perform and show what this L.A. band can do.<\/p>\n

The moment the Czech fans have been waiting for since 2011 finally arrived at around 9:30pm when Simple Plan hit the stage<\/b> and completely blew the minds of all the attendees of the show. <\/p>\n

Check out the full setlist<\/b> of the Prague show below:<\/p>\n

1. Opinion Overload
\n2. Jet Lag
\n3. Jump<\/b> (\u2018I Gotta Feeling\u2018 snippet)
\n4. I\u2019d Do Anything
\n5. Boom
\n6. The Rest of Us
\n7. Welcome to My Life
\n8. Your Love Is A Lie
\n9. I Refuse
\n10. Party medley<\/b> (\u201aUptown Funk\u2018 \/ \u201aCan\u2019t Feel My Face\u2018 cover)
\n11. Can\u2019t Keep My Hands Off You
\n12. Summer Paradise
\n13. Farewell
\n14. Crazy
\n15. I\u2019m Just a Kid<\/b><\/p>\n

Encore:<\/i>
\n16. Shut Up!
\n17. Perfect World
\n18. This Song Saved My Life<\/b> (no drums)
\n19. Perfect<\/b><\/center><\/p>\n

As you can see from the setlist, when it comes to the songs the band often changes up, Simple Plan chose to perform Your Love Is A Lie, I Refuse, Farewell and This Song Saved My Life<\/b> for the Czech crowd. <\/p>\n

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But it wasn\u2019t just the band that had some surprises up their sleeves: for the 3rd time now, SimplePlan.cz organized another sign surprise for the band<\/b> [you may recall the Thank You signs in 2008 and 2011], but this time on a completely different level, called “Czech Out The Rest Of Us”<\/b>. For many months now, the fans have been working on their original signs with words from the lyrics of the song The Rest Of Us<\/b>, which described them the most (either still or in the past) \u2013 such as \u201ageek\u2018, \u201aloser\u2018, \u201aconfused\u2018 etc. The plan was to hold the signs up with the first beats of the song The Rest Of Us \u2013 and this plan worked out perfectly. A sea of signs<\/b> could have been seen from the balconies of the venue as hundreds of fans raised their confessional signs above their heads. The band was stunned. Later on, the band members commented on the surprise, saying it brought tears into their eyes and that they were fantastically surprised and very very moved. Our project was a huge success and I\u2019d like to thank each and every one of you who attended the show and took part in this. You were incredible.<\/p>\n

Below, you can check out videos documenting this special moment (thanks to Tom<\/i> and Dan<\/i>):<\/p>\n