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<\/center><\/p>\nWe\u2019re just days away from the very exciting long-awaited Simple Plan tour, which will celebrate 15 years since the release of the band\u2019s debut album \u2018No Pads, No Helmets\u2026 Just Balls\u2019<\/b>, which came out on March 19th 2002. The tour will kick off on March 10th in New York City, after which the band will head back to their homeland Canada for a short TOFTT tour. And after a short trip to Disney, Simple Plan will resume the NPNHJB tour back in the U.S. right on the anniversary day – March 19th. <\/p>\n
So what sorts of things could we possibly forward to on this special tour? <\/p>\n
Simple Plan have already confirmed that they are indeed working on some special merch for the anniversary tour<\/b>. Whether this means we might look forward to some old designs or whether they will have some modern twist to it – all that\u2019s certain is that we definitely have lots to be excited about. <\/p>\n
Plus, Patrick Langlois<\/b>, Simple Plan\u2019s former merch guy, also teased a number of times in the past few months that he might make an appearance on this tour for old time\u2019s sake. Now, we\u2019re certain that doesn\u2019t mean you will see Patrick selling merch at every show (that\u2019s still Sim\u2019s job after all) given his work at Radio Energie in Montreal but who knows where or when he could pop up? <\/p>\n
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<\/center><\/p>\nSpeaking of clothing, this brings us to the most known brand ever to be associated with Simple Plan – Role Model Clothing<\/b> [read more about it here<\/a>]. Patrick has previously explained that the founding trio (Patrick, Chuck and Pierre) do not have the rights to the name anymore, so that could potentially be a bit of an obstacle when it comes to actually selling RMC at shows, but the band has been quoted a couple times recently that they might dig into their closets and perhaps wear some old RMC t-shirts on stage, just like they used to in the No Pads era.<\/p>\n That leads us to another topic – the overall style of the early 2000s. You know: David\u2019s eyeliner and pink t-shirts (also his zebra rug!), Chuck\u2019s spiky hair, Seb\u2019s backwards hats, Pierre\u2019s bleached hair, and all of the guys\u2019 dickies shorts\u2026 At least some if not all of those should make an appearance on this tour. Not sure if it actually will (as the decision lies solely on the guys) but wouldn\u2019t some of it just make everything so much better?<\/p>\n As per usual, Simple Plan\u2019s hardcore fans, who are a part of their SP Crew fanclub can get access to the band\u2019s soundcheck before the shows. And there\u2019s only one No Pads soundcheck that comes immediately to mind… Fancy a repeat of this? :)<\/p>\n But let\u2019s be honest: it\u2019s not just the merch or the vibe of the beginning of the 21st century that we\u2019re looking forward to on this tour: it\u2019s mostly the setlist. The band has previously confirmed that the setlist for the NPNHJB tour will consist of the whole NPNHJB album played back to back, after which the band will come back to perform some of their other greatest hits from the rest of their music catalogue.<\/b><\/p>\n Good news is that besides that we will definitely be also getting some additional bonus tracks<\/b> on the NPNHJB setlist. Since the band has previously played ‘What\u2019s New Scooby Doo?’<\/b> on their U.S. tour last fall – to a great response from their fans, might I add – it\u2019s almost certain that they will include this song on the NPNHJB setlist as well. Then there\u2019s the question of b-sides. One that has already been sort of confirmed is ‘Vacation’<\/b>, which Pierre (unwillingly?) teased in one of his Instagram Stories last week, when the band rehearsed for the NPNHJB tour in Montreal. It\u2019s possible that the band may use the b-sides (such as ‘Grow Up’ or ‘One By One’) as the interchangeable songs on this tour, which would mean that fans in one city could hear one, while fans in another might get to hear another. That would definitely give the setlist a bit of a spark and it would also be much more exciting for the fans, who are planning to attend more than one show.<\/p>\n And finally there\u2019s the question of covers: the fans are already used to Simple Plan performing a \u201cparty medley\u201d at each of their shows, which is a mix of 2-3 covers, usually from pop music (e.g. the TOFTT tour introduced the covers of \u2018Uptown Funk\u2019 and \u2018Can\u2019t Feel My Face\u2019). Back in the old days, Simple Plan also played a number of covers<\/a><\/b> – and even recorded some of them as b-sides. You may recall their versions of \u2018American Jesus\u2019<\/b> (originally by Bad Religion), \u2018Happy Together’<\/b> (originally by The Turtles) or \u2018Surrender\u2019<\/b> (originally by Cheap Trick). Whether the band plans to include these classic covers to their setlists as well is however still a secret – but they could easily be added to a show every once in a while, just like the other No Pads b-sides.<\/p>\n![](\"http:\/\/i.imgur.com\/ETCYEHX.png\"\/)
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