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Precisely one month from now, Simple Plan will make their grand return to Europe<\/b> (after a whole year) and start the European leg of their 15th anniversary No Pads, No Helmets… Just Balls tour<\/b> here. After the grand success of the U.S. leg of this very nostalgic tour, we can already tell that the European fans are clearly in for a big treat!<\/p>\n

Let’s look at all the things we can look forward to on the old continent in May and June:<\/p>\n

Opening bands<\/div>\n

\"\"It has become sort of a tradition for Simple Plan lately not to take just one band on tour with them, but rather two, or even more! The latter will be the case in Europe, as Simple Plan are taking five bands in total to open for them in Europe: The Bottom Line, Mallory Knox, Milestones, Four Years Strong<\/b> and Trashboat<\/b>. But don’t freak out! You won’t have to sit through all five bands before SP hit the stage as not every opening band will be present at every show!<\/p>\n

The most “stable” opening band of them all is Mallory Knox, who will be present at all European dates except for London, UK. Make sure to check out the Tour section<\/a> to find out which bands are opening at the shows you are attending!<\/p>\n

Setlist<\/div>\n

\"\"If the U.S. NPNHJB tour has let us in on something, it’s the setlist. On the shows that are a part of their NPNHJB tour, Simple Plan play their whole first record No Pads, No Helmets… Just Balls from start to finish, with a little addition of ‘Grow Up’ right before ‘Perfect’<\/b>. After that, the band returns with an encore filled with a nice mix of songs<\/b> from all of their other albums. The whole Simple Plan set lasts about 90 minutes. You can check out the full setlist here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The question remains whether the band plans to change up their setlist for the European tour a little bit or not. We’ve previously heard they might include ‘Vacation’ on the setlist eventually. Will it happen in Europe? <\/p>\n

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Festivals… and their setlist<\/div>\n

However, don’t expect to hear the whole No Pads album live if you’re attending any of the festival dates on this European tour. Due to the nature of festivals, who’s audience is not always strictly one band’s fandom and also given the shorter time on stage (usually around 45 minutes), it was obvious for Simple Plan to make the decision not to include these events into their official NPNHJB tour<\/b>. Instead, the crowds at Rock Am Ring (Germany), Rock Im Park (Germany), Download festival (UK), Aerodrome Festival (Czech Rep.) and Nova Rock (Austria) will be treated with a setlist that features all of the band’s major hits that every single person in the audience can enjoy. It’s very possible this setlist will be fairly similar or even identical to the ones to the festival setlists used last year (most recently in Peru, December 2016) – check it out in our Setlist section<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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On-stage shenanigans<\/div>\n

It wouldn’t be a Simple Plan show, if there wasn’t any surprise there in store for the fans. Whether it’s Chuck stagediving during ‘Grow Up’, Pierre throwing his guitar in ‘Perfect’, inflatable balls being thrown into the audience during ‘Summer Paradise’, party medleys at festivals, David’s innuendos… and according to videos and photos from the recent U.S. NPNHJB tour – lots of dabbing too, apparently. There won’t be a dull moment of the show, that’s for sure. <\/p>\n

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Merch<\/div>\n

Those of you who would like to leave the show with a souvenir or two, don’t forget to visit the merch table and get yourself some of the new t-shirt designs, some of which were designed specifically for the NPNHJB tour! Besides the t-shirts you could have seen<\/a> on the U.S. tour – which also feature the limited edition of the old Role Model t-shirts, there will also be a special European edition of the tour t-shirt<\/b>, which is always one of the best-sellers.<\/p>\n

More updates<\/div>\n

And of course as this is SimplePlan.cz’s continent, you can expect lots and lots of news, photos, videos and surprises<\/b> from this particular tour. I will be present in Berlin, Hamburg, London and Prague, so expect extensive recaps of those shows. Also.. there may be another interview in the works :)<\/p>\n

\"\"The remaining shows of the tour will be covered with the help of other fans – so if you want to be one of them and share your thoughts, experience, photos etc. from the shows, just contact SimplePlan.cz<\/a> after the show with some tidbits you found interesting. I’m sure that fans you can’t attend your show will be very grateful for all that info. <\/p>\n

And last but not the least, if you haven’t heard of the SimplePlan.cz pins<\/a><\/b>, the 2.0 version is now in stock and I will be giving them away on this tour as well as organizing more scavenger hunts for them in various European cities (more continents coming soon, I promise)! Make sure to follow us on Instagram<\/a>, Twitter<\/a> and Facebook<\/a> to find out where to find them! :)<\/p>\n