Simple Plan
“This is the best thing we’ve ever done, the coolest adventure we’ve ever been on” – Chuck Comeau of Simple Plan talks The Kids In The Crowd
With over two decades of music under their belt, a catalogue stacked with pop-punk anthems and a fiercely loyal global fanbase, Simple Plan have more than earned their place in the scene’s history books. Now, the Canadian quartet are reflecting on their journey with their recent documentary Simple Plan: The Kids In The Crowd –…
“It’s a childhood dream”, Simple Plan’s Jeff Stinco on touring with The Offspring, celebrating their 25th anniversary and new music
The year is 1999. “…Baby One More Time” is dominating the radio, Star Wars: Episode I is confusing a new generation of fans, and somewhere in Canada, Simple Plan is born. Fast forward almost 26 years, with six studio albums and a bunch of platinum singles – Simple Plan is still going strong. Recently, they’ve…
The Offspring prove to be still Pretty Fly at the start of their sold out Australian tour
It’s hard to believe that The Offspring have been making punk rock classics for around forty years and are still going strong. Starting the Australian leg of their Supercharged tour at Adelaide’s Entertainment Centre, they had the sold-out crowd bopping and singing like it was their first time. The opening band, Canadian rockers Simple Plan…
The Offspring announce Australian Supercharged tour with Simple Plan
On the back of their latest album, Supercharged, THE OFFSPRING are heading down under to showcase the songs to a live audience. Joining the punk rock icons will be another incredible band, Simple Plan, who between them have a massive catalogue of hits. The Offspring: SUPERCHARGED Worldwide in ’25 Aussie tour kicks off on Sunday 4th…
Six international shows not to miss this autumn (March-April 2024)
2024 is shaping up to be another huge year of live music here in Australia. With the festival scene feeling fully out of the COVID hibernation, and with some big international names touring down under, there’s plenty of entertainment to choose from. If you are an avid fan of live music you may already have…
Simple Plan’s Chuck Comeau on the band’s special relationship with Australia & their upcoming September tour
Fourteen years ago, some fresh faced French Canadian upstarts from Montreal burst onto the offensively popular pop-punk scene in the US. Their first album, No Pads, No Helmets, Just Balls peaked at number 35 on the US Billboard 200. In time, it would spark a life-long love affair with Australia for Simple Plan. But it…
Album Review: Simple Plan – Taking One For The Team (2016 LP)
It has been argued, with varying levels of success, that Simple Plan deviated too far over the past couple of albums. Truth be told, they’ve always clung to the pop flank of pop-punk. Yet when irreverent lyrics and copious amounts of tomfoolery were replaced with love songs and seriousness, punk purists abandoned ship. But Simple…
Wild At Heart, Hope For The Day & To Write Love On Her Arms: Three organisations, utilising music to create an impact.
We all need a little help sometimes. Whether we’ve had a bad day from work or a fight with a friend, it’s not uncommon to find ourselves lost when obstacles are thrown into our lives. There are people out there who do good in the music industry. Many may think that people are in it…
Photo Gallery: Vans Warped Tour Part Three – Exhibition Park, Canberra (06.12.13)
Vans Warped Tour headed to Canberra’s Exhibition Park on Friday where we caught the full line-up. Here’s the third and final part to our Canberra gallery. Gwendolyn Lee brings us these photos from the pit at the Kevin Says stage where The Summer Set opened the stage and The Offspring headlined.
