Last night in New York City was definitely one to remember! Thousands of fans gathered at the PlayStation Theatre near Times Square to see Simple Plan play the very first show of their 15th anniversary No Pads, No Helmets… Just Balls tour. And from the reactions on social media, they left stunned by the amazing throwbacks throughout the whole night.
Before Simple Plan hit the stage, the fans had the chance to witness the performances of Patent Pending and Set It Off. Shortly after that the lights dimmed and our 5 boys from Simple Plan took the stage and kicked off their official first show of the year with ‘I’d Do Anything’ – the first song off their first record. After that the band continued the set with all the songs from their debut album, in order.
One surprising moment came right before the fans expected ‘Perfect’ to come next, as Simple Plan threw the fan-favorite b-side ‘Grow Up’ to the setlist. And not only that – in the middle of Grow Up, Chuck made a short speech to the fans, thanking them for allowing them to continue on this crazy journey for more than 15 years now. He finished the speech by jumping into the crowd and crowdsurfing, as Grow Up continued with Pierre behind the drums.
Check out this amazing moment below:
The picture of the actual printed setlist from the NYC show, which you can see above, also revealed another thing: it looks like the band is planning on switching between playing Grow Up and Vacation on the upcoming NPNHJB shows and playing just one of these songs each night.
After Grow Up, the band ended the NPNHJB part of the show with their traditional closer ‘Perfect’. But that wasn’t all for the night! The band soon returned to the stage to perform some of the greatest hits from their other albums as well.
Check out the whole setlist below (big thanks to Katie, Kellie and Kristen-Anne for the help with the setlist):
2. The Worst Day Ever
3. You Don’t Mean Anything
4. I’m Just A Kid
5. When I’m With You
6. Meet You There
7. Addicted
8. My Alien
9. God Must Hate Me
10. I Won’t Be There
11. One Day
12. Grow Up
13. Perfect
15. Jump
16. Jet Lag
17. Your Love Is A Lie
18. Summer Paradise
19. Boom
20. Welcome To My Life
You can also have a look inside the gallery for some of the first pictures from the NYC show. More to be added later:
