First ever setlist for Simple Plan’s Harder Than It Looks Tour

After a winter break Simple Plan have finally emerged back on stage – and for the first time since the pandemic they were finally allowed to tour South East Asia, where they’re playing a couple of festivals as well as a few headlining shows.

Now what’s so special about this tour is that this is in fact the very first solo headlining tour that Simple Plan have done for their new album Harder Than It Looks. Uptil now, since the release of the record they have only done co-headlining (with Sum 41 in the U.S.) or supporting tours (with Sum 41 in Europe and with The Offspring in Canada), meaning the shows weren’t focused on the new album and they weren’t as long as a headlining show would be.

After four full headlining shows played on this South East Asian tour (if we don’t count festivals), we can finally get a better look at what the Harder Than It Looks setlist looks like and what it could look like for possible other future shows. First things first, there is no one stable setlist for each concert, as SP try to switch things up with every show (kudos!). But overall the main structure remains the same – each of their album gets fairly the same amount of songs (3-5) with the exception of the self-titled one and TOFTT (only 1 each) and then there’s a few extra covers and a b-side song. The setlist tends to be 18 to 21 songs long, depending on each show.

Below you can check out the basic structure of the Harder Than It Looks setlist, based on the shows in Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia and the Philippines:

SETLIST FOR HARDER THAN IT LOOKS TOUR 2023
1. I’d Do Anything
2. Shut Up!
3. 
Jump
4. 
Jet Lag
5. 
Your Love Is a Lie
6. 
Addicted
7. You Suck At Love
8. Welcome To My Life
9. Iconic
10. 
Summer Paradise
11. 
Congratulations
12. 
Crazy
13. 
Wake Me Up (When This Nightmare’s Over)
14. Covers: 
All Star / Sk8er Boi / Mr. Brightside
15. 
What’s New Scooby Doo
16. 
Where I Belong
(sometimes also: Perfect World)

Encore:
17. The Antidote
18. Boom / Can’t Keep My Hands Off You
19. 
I’m Just a Kid
20. 
Untitled
21. Perfect