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Illustrator of Simple Plan’s cassette t-shirt design reveals early ideas for the artwork

Canadian illustrator by the name Mathieu Beaulieu is no stranger to our Simple Plan news – back in March 2016 we first reported about the initial sketches of the [racoon t-shirt design [still available online!], which Pierre was in favor of for a significant part of the first part of the Taking One For The Team tour, and later on he also stood behind the design of Jeff’s latest guitar pick.

But that is not all that Mr. Beaulieu has contributed to Simple Plan when it comes to his designs. You may also remember the very popular mixtape cassette t-shirt [also still available online!], sold on both the Taking One For The Team tour and the No Pads tour, with the words “for When You Miss Me” scribbled on one of the sides of the cassette. These words obviously being a reference to the song “Nostalgic” from Taking One For The Team, where Pierre sings in the first verse:

I found your picture looking through a book
It was the one I took
When we were driving on Sunset
Descendents playing on a mix CD
That you just made for me
You wrote “For when you miss me” on it

– Simple Plan – Nostalgic –

On his Behance profile, Mathieu Beaulieu now revealed some of the early sketches for this design, which sort of show of his thought-process.

Below on the burgundy field, you can see the finished version of the cassette design, in which the pulled out tape is cleverly formed into the shape of the letters S and P. Now, on the early designs, Mathieu played around with the pulled out tape quite a bit and one of the sketches for instance shows the tape shaped into the word “yeah”. All of the other original cassette tape designs also do not include the “for When You Miss Me” reference, but stick to the general name of the record this song can be found on – TOFTT. The only Nostalgic reference can be found on the CD design, which isn’t as “retro” or “nostalgic” as the rest, however many early Simple Plan fans might relate to a burned out CD better than a cassette, plus it also fits with the lyric reference, which is why this design might have been one of the contenders.

Check out all Mathieu Beaulieu’s sketches below and let us know what you think of them!

Simple Plan plead Brazilian fans to beware from buying fake merch

Simple Plan’s Brazilian tour kicks off today in Porto Alegre and thousands of fans from all over the country are expected to attend either this or 4 other shows in Brazil, which will take place in the upcoming days. With all these fans coming to see Simple Plan and probably wanting to keep something to commemorate the concert, it is expected that they will be interested in many of the merch items available at these shows.

However, bootleg sellers that can often be found in front of the venue selling unlicenced versions of Simple Plan merch, have become a big issue not only on the Brazilian concert scene, which is why Simple Plan decided to point it out in a new video. In it, the members of the band urge Brazilian fans to not purchase bootleg merch outside the venue, but visit their merch stand inside the venue. Only by purchasing items from the official Simple Plan merch booth inside the venue, you can support the band and be sure of its quality.

Check out the video below:

O SIMPLE PLAN chega no Brasil esta semana! . E a banda acaba de enviar um importante recado sobre o Merchandise Oficial que será vendido durante a "No Pads, No Helmets… Just Balls: 15th Anniversary Tour”. . Os shows terão início no dia 25 de Maio em Porto Alegre e de lá, os canadenses seguem para Curitiba, São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro e Uberlândia, onde encerram a turnê. . O Merchandise Oficial do SIMPLE PLAN estará disponível apenas dentro das casas de shows e os primeiros que adquirem o os Produtos Oficiais em cada cidade, levam sacolas de compra biodegradáveis e adesivos oficiais da turnê. . Não seja enganado por pirateadores e aproveitadores. . Apoie a banda comprando somente o Material Oficial dentro das casas de shows ou diretamente na loja oficial do grupo. . . #SIMPLEPLAN #NPNHJBTour #MerchandiseOficial #HSmerch

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Simple Plan performed ‘Vacation’ on soundcheck in Argentina & new merch revealed

On Tuesday, May 22nd, Simple Plan opened their final run of the No Pads tour in South America, at the Teatro Vorterix venue in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Before the show, the band as always greeted some lucky SP Crew fans at soundcheck, where they performed a very rare song to be performed live – ‘Vacation’.

Remind yourselves of this popular New York Minute track live in Argentina below:

The addition of ‘Vacation’ on the soundcheck setlist did not however change anything on the regular show setlist and the guys went with the same-old No Pads one [check it out here]. The show was a lot of fun, even included a long chant by fans and overall the guys seemed to enjoy themselves on stage – as you can tell from the new pictures from the show in Argentina:

What was however surprising was the new merch that was available at the show in Buenos Aires and might be available on the remaining South American shows too. The image, published by HellMerch, shows us two new t-shirt designs – one featuring a picture of the whole band with red scribbles over their faces and one featuring the band’s name on a ribbon ties around four arrows (UPDATE: According to SPB, the arrow design would only be available in Argentina). You can see the merch more clearly on the video HellMerch also posted here.


Merch sold at the Simple Plan show in Buenos Aires, Argentina

New Simple Plan merch available in official store

If you didn’t get the chance to visit the merch booth at your most recent Simple Plan show or you just missed out on the No Pads tour completely, have no fear! You now have a chance to buy the 15th anniversary No Pads tour merch online!

More items have now been added to the online Simple Plan merch store, which you can find on MerchDirect and besides t-shirts, you can now also get yourself a bandana, some new hoodies and even Simple Plan underwear!

Check it all out by clicking on the image below: