Juno Awards increases Simple Plan sales in 180%

By: Leticia Pedroso • Filed in: Awards, News • Comments: (0)

The financial website Yahoo Canada posted a very interesting article about the increased sales that Juno Awards caused. According to them, the artists who attended the event, also those who actually played, or those receiving awards were only significantly increased the number of sales of their albums and singles also the digital versions. Some of the artists benefit from this “Juno Effect” were Nickelback, Feist and mainly Simple Plan!

According to the website, the digital sales of the Single Summer Paradise grew by 182%, meaning that the representation of the band in the industry grows further, which can lead to a more packed schedule of shows around the world! This effect is known from various festivals, especially at the Grammys, VMAs (MTV) and also in the film industry as the Oscar and Golden Globe.

The Director of CTV programming and sports, Phil King, commented on the subject, see below what he said and also the growth figures:

“It’s amazing to see our viewers supporting both new and already stabilized Canadian talent this way. We are extremely proud to support the Canadian music industry and are striving to make another spectacular broadcast of the Juno Awards in 2003″

Albuns sales:

City and Colour – 57%

Feist – 100%

Lights – 60%

Dan Mangan – 52%

Digital sales:

Blue Rodeo – “Lost Together” – 79%

City and Colour – “The Grand Optimist” – 104%

deadmau5 – “Raise Your Weapon” – 65%

Feist – “The Bad In Each Other” – 97%

Hedley – “One Life” – 23%

Nickelback – “This Means War” – 45%

Simple Plan – “Summer Paradise” – 182%

mar 21 2012

Asian southeast will have a new version of GYHO

By: Leticia Pedroso • Filed in: News • Comments: (0)

Today, the official website was updated with a special information about the last album released by the band: The CD will have a third version and will be sell exclusivelly on asian southeast (China, Filipinas, Thailand, Singapore, Indonesia, Malasia), and it will have the song Jet Lag with the participation of the singer Kelly Cha, being the last two with Marie-Mai and the bonus Never Should Have Let You Go and the acoustic Loser Of The Year and the other with the special participation of Natasha Bedingfield.

The SimplePlan.com told also that the date for the sells will be on next March 25th.

To remember, check the version of Simple Plan and Kelly Cha together:

fev 8 2012

Simple Plan will be at Juno Awards!

By: Felipe • Filed in: News, Rumor • Comments: (0)

The Juno Awards is to Canada the same the Grammy is to the world, the maximum prize of music. Simple Plan this year, even with the release of his album Get Your Heart On! was not nominated for any award, but they will participate in a collective for the award.

The great mystery is that which, according to a premium poster of CTV, in this conference, Simple Plan will announce a big surprise! What we ask now is whether the great annunciation is related to the project mysterious Pierre announced on his Twitter and chuck too.

The great speculations of fans is whether this mystery involves something about the DVD or on a new EP or even a new song, so let’s wait this announcement that will happen on the day of the awards on April 1

fev 2 2012

Dying Scene talks about the Simple Plan DVD!

By: Ivan Luccas • Filed in: Interview, News • Comments: (0)

The website Dying Scene posted a small notice about the Simple Plan DVD, which remains unnamed, confirming what Pierre, had supposedly said about this DVD, which to date had not been informed by our site due to lack sources to confirm the rumors. Check out the news:

Long running pop punk act Simple Plan have announced their plans to release an as-yet-untitled live DVD comprised of fan chosen footage of the band, and a “mini-album” of previously unreleased material. While no release date has been confirmed, the following quote hints that the project may be finished when the band wraps up their current tour:

I think it’ll be a DVD containing a material of the choice of our fans. If possible, we’ll also release some songs that we never released before, because we know our fans want more and more. If possible, we’ll make a mini-album with the DVD in the next tour and I hope we finish it soon.

jan 18 2012

Pierre and Jeff for ABS-CBN News

By: Leticia Pedroso • Filed in: Gallery, Interview, News, Photos • Comments: (0)

ABS-CBN’s News site made a little article with some quotes of Pierre and Jeff about Fiipines and the show that they played there. You can check it right here, on SPBR:

Canadian pop-punk band Simple Plan arrived in Manila earlier this evening via a Philippine Airlines flight.
The band is in the country for their “Give Your Heart Out!” tour, which will be staged Wednesday evening at the Araneta Coliseum.
Lead vocalist Pierre Bouvier thanked the Filipino fans for patiently waiting for their concert, which will feature the best from their four albums – “No Pads, No Helmets…Just Balls”; “Still Not Getting Any”; “Simple Plan”; and “Get Your Heart On”.
“Thanks for waiting. It’s been a while since we’ve been here. It’s one of our favorite places in the world,” he said.
Meanwhile Jeff Stinco, the band’s lead guitarist promised that fans for a night full of fun and energy.
“It’s gonna be a lot of fun; a lot of energy. We’re pretty happy to be here,” he said.
Stinco also extended how much he agrees with the country’s “It’s more fun in the Philippines” tourism campaign.
“It’s a lot more fun in the Philippines. Every time we come here, the people are so friendly,” he said.
This will be the band’s third time to be in the Philippines.
Some of the band’s hit songs are “Perfect,” “Untitled” and “Jet Lag”.

Also, check an HQ picture of David and Jeff taken by Laetitia Deconinck, on China.

Photoshoots > 2012 > Laetitia Deconinck – China

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jan 12 2012

Newspaper Québec talks about the documentary Je Suis Fan

By: Leticia Pedroso • Filed in: Documentary, News • Comments: (0)

According to this post, the first part of the documentary was released on January 9th, and the newspaper (Le Journal de Québec) was updated talking some informations and also related the fact of the principal Yanie Dupont-Hébert watching two Simple Plan fans during two years, trying to represent the true face of those people who are in love for their idols.

Check the article clicking here, in french.

jan 12 2012

Time Out praises Simple Plan

By: Leticia Pedroso • Filed in: News, Shows • Comments: (0)

The magazine’s site Time Out de Hong Kong was updated with a new article that talks about the show Simple Plan made on January 10th, where the band is quoted as a perfect example of pop punk.

It was all very sad when Simple Plan cancelled their Hong Kong gig last August. Pierre Bouvier, frontman of the Canadian power-poppers, had sustained severe vocal cord damage apparently, and we imagined him wrapped in a blanket, warmed by a nice mug of honey and lemon tea while consoling himself in having to delay the band’s reunion with his hardcore Hong Kong fans. Similarly distraught were those Plan fans who had had the night of their lives three years ago, moshing away to the Montreal outfit and singing ‘I’m sorry I can’t be perfect’ when they headlined our city’s short lived festival Live ‘N Loud. For them, their patience is paying off: Bouvier and Co are returning to Hong Kong.

Since forming in 1999, these Canadians have been the perfect example of pop punk. Catchy hooks, woe-is-me lyrics, a pinch of punk rock (in other words, everything it takes to make a teen-punk hit song) and Bouvier’s instantly recognisable vocals have made them into a global pop-punk sensation. It’s a formula that’s brought them plenty of success – four multi-platinum albums, fat chart hits like Addicted, Perfect and Welcome to My Life, and hook-ups with Blink 182, Good Charlotte and more – so you can’t really blame them for sticking to it.

And that’s exactly what they’ve done again. Get Your Heart On!, released last year, is mainly reminiscent of their massive debut No Pads, No Helmets… Just Balls – although that’s not what the band think. In an interview, Bouvier noted that You Suck at Love represented the new direction of SP. Not all fans will love it – indeed, many may fail to spot a new direction. But we can probably anticipate what Simple Plan’s response would be – maybe something along the lines of ‘we’re sorry we can’t be perfect’. That’s ok, guys… that’s ok.

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