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Simple Plan Finds a New Generation of Fans 25 Years On
Simple Plan is drawing a new generation of fans 25 years after the Montreal pop-punk band began releasing music.
At recent shows, drummer Chuck Comeau says, sometimes as many as 85% of people have never seen the band live.
A TikTok challenge helped renew interest in “I’m Just a Kid,” using the 2002 song as the soundtrack for users recreating childhood photos.
The trend has brought younger listeners to the band, while some original fans now attend concerts with their children.
Streaming has also helped younger fans cross genre lines, Comeau says, making mixed festival bills feel less divided than they once did.
Simple Plan will play Australia’s Good Things Festival in Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane in December.
The band has started writing its seventh album, with work expected to continue into 2027; there is no release date, and the group says it will take its time.
Simple Plan is finding a new generation of fans 25 years into its career, alongside longtime listeners bringing their children to shows.
Drummer Chuck Comeau said that at some shows, about 85% of the audience has never seen the band before.
The renewed attention is partly linked to “I’m Just a Kid” going viral on TikTok through a challenge recreating childhood photos.
The band is writing its seventh studio album and expects to continue work into 2027.
Simple Plan is set to play Good Things Festival in Australia in December.
- Who
- Montreal pop-punk band Simple Plan, whose drummer is Chuck Comeau.
- What
- The band is attracting younger fans 25 years into its career while writing its seventh studio album.
- When
- The article was published on November 8, 2026; festival performances are scheduled for December 4–6.
- Where
- Simple Plan is gaining fans through shows and online; its upcoming festival dates are in Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane, Australia.
- Why
- The renewed attention is partly linked to “I’m Just a Kid” going viral on TikTok in a childhood-photo challenge.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
Simple Plan released “I’m Just a Kid.
Still Not Getting Any… debuted at No. 3 on the Billboard 200.
The band released Harder Than It Looks.
Billboard reported that the band had started writing its seventh studio album, with work expected to continue into 2027.
Simple Plan is scheduled to play Good Things Festival in Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane.
- Career length
- 25 years
- Viral song
- I’m Just a Kid,” released in 2002
- Album chart position
- Still Not Getting Any… debuted at No. 3 on the Billboard 200
- Upcoming festival
- Good Things Festival, Australia
- Festival dates
- Melbourne, December 4; Sydney, December 5; Brisbane, December 6
- Next album
- Seventh studio album; work set to continue into 2027
What people are saying
Sometimes it’s like 85% have never seen the band.
There’s nothing cooler than what’s happening to our band right now.
It’s just a new platform.
We know who we are.