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Simple Plan To Donate Money From Video To Ukrainian Relief Efforts

Simple Plan To Donate Money From Video To Ukrainian Relief Efforts All money generated by YouTube views of Simple Plan’s new “Wake Me Up (When This Nightmare’s Over)” video will be donated to Ukrainian relief efforts through the UNICEF Ukraine Emergency Appeal. The Montreal-based pop-punk band is also donating a portion of the proceeds from tickets sold throughout its current tour via its own…

Simple Plan Foundation Donates $225,000 to 30 Charity Groups

Simple Plan Foundation Donates $225,000 to 30 Charity Groups Simple Plan — photo credit: Chapman BaehlerSimple Plan Foundation, the philanthropic organization created by the multi-platinum Canadian pop-rock band, handed out $225,000 at the end of 2018, according to a press release issued by its record label Warner Music Canada. In all, over 30 charities…

Simple Plan Donates $10,000 To Help Fort McMurray Fire Victims

Simple Plan Donates $10,000 To Help Fort McMurray Fire Victims Canadian rock band Simple Plan is stepping up to help those displaced by the wildfires raging in and around Fort McMurray, Alberta, by donating $10,000 to the Canadian Red Cross' Alberta Fire Appeal and encouraging its fans to contribute as well. Donations to the Canadian Red Cross Alberta…

Rock Band Simple Plan Raise & Give Away $300,000 To Cap 2014

Rock Band Simple Plan Raise & Give Away $300,000 To Cap 2014 Marie-Mai joins Simple Plan at the 2nd annual Simple Plan & Friends benefit show — photo credit: Steve Campbell.Simple Plan capped off 2014 by giving away $300,000, a record for the Montreal rock band’s Foundation and bringing its total tally since forming in 2005 to $1.5 million in…

Smooth-Faced Simple Plan Get Limited Edition Kiehl's Cream For Charity

Smooth-Faced Simple Plan Get Limited Edition Kiehl's Cream For Charity Simple Plan (sans drummer) perform acoustically at a private concert for Kiehl's ticket winners, 2014 — photo credit: George Pimentel. Facial moisturizer isn’t a typical fundraising item for an all-male rock band, but Montreal’s Simple Plan gladly teamed with cosmetic company…

Rude Band MAGIC! To Play First Charity Show But Music Is Their Cause

Rude Band MAGIC! To Play First Charity Show But Music Is Their Cause (L to R) MAGIC! drummer Alex Tanas, bassist Ben Spivak, singer Nasri Atweh and guitarist Mark Pelli — photo credit: Chapman Baehler.MAGIC!, the Los Angeles-based Canadian transplants whose reggae-pop song “Rude” went double-platinum in Canada before their debut album comes out in June,…

Simple Plan's Humanitarian Legacy

Simple Plan's Humanitarian Legacy (L to R) Simple Plan's Sébastien Lefebvre, Pierre Bouvier and Chuck Comeau visit a fan at a hospital in Montreal.At what age will you think about your legacy? For drummer Chuck Comeau of multi-platinum-selling pop-punkers Simple Plan, it started at 26. That’s how old he was when he and his bandmates — frontman Pierre…

Company Launches Unique Matchmaking Service For Musicians

Company Launches Unique Matchmaking Service For Musicians 145 Live Solutions' Mike Bowman and Cathy Cutz team musicians, charities and corporations Toronto-based Michael Bowman and Cathy Cutz could blab your ears purple name-checking "synergy" and "metrics" and "low-hanging fruit" having worked for decades in media buying and marketing (Bowman) and…

Simple Plan Hopes Humanitarian Award Will Make A Big Impact

Simple Plan Hopes Humanitarian Award Will Make A Big Impact Simple Plan performs acoustically at MAA benefit lunch — Photo credit: Steven Campbell and Adrian Diaz. Montreal pop-rock band Simple Plan, whose eponymous Foundation has made substantial donations over the past seven years to various child and youth related causes, will be honoured with the…