"We will be performing all of our biggest hits along with fan favourites we rarely play live, spanning our entire discography"
By Tom Skinner 1st December 2025
Pierre Bouvier of Simple Plan performs live. CREDIT: Mike Lewis Photography/Redferns/Getty
Simple Plan have announced a UK and European arena tour for 2026. Find all the details below.
The Canadian rock band will return to these shores next autumn with their ‘Bigger Than You Think!’ trek, continuing their 25th anniversary celebrations.
Advertisement“We had so much fun this fall in Europe & the UK, we just couldn’t wait to come back!” they wrote on social media today (Monday December 1).
The forthcoming run of shows is scheduled to kick off at the O2 Apollo in Manchester on Friday October 2, ahead of a performance at the OVO Arena Wembley in London the following night (Saturday October 2).
From there, Simple Plan will head out to Europe for gigs in Brussels, Düsseldorf, Amsterdam, Hamburg, Copenhagen, Oslo, Stockholm, Berlin, Warsaw, Prague, Vienna, Munich and other cities throughout the rest of the month.
They’ll be joined on the dates by special guest openers Neck Deep (Europe only, not in the UK).
Tickets go on general sale at 9am GMT this Friday (December 5) – you’ll be able to buy yours here. Alternatively, fans can access an artist pre-sale at the same time on Wednesday (3).
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“We couldn’t be more excited to bring our very own ‘Bigger Than You Think!’ tour all across the continent, playing full headline shows and extending our 25th anniversary celebrations,” Simple Plan said in a statement.
“This means we will be performing all of our biggest hits along with fan favourites we rarely play live, spanning our entire discography. And we’re also bringing our friends Neck Deep with us, so these are going to be really special shows!”
The group then took a moment to “reflect on the past few years”, saying that they felt “so grateful and amazed at how awesome it’s been to play in Europe and the UK and receive such incredible support” from fans.
Advertisement“It’s been so cool to see our old-school fans still there with us and a whole new generation joining them,” they went on.
“The shows keep getting bigger and bigger and we can’t believe we will be playing such iconic, massive venues like Wembley Arena in London and the Accor Arena in Paris.”
Simple Plan concluded: “This is a dream come true for us and we owe it all to you. Thank you so much and can’t wait to see you at the shows!”
Simple Plan’s ‘Bigger Than You Think!’ UK and European tour dates are:
OCTOBER 02 – Manchester, O2 Apollo 03 – London, OVO Arena Wembley 05 – Brussels, Ancienne Belgique 08 – Düsseldorf, Mitsubishi Electric Halle 09 – Amsterdam, AFAS 10 – Hamburg, Sporthalle 12 – Copenhagen, Den Grå Hal 13 – Oslo, Sentrum Scene 14 – Stockholm, Fållen 16 – Berlin, UFO 17 – Warsaw, Expo XXI 18 – Prague, O2 Universum 20 – Vienna, Gasometer 23 – Munich, Zenith 24 – Milan, Alcatraz 26 – Barcelona, Sant Jordi Club 27 – Madrid, Palacio Vistalegre 29 – Zurich, Halle 622 31 – Paris, Accor Arena
Simple Plan wrapped up a UK and Ireland arena tour just last month. They played a show at The O2 in London as part of the run, before rounding things off with a date at Glasgow’s OVO Hydro.
In October, they performed at both editions of When We Were Young 2025 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Their sixth and most recent studio album, ‘Harder Than It Looks’, arrived in 2022. This May, they joined forces with Avril Lavigne on a collaborative single called ‘Young & Dumb’ –which Lavigne described as “a full-circle moment”.
