HEADLINER: THE OFFSPRING
SUPPORT: SIMPLE PLAN
DATE: MAY 15TH 2025
VENUE: BRISBANE ENTERTAINMENT CENTRE
PHOTOGRAPHER: MERT TYSON PHOTOGRAPHY
REVIEWER: MERT TYSON
Rock-Pop-Punk Pandemonium: The Offspring & Simple Plan Set Brisbane Ablaze in the Ultimate Party of the Year!” đĽđ¸
If the Brisbane Entertainment Centre had a pulse, it would have flatlined night one and from sheer punk rock overload on night 2! Simple Plan and The Offspring didnât just put on a concertâthey detonated a rock & pop-punk bomb, sending thousands of sweaty, beach-ball-launching fans into full-blown euphoria.
Simple Plan: The Ultimate Pop-Punk Starter Pack
If energy drinks were a band, theyâd be Simple Plan. These Canadian legends hit the stage like theyâd just been injected with pure caffeine, kicking things off with Iâd Do Anything. From there, it was a non-stop sprint through classics, including Shut Up! (which the crowd did not comply with), Jump (which turned the venue into a trampoline park), and Jet Lag, featuring Erin Reus, who owned that stage like she built it herself.
Highlights? Addicted had the crowd screaming lyrics like they were going through a pop-punk breakup in real time. And then came Summer Paradise, which literally turned into a beach party, complete with a tsunami of beach balls soaring through the air. Lifeguards were not present, but fun levels were dangerously high.
When Whatâs New Scooby-Doo? dropped, Scooby kids appeared with their cool mystery-solving swag as the stage transformed into a full cartoon explosionâproof that the â00s were the peak of civilization. Then Pierre reminded us that Iâm Just a Kid is now 23 years oldâaka, old enough to legally drinkâand the crowd collectively felt their age.
Ending on Perfect, Simple Plan showed that theyâre not just about funâthey speak to the soul, making us cry and dance at the same time. Emotional damage, but in a good way.
The Offspring: Punk Rock Mayhem Unleashed
And then BOOMâthe air filled with Thunderstruck, and Brisbane braced for impact. The Offspring own every crowd they play to, but this one? Massive mix of generations, from dad-rockers to teenagers to metalheads who just came to scream.
Dexter Holland and Noodles stormed the stage, throwing Brisbane into a mosh-pit tornado with Come Out and Play. Then came the back-to-back punk smackdownsâOriginal Prankster, Gotta Get Away, and a feral Ramones cover (Blitzkrieg Bop) that made the crowd lose all remaining control.
Pierre Bouvier popped back up for Why Donât You Get a Job, proving that pop-punk friendships are stronger than ever. And then came the all-time crowd favouriteâPretty Fly (for a White Guy). The amount of people screaming âGive it to me, babyâ should honestly concern local authorities.
Encore? Oh yeah, they werenât done yet. The Offspring dropped the hammer with Youâre Gonna Go Far, Kid and Self Esteem, wrapping it all up in a punk-fuelled blaze of glory. Between Noodlesâ top-tier banter and Dexterâs flawless vocals, the entire night was punk rock perfection. And that drum soloâBrandon and Todd wrecked the place. If drums could cry, theirs would have.
Brisbaneâs Punk-Rock Party Atmosphere
This wasnât just a concertâit was a full-blown festival of chaos. People were dancing, laughing, moshing, throwing beach ballsâit was pure fun. As a photographer, capturing this joy was an absolute dream.
Legends Who Shaped a Generation
Both Simple Plan and The Offspring have been defining rock music for decades, proving that their songs never get oldâjust like their fans, who somehow still have the stamina to jump around like teenagers (the next morning was less forgiving).
So, thank you, Simple Plan and The Offspring, for bringing the punk-rock party to Australia. Come back soonâBrisbane is always ready to go wild again!
Bottom line? This show slapped, rocked, and absolutely ruled. If you werenât there⌠well, mistakes were made. This one was awesome!
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Simple Plan â Setlist Brisbane Entertainment Centre 15.05.2025
I’d Do Anything, Shut Up! Jump, Jet Lag (with Erin Reus), Addicted, Thank You, Welcome to My Life, Can’t Keep My Hands Off You, Summer Paradise, Iconic, What’s New Scooby Doo? Where I Belong (Simple Plan & State Champs song), I’m Just a Kid, Perfect.
The Offspring â Setlist Brisbane Entertainment Centre 15.05.2025
Come Out and Play, Original Prankster, Want You Bad, Looking Out for #1, Staring at the Sun, Hammerhead, Hit That, Make It All Right, Bad Habit, Ain’t Talkin’ ’bout Love / Dammit / Sweet Child o’ Mine / Back In Black, In the Hall of the Mountain King (Edvard Grieg cover), Blitzkrieg Bop (Ramones cover), Gotta Get Away, (Mashup of the 2021 piano version and the 1997 rock band version), Why Don’t You Get a Job? (with Pierre Bouvier), Spare Me the Details, Pretty Fly (for a White Guy), The Kids Aren’t Alright
Encore: You’re Gonna Go Far, Kid, Self Esteem
