Good Charlotte and Simple Plan’s spring tour has been christened “Noise to the World” and will commence May 3 in Tulsa, Okla., Billboard.com has learned. The outing will run through June 1 in Charlotte, N.C., with modern rock act Relient K on board as the opening act.
Simple Plan will play a handful of headlining and radio station-sponsored shows on off days, including a tour warm-up on June 1 in Albany, N.Y., and five gigs yet to be confirmed on May 13-14, 20, 22 and 24.
Good Charlotte will be out behind its 2004 Epic album, “The Chronicles of Life and Death,” which debuted at No. 3 on The Billboard 200 and has sold more than 913,000 copies in the United States, according to Nielsen SoundScan. Simple Plan’s new Lava/Atlantic set “Still Not Getting Any” also debuted at No. 3 on The Billboard 200 last fall. It has sold more than 978,000 copies to date.
Good Charlotte wraps a European tour tonight (March 29) and tomorrow in Dublin, while Simple Plan concludes a Far East swing tomorrow in Singapore. The group will also play three dates as part of the Vans Warped Tour in mid-July.
Here are Good Charlotte/Simple Plan tour dates:
May 1: Albany, N.Y. (Altamont Fairgrounds; Simple Plan only)
May 3: Tulsa, Okla. (Expo Square Pavilion)
May 4: Oklahoma City (Fairgrounds Arena)
May 5: Kansas City, Mo. (Memorial Auditorium)
May 7: Springfield, Mo. (Shrine Mosque)
May 8: Indianapolis (Pepsi Coliseum)
May 10: Cleveland (Tower City Ampitheatre)
May 11: Columbus, Ohio (Promowest Pavilion)
May 12: Ft. Wayne, Ind. (venue TBA)
May 16: Hershey, Pa. (Hershey Park Pavilion)
May 17: Portland, Maine (Cumberland County Civic Center)
May 18: Providence, R.I. (Dunkin Donuts Arena)
May 19: Springfield, Mass. (WKSS Radio Show)
May 23: Utica, N.Y. (Auditorium)
May 25: Philadelphia (Festival Pier)
May 27: Atlanta (Hi-Fi Buys Amphitheatre)
May 28: Jacksonville, Fla. (Veterans Memorial Arena)
May 29: Tampa, Fla. (Jannus Landing; Simple Plan only)
May 31: Orlando, Fla. (Hard Rock Live)
June 1: Charlotte, N.C. (Grady Cole Center)
