Nightlife & Entertainment
February 23, 2022

Sum 41 & Simple Plan: The Blame Canada Tour Heading for Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Tampa Wednesday, May 25 – 7 p.m.

Sum 41 & Simple Plan: The Blame Canada Tour Heading for Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Tampa Wednesday, May 25 – 7 p.m.

Tickets Available Starting Friday, February 25, at 10 a.m.

TAMPA, Fla. (February 23, 2022) – Sum 41 & Simple Plan: The Blame Canada Tour
will take over Hard Rock Event Center at Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Tampa on Wednesday, May 25, at 7 p.m.

Fans can access venue presale tickets beginning Thursday, February 24, at 10 a.m. through Seminole Hard Rock Tampa’s Twitter, Instagram, or Facebook pages.

Tickets starting at $46.25 will be available Friday, February 25, at 10 a.m. via seminolehardrocktampa.com and Ticketmaster.

This will be the first time that Sum 41 and Simple Plan have toured together. Produced by Live Nation, the 36-city tour kicks off on April 29 at The Ritz in Raleigh, North Carolina and will then make stops around the country in Philadelphia, New York, New Orleans, San Francisco and more before wrapping up in Denver at The Fillmore on August 18.

Fans will be able to join in as the bands celebrate their debut records, with Sum 41 performing All Killer No Filler to celebrate the 20-year anniversary of the record, and Simple Plan performing No Pads, No Helmets…Just Balls.

The first leg of the tour (to include the Hard Rock Event Center show) will feature support from Set It Off, a Tampa rock band formed in 2008.

After over 15 million records sold worldwide, a GRAMMY® Award nomination, two Juno Awards (seven nominations), a Kerrang! Award in 2002, as well as multiple Alternative Press Music Awards, Sum 41 is quite simply a rock band that’s uncompromising and honest with no intention of slowing down.

From Ajax, Ontario, Sum 41 often performs more than 300 times each year and holds long global tours, most of which last more than a year.

Simple Plan, the multi-platinum, Montreal-based band, boasts worldwide sales topping
10 million. Accolades include a 2005 Teen Choice Award, 2006 JUNO Fan Choice
Award, 2012 Allan Waters Humanitarian Award, 2012 Yahoo! Canadian Impact Award,
2012 NRJ award and the 2013 Allan Slaight Humanitarian Spirit Award.

Simple Plan has remained an international sensation for over 20 years with over one billion streams across all streaming platforms. The #ImJustAKid trend on Tik Tok has over 4.3 billion views and the #ImJustAKidChallenge has over 590 million views and counting. The band has performed for audiences in over 60 countries.

About Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Tampa
Owned and operated by the Seminole Tribe of Florida, Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Tampa is one of the largest and most successful casinos in the world offering award-winning gaming, hospitality, and entertainment. The casino features nearly 5,000 of the hottest slot machines, 179 table games and a state-of-the-art Poker Room featuring 46 tables. Additionally, the casino offers a smoke-free Mezzanine Level Casino. The hotel is AAA Four Diamond rated and proudly offers ten restaurants, including the upscale dining venues Council Oak Steaks & Seafood and The Rez Grill, as well as the new elegant Italian restaurant, Cipresso. Recent openings include a new hotel tower, an elevated arrival experience, the Hard Rock Event Center and Rock Spa® & Salon. The resort is located off I-4 at North Orient Road and Hillsborough Avenue, about 10 minutes east of downtown Tampa. For more information, please call 866-502-PLAY or visit us online and via Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

About Hard Rock®:
Hard Rock International (HRI) is one of the most globally recognized companies with venues in 68 countries spanning 253 locations that include owned/licensed or managed Hotels, Casinos, Rock Shops®, Live Performance Venues and Cafes. HRI also launched a joint venture named Hard Rock Digital in 2020, an online sportsbook, retail sportsbook and internet gaming platform. Beginning with an Eric Clapton guitar, Hard Rock owns the world’s largest and most valuable collection of authentic music memorabilia at more than 86,000 pieces, which are displayed at its locations around the globe. In 2021, Hard Rock was honored as one of Forbes Magazine’s Best Employers for Diversity, a Top Employer for Women and the Top Employer in the Travel & Leisure, Gaming, and Entertainment Industry. Hard Rock was also designated as a U.S. Best Managed Company by Deloitte Private and The Wall Street Journal and named the top performing hotel brand in J.D. Power’s North America Hotel Guest Satisfaction Study for the third consecutive year in 2021. The brand is owned by HRI parent entity The Seminole Tribe of Florida. For more information on Hard Rock International, visit www.hardrock.com
or shop.hardrock.com.

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