Benny Doyle, Journalist

"I remember last time we were there I had the massive beard; [Jerry] Cantrell and I both weren’t going to shave our beards until Black Gives Way To Blue was really done and in the can, so we had to go to Australia with the ZZ Top beards."

"You've got to stop those thoughts of, 'Wow, these people are really listening to everything I'm singing,' and then the, 'Don't stuff up the lyrics', 'What's the next chorus coming?' ‐ that type of thing. It definitely adds another level of intensity to the gig, but that's the biggest buzz I get in life."

Simple Plan don't want to let their fans down, or themselves - that's what it comes down to. “We love what we do and we love our career. I'll be straight with you - I don't want it to stop. If we make a shitty record it might, so I don't want to do that,” levels the drummer.

"When we were recording, that was the routine, I'd have a six-pack or Matt would go and get one for me so we could get the vocals done; that's probably why I sound really wasted in most of the songs.”

An encore sees another cover aired as they tackle Jane’s Addiction’s I Would For You before running home with Take A Look Around and Break Stuff, which we do, and how.

"When we went back and did those reunion shows for No Touch Red, I think we really learnt a lot about ourselves as a band and what we’re good at."

"I have no idea how Chad was able to, the next day, just put on another show. But we did the second show and luckily that went off without a hitch."

The ‘dream’ clouds the ‘pop’ on a few occasions, but enough special moments are splashed about – especially when female vocals appear in the mix – to make you think Delorean could find perfection somewhere in the future.