« Forming Sum 41 since 1996 has brought us the best times of our lives. » In an official press release published Monday evening on Twitter, the group led by Deryck Whibley,
Jason McCaslin, Tom Thacker, Dave Baksh and Frank Zummo have announced their dislocation.
“We are eternally grateful to our old and new fans. It’s hard to say how much we love and respect you, but we wanted to tell you ourselves. “, he details.
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Currently on a world tour, Sum 41 has pledged to complete the remaining concerts while securing the release of a ninth studio album called “Heaven: x: Hell”. This last chapter will give rise to a final farewell tour “Final World Tour”.
The Canadian group formed in the late 1990s rose to prominence at the start of the new millennium with their hits “ Fat Lip », « Still Waiting » or « In Too Deep “, integrated into the soundtrack of the teenage movie “American Pie 2” directed by JB Rogers in 2001. Mixing rock, punk and pop music, he had quickly risen as the spearhead of the sound of the Californian punk scene, at the same title as Blink-182, The Offspring, Good Charlotte or Green Day.