Amid the massive festivities in Las Vegas, NV, leading up to When We Were Young Fest this past weekend, legendary frontman and newly published author Deryck Whibley of Sum 41 sat down with idobi Radio. The occasion? A 30th Anniversary celebration of Hopeless Records held at the Punk Rock Museum. In their conversation, Whibley delved into his newly released memoir, Walking Disaster: My Life Through Heaven and Hell, shared reflections on Sum 41’s enduring legacy as the band prepares for its final chapter in January, and discussed the pivotal decision to sign with Hopeless Records.
Chatting with Fish of Gone Fishkin and Patrick Walford, Whibley shares the band’s decision to sign with Hopeless and release two albums, 2016’s 13 Voices and 2019’s Order In Decline. “I actually wrote about it in my book, about meeting them and why we went with Hopeless,” he shares. “It really just felt like everyone on the team understood our kind of music. They wanted to get behind the band. We were also at a place where we were kind of at a low point in the band. We needed to really build ourselves back up, and they seemed like the best partners to help do that. And I think we were right.”
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“Doing the book was not as daunting as I thought it was gonna be,” he continues. “Mostly because my memory is pretty good, and I remember all of that stuff really well. I didn’t really have to go back and search for memories or talk to people to try to remember the story. It was all just kind of there. Once I started writing page one, it all just kind of came out… From day one to writing the last page was six weeks, exactly six weeks to the day.”
Check out Deryck Whibley of Sum 41 chatting with idobi Radio below.
Sum 41 will be continuing their farewell tour with their sold-out final European show in a few weeks. They will resume the tour across Canada in January before concluding their time with the band on January 30, 2025, for the final show in Toronto, ON. Check out their full touring schedule below and purchase tickets to see them live for the last time here.
Tour Dates:
- Nov. 23—Nanterre, France @ Paris La Défense Arena—SOLD OUT
- Jan. 10—Victoria, BC, Canada @ Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre
- Jan. 11—Vancouver, BC, Canada @ Rogers Arena
- Jan. 13—Kelowna, BC, Canada @ Prospera Place
- Jan. 16—Calgary, AB, Canada @ Scotiabank Saddledome
- Jan. 17—Edmonton, AB, Canada @ Rogers Place
- Jan. 18—Saskatoon, SK, Canada @ Sasktel Centre
- Jan. 20—Winnipeg, MB, Canada @ Canada Life Centre
- Jan. 2—St. Catharines, ON, Canada @ Meridian Centre
- Jan. 24—Ottawa, ON, Canada @ Canadian Tire Centre
- Jan. 25—Laval, QC, Canada @ Place Bell
- Jan. 27—London, ON, Canada @ Budweiser Gardens
- Jan. 28—Toronto, ON, Canada @ Scotiabank Arena
- Jan. 30—Toronto, ON @ Scotiabank Arena—FINAL SHOW