Throughout the past year, while celebrating their 30th anniversary, Canadian Rock band Our Lady Peace have been reissuing special EP collections of classic songs alongside new songs as a gift to their longtime fans. Now, they are revealing a song well-loved by fans for the past 22 years, but not performed for the last 18 years, “Whatever“, in a redux version.
The band brought back “Whatever” as part of their “OLP30” tour that kicked off earlier this year and have since re-recorded it with producer Nick Raskulinecz (Foo Fighters, Deftones, Evanescence) to what they are now calling “Whatever (Redux).”
“Whatever (Redux)” was originally written for the WWE in 2003 and used by Canadian wrestler Chris Benoit as his entrance theme. In 2007, the tragic circumstances surrounding Benoit led the band to separate themselves from the song.
In recent years, “Whatever” has continued to be among their biggest hits. They decided to reclaim the song and its subject matter of “isolation and mental health”, which they feel is important to talk about now more than ever. With all that in mind, the band will donate proceeds from “Whatever (Redux)” to mental health and suicide prevention initiatives.
Singer Raine Maida says:
It’s been 23 years since the tragic events surrounding WWE wrestler Chris Benoit and the theme song we wrote for him. We feel that enough time has passed that it was necessary to re-record ‘Whatever’ to help shine a light on suicide prevention and mental health awareness.
On May 29, Our Lady Peace released the short film, “Full Circle (Documentary),” about the making of the new songs for the OLP30 EPs, which can be seen now on their official YouTube page.
In touring news, the band is currently traveling around North America as part of Collective Soul and +LIVE+ co-headlining “Summer Unity Tour,” which concludes August 30 in Atlantic City, NJ.
Tour Dates:
Sat Jul 26 – Buffalo, NY – Darien Lake Amphitheater
Sun Jul 27 – Bridgeport, CT – Hartford HealthCare Amphitheater
Wed Jul 30 – Bangor, ME – Maine Savings Amphitheater
Thu Jul 31 – Wantagh, NY – Northwell at Jones Beach Theater
Sat Aug 2 – Bethel, NY – Bethel Woods Center for the Arts
Sun Aug 3 – Bristow, VA – Jiffy Lube Live
Tue Aug 5 – Greensboro, NC – White Oak Amphitheatre
Wed Aug 6 – Charleston, SC – Credit One Stadium
Fri Aug 8 – Rouyn Noranda, QC – Osisko Festival (not part of “Summer Unity Tour”)
Sat Aug 9 – Alpharetta, GA – Ameris Bank Amphitheatre
Sun Aug 10 – Nashville, TN – FirstBank Amphitheater
Wed Aug 13 – Irving, TX – The Pavilion at Toyota Music Factory
Fri Aug 15 – Houston, TX – 713 Music Hall
Sat Aug 16 – Austin, TX – Germania Insurance Amphitheater
Mon Aug 18 – Albuquerque, NM – Isleta Amphitheater
Tue Aug 19 – Denver, CO – Fiddler’s Green Amphitheater*
Thu Aug 21 – Lincoln, NE – Pinewood Bowl Theater*
Fri Aug 22 – Ridgedale, MO – Thunder Ridge Nature Arena
Sat Aug 23 – Albertville, AL – Sand Mountain Amphitheater*
Tue Aug 26 – Simpsonville, SC – CCNB Amphitheatre
Thu Aug 28 – Charlotte, NC – Skyla Credit Union Amphitheatre
Fri Aug 29 – Grantville, PA – Hollywood Casino at Penn National Race Course*
Sat Aug 30 – Atlantic City, NJ – Ocean Casino Resort
*Non-Live Nation Date
