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Sum 41 Release Two Swan Song Spotify Singles Ahead of Final Performance at 2025 Junos
The stripped back version of hit "Landmines" and cover of Rage Against The Machine's "Sleep Now In The Fire" are available now on Spotify as the pop-punk band veterans prepare for their last bow.
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Sum 41 are making some final noise before they call it day.
The Canadian pop-punk icons have released two Spotify singles ahead of their final broadcast performance at the 2025 Junos this Sunday, March 30.
The singles include a stripped back version of "Landmines," the No. 1 Alternative Airplay hit off of last year's Heaven :x: Hell, and a cover of Rage Against The Machine's "Sleep Now In The Fire."
Both versions have a sense of finality to them. The acoustic guitar on "Landmines" allows Deryck Whibley's vocal to shine through, bringing out a melancholy element in a song about a long, exhausting journey.
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"Sleep Now In The Fire," meanwhile, is a song about political violence and greed, making reference to Christopher Columbus' conquest and the American bombing of Hiroshima. It serves as a rowdy final statement from the Canadian band amidst U.S. aggression towards Canada, capturing some of their trademark scrappiness nearly three decades in.
The band are going out on a high, with a world tour, a new chart record, and an acclaimed final album. They'll be inducted to the Canadian Music Hall of Fame at the Junos in Vancouver this weekend, and a new exhibit celebrating the band has simultaneously opened at the National Music Centre in Calgary.
“There's a story there, and I'm proud of the whole story,” Whibley told Billboard Canada for the band's digital cover story. “It's a validation of everything we've been working for, from playing in the basement as teenagers to now – here we are. We’ve gone through all the ups and downs, sticking through it all and getting to a point where we could write our own ending the way we wanted to."
Check out the Spotify singles here.
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