Sum 41 to Disband Following Final Album, World Tour
"We are forever grateful to our fans both old and new, who have supported us in every way"
Last August, it was reported that frontman and principal songwriter Deryck Whibley had his publishing catalogue acquired by an investment firm. Earlier this year, he also did some spring cleaning in selling his instruments online.
About that final album: Whibley previously shared in a 2022 interview with Rolling Stone that Heaven :x: Hell would be a double album — half of which will see them returning to their pop-punk roots.
"A lot of other people were retreating to things that made them feel good in the past," Whibley shared at the time. "There's some weird nostalgia that kicked in because of the pandemic. It all made sense to me why pop-punk is coming back: it's feel-good music. There's something that's happy about it. Something young and innocent and free."
Not including the forthcoming Heaven :x: Hell, Sum 41 recorded seven studio albums across their career, the most recent being 2019's Order in Decline.
Read Exclaim!'s 2022 interview with Deryck Whibley.