Sum 41 to be inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame
The band from Ajax, Ont., will perform at the 2025 Juno Awards after wrapping up their farewell tour
Rock band Sum 41 will be inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame at the 2025 Juno Awards, the Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (CARAS) just announced. The 54th annual Juno Awards will take place at Rogers Arena in Vancouver on March 30.
"We're excited to be back at the Junos and to receive this recognition," the band said in a press release from CARAS. "We've come so far as a band since we first started and we look forward to celebrating in Vancouver with our fans and fellow Canadian artists." Recent inductees to the Canadian Music Hall of Fame include Maestro Fresh Wes, Nickelback and Deborah Cox.
Sum 41 formed in Ajax, Ont., with members Deryck Whibley, Dave (Brownsound) Baksh, Jason (Cone) McCaslin, Tom Thacker and Frank Zummo. In 1999, the band signed with Island Records and released its debut EP, Half Hour of Power. By the early 2000s, Sum 41 became one of the biggest pop-punk bands in the world with hits like "Fat Lip," "In Too Deep" and "Motivation." Over the years, the group's sound evolved to include more metal elements, as heard on its 2019 album, Order in Decline.
The band has won two Juno Awards, one for group of the year in 2003 and rock album of the year in 2005 for the band's third studio album, Chuck.
The band members announced in May 2023 that Sum 41 would be disbanding, and they released a final album, Heaven :X: Hell, in March 2024 while on a final world tour that has included more than 70 shows. Their final stop will be at Toronto's Scotiabank Arena on Jan. 30, 2025, with an encore performance at the Juno Awards two months later.
"I listened to [Heaven :X: Hell] from front to back, and I was like, 'This is the work I've always wanted to create,'" Whibley told CBC Music in May 2024. "This is the whole arc of Sum 41 in one album. It sounds like the early days, it sounds like the most current and present day of Sum 41 — it just felt like this is a record that I could probably hang my hat on."
Along with the Sum 41 news, CARAS also announced that Vancouver's own Michael Bublé will host the 2025 Juno Awards, which will mark his third time hosting. The singer has won 15 Juno Awards over his 30-year career, as well as five Grammys.
Riley O'Connor, who's been the chairman of Live Nation Canada since 2007, will be receiving the Walt Grealis Special Achievement Award at the 2025 Junos. The award has previously been given to Ron Sakamoto, Denise Jones, Gary Slaight and Bernie Finkelstein.
The 2025 Juno Awards will be broadcast and streamed live across Canada from Rogers Arena in Vancouver on March 30 at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT on CBC-TV, CBC Gem, CBC Radio One, CBC Music, CBC Listen, and globally at CBCMusic.ca/junos and CBC Music's YouTube page.
The TD pre-sale for the 2025 Juno Awards broadcast runs from Monday, Nov. 25, at 1 p.m. ET (pre-sale code: TDMUSIC) until Wednesday, Nov. 27. Tickets to the 2025 Juno Awards go on sale to the general public on Friday, Nov. 29. They start at $70.85 (including tax plus fees) and are available at ticketmaster.ca/junos.