Hate to Love: Nickelback, the latest documentary on Canadian rock band Nickelback, is set to play in theatres worldwide on March 27 and March 30, 2024. Trafalgar Releasing, Gimme Sugar Productions, and Submarine Entertainment recently announced that tickets will go on sale on February 22, 2024.
According to Rotten Tomatoes, the synopsis of Hate to Love: Nickelback reads, “A feature-length, in-depth look at one of the world’s most successful rock groups. This film tells the real story of Nickelback from their humble beginnings in Alberta. To the explosive global success of ‘How You Remind Me’ in 2001. And the record-breaking hits that followed and continue to this day. But with that ‘Rockstar’ fame came an early wave of the online negativity that many other artists have faced since.”
It further reads, “In a refreshingly open, honest, and revealing account, the band discuss the conception of Nickelback. And their incredible rise to the top in the 2000’s. They reveal the personal impact of the online vitriol. The loyalty of their fans and their decision to return after a 5-year break with a new record and a hugely successful new tour. Finding themselves riding a sudden wave of online love that has introduced their music to an army of new fans.”
Interestingly, it took the band five years to release their recent album, Get Rollin’, which came out on September 7, 2022, and consists of 11 songs. Its total runtime is 41 minutes and 2 seconds. Before that, Feed the Machine came out in 2017. Vocalist Chad Kroeger explained the reason behind this break in a conversation with Baltimore’s 98 Rock radio station. Ultimately, both albums received praise from fans and critics for their music, songwriting, and composition.
It took Nickelback five years to release Feed The Machine album
In an interview with Baltimore’s 98 Rock radio station, Nickelback vocalist Chad Kroeger explained why it took five years to release their latest album. He said that the band wanted to take things slow, adding that this was the first time they felt no pressure in their career. Hence, they were not in a rush to finish the album.
Chad Kroeger stated, “[We were just] taking a break. We’re not managing ourselves now. We were managing ourselves at the time. And time management was not something we were exceling at. [Laughs] ‘Cause our entire career, for 20 years, we had somebody behind us cracking the whip. You’ve got management, you’ve got a record company, you’ve got your booking agent that wants you to tour incessantly.”
He continued, “And so you’ve got all these people behind you with a stopwatch, going, ‘Guys! Guys! C’mon. We’ve gotta go. We’ve gotta go.’ And this was the first time ever that we’ve just been able to work on a song and then just go take off for two or three weeks and then come back and work on another song. There was no hurry because there was a giant ‘pause’ button that got pressed on the planet.”
Hate to Love: Nickelback was directed and produced by Leigh Brooks and Ben Jones, respectively.
