US pop-punk masters Bowling For Soup are coming back across the pond for a whistle-stop tour of Irish Shows and a rescheduled Torquay Show. In a press release it was revealed the band will be playing The Telegraph Building in Belfast, Northern Ireland before heading over the border to play the 3Olympia Theatre in Dublin the following day and finishing up at The Riviera Centre in Torquay on December 5th.
The Torquay show was originally a part of their Crowd Surf the UK Tour. The original UK tour kicked off in April 2022 with eleven scheduled shows. Unfortunately, the Torquay show had to be postponed due to the venue being used as a Covid vaccination centre. The band announced the postponement on their Instagram page saying “We are having to postpone our show in Torquay on the 18th of April due to some issues with the venue that are out of our hands. This is a POSTPONEMENT, not a cancellation! Please hang onto your tickets – we are planning on making it back to Torquay in 2022 to play this show as soon as we can.” The band added an additional date in Bristol instead.
The band, Jaret Reddick (guitar and vocals), Chris Burney (guitar), Rob Felicetti (bass) and Gary Wiseman (drums), are currently touring the US with Less Than Jake. The main support for the UK shows will be As December Falls, a UK pop-punk band from Nottingham who had great success with their 2021 album Happier. Also joining the support is Thomas Ian Nicholas (American Pie / Rookie of the Year) and his band. Nicholas was a guest on Reddick’s podcast (Jaret Goes to the Movies) last year and the pair discussed creating a new version of Bowling For Soup’s hit “1985” called “1999″ inspired by the events of American Pie. Since then, the bands have been firm friends.
The tour comes after Bowling For Soups’ 11th studio album Pop Drunk Snot Bred was released to strong reviews. Kerrang! Magazine said the album is “a joyous and welcoming record made for beer-in-hand, arms-around-the-shoulder singalongs. Nearly three decades in, Bowling For Soup are proving they can still bring the pop-punk good times better than most.” And Ghost Cult Magazine said it was their “best musical performance to date.”
Tickets will go on general sale on Friday 29th July, more information can be found on their website.
UK/Ireland Tour Dates:
02/12/22 – The Telegraph Building – Belfast
03/12 – 3Olympia Theatre – Belfast
05/12 – The Riviera Centre – Torquay
