Bowling For Soup Return To Ireland & Download Festival In 2024!

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10 Nov

Written By PR@Click Roll Boom

Bowling For Soup Return To Download Festival In 2024 & Announce Dublin & Belfast Shows

Huge UK Tour In February 2024 Is
Almost Completely Sold Out

New Greatest Hits Album
"Songs People Actually Liked - Volume 2"
Is Out Now

It's been ten years since they last stepped foot on the hallowed turf of Donington Park, but Bowling For Soup are ramping up their 30th anniversary celebrations by returning to the Download Festival in 2024!

Bowling For Soup's appearances over the years at Download have resulted in many legendary sets (and the slaying of multiple inflatable sheep). After their last planned appearance in 2020 didn't happen (thanks to global events), Jaret, Rob, Chris and Gary are delighted to be coming back in 2024! Tickets for Download are on pre-sale now, and go on general sale at 9pm on the 9th of November.

Download isn't the only exciting thing on the Bowling For Soup agenda for June 2024. Once they've played Donington, Bowling For Soup will be heading across the Irish sea for two shows in Dublin and a show in Belfast. They'll be at The Academy in Dublin on the 18th and 19th of June, and then head across the border to The Telegraph Building in Belfast on the 20th. Tickets for all Irish shows will go on sale on Friday 10th of November at 10am.

Bowling For Soup In The UK & Ireland - June 2024

14th - 16th June - Download Festival - Donington Park (Ticket link)
18th June - Dublin - The Academy (Ticket link)
19th June - Dublin - The Academy (Ticket link)
20th June - Belfast - The Telegraph Building (Ticket link)

Here's Bowling For Soup main man Jaret Reddick on the exciting news for next Summer:

"SO STOKED to be coming back for another Download Festival! Some of the best memories our band has made have been at this festival! And I am sure this will be no different! And thankfully, we were able to tack on a few days and add in some Irish dates as well! IT has been to long for both!!! Can’t wait!"

Before we reach next Summer, there is the not-so-small matter of kicking off Bowling For Soup's 30th anniversary year with their huge UK tour in February 2024. Bringing their great friends Less Than Jake and Vandoliers on the road for these dates, they will be a great celebration of the fun and longevity of Bowling For Soup.

The tour is set to be Bowling For Soup's biggest UK tour ever, with almost 30,000 tickets sold with over three months still to go!! Multiple shows are sold out, with all shows except Cardiff only having a handful of tickets left! The full list of dates is as follows:

Bowling For Soup February 2024 UK Tour w/ Less Than Jake & Vandoliers
15th - Manchester - Academy - Extra show added - SOLD OUT
16th - Wolverhampton - The Civic At The Halls - Low ticket warning
17th - Manchester - Academy - SOLD OUT
18th - Leeds - The Refectory - SOLD OUT
19th - Newcastle - O2 City Hall - Low ticket warning
21st - Hull - Connexin Live - Low ticket warning
22nd - Glasgow - O2 Academy - SOLD OUT
23rd - Cardiff - International Arena - Extra tickets available due to phenomenal demand
24th - London - Eventim Apollo Hammersmith - Low ticket warning

Tickets for the tour are on sale from AEG and Live Nation. For full details check your ticket provider of choice or visit https://www.bowlingforsoup.com. For VIP tickets, please visit the VIP section in the band's official website and click on the pages for your show of choice.

Bowling For Soup's 30th anniversary will give fans the chance to hear many of the bands' classics they know and love, many of which can be found on the band's recently released Greatest Hits album Songs People Actually Liked - Volume 2 - The Next 6 Years (2004 - 2009).

With Bowling For Soup following the same process they started on their 2015 Volume 1 Greatest Hits, all the songs on the album have been re-recorded in their entirety, with the end result being the "BFS Versions" of the tracks. That's right, Bowling For Soup were doing this long before Taylor Swift.

Songs People Actually Liked - Volume 2 (or SPALV2 for short) covers the most successful period in Bowling For Soup's history and includes many of their biggest hits including 1985, High School Never Ends, Almost, and Ohio (Come Back To Texas).Songs People Actually Liked - Volume 2 is out now on Que-So / Brando Records.

Bowling For Soup - Songs People Actually Liked - Volume 2 The Next 6 Years (2004 - 2009) Track List

1985
2. High School Never Ends
3. Almost
4. When We Die
5. Ohio (Come Back To Texas)
6. No Hablo Inglés
7. Friends O’ Mine
8. My Hometown
9. My Wena
10. BFFF
11. I’m Gay
12. Trucker Hat
13. Two-Seater

Pick up a SPALV2 bundle from the BFS US online store on this link, and the BFS UK online shop on this link.

Bowling For Soup have been releasing new videos for some of their classic hits, most recently for High School Never Ends. For the new version of their 2006 classic, BFS have dropped an animated video choc full of pop culture references. It's a case of see how many movies you can spot while you sing along to one of the bands' most loved songs. Check out the video for High School Never Ends (BFS Version) below: