The band have gotten colourful with their newest single which features ballet dancers, in house bmxing (don’t try this at home kids) and alot of balloons.

‘Still Into You’ will be the band’s next single and is taken from their self-titled new album, which came out yesterday in the UK.

Watch the new video here:

Bitter sweet will sum up the announcement that this autumn’s BOWLING FOR SOUP shows will be their ‘Goodbye’ to the country that, for well over a decade, has been their adopted home. The BOWLING FOR SOUP BIDS FAREWELL TOUR will be their final shows on UK soil, but don’t for a second think you’re getting rid of them that easily!

BFS frontman Jaret Reddick is quick to assure fans that this is not the end. “We’re all excited about the future and what’s next. Honestly, it opens up the whole world for us! If you’re a fan of Bowling For Soup, this really is better news than it seems. You may not be seeing us in person as much, but you’re definitely gonna have more new songs.”

With almost twenty years as a band, the past fifteen constantly on tour, life on the road has begun to hit hard on the Texan Power Pop maestros, who will be celebrating their 20^th Anniversary next summer.

“The UK has given this band everything, so I’m being honest about our reasons. We still love being Bowling For Soup but touring really does begin to take it’s toll on both you and your family after a while.” reveals Reddick. “We want to go out on top! We have seen too many bands on our level run it all into the ground. I can’t do that to BFS, to my friends, or to the fans.” he continues truthfully.

Those fans have been the life blood to the band, whose infectious radio friendly hits ‘Girl All The Bad Guys Want’, ‘1985’ and ‘High School Never Ends’ have become the benchmark for rock music video channels. Even in a climate when many bands struggled in an unpredictable music industry, Bowling For Soup effortlessly toured and recorded with success thanks to a loyal fanbase who continue to support them year after year – this tour is all about them.

“We want this final tour to be a celebration of what we’ve achieved in the UK for the past thirteen years. There’s no way I would have believed we’d have been able to do this for so long. This band, and everything we’ve accomplished, is so important to us, that we never wanna look back on it and think we took it too far.”, Jaret admits.

With a brand new, fan funded album set for release in September; this will be just the start of a whole host of Bowling For Soup productivity. Next year the band aim to release a re-recorded Greatest Hits along with an album of covers to celebrate their landmark 20th Anniversary in June 2014.

Unlike previous BFS tours there will only be one opening band, to be announced in late April, so fans can expect the biggest Bowling For Soup live set EVER! Alongside the bands hit filled catalogue they promise a whole host of songs not heard for sometime. If there was ever a Rock Show not to miss, this is the one!

Reddick finds it easy to sum up what the most important thing he’s taken from a career of performing in the UK “It’s the easiest answer and the most truthful thing. I know for a fact that every single person who comes to our show leaves with a smile on their face that lasts two or three weeks. Knowing we’ve created that many memories, for both the fans and for ourselves, is just the best feeling in the world.”

Bowling For Soup Bids Farewell – Tour 2013

10 Oct – Guildhall – Southampton

11 Oct – UEA – Norwich

12 Oct – Rock City – Nottingham

13 Oct – Manchester Academy – Manchester

14 Oct – O2 Academy – Leeds

15 Oct – O2 ABC – Glasgow

16 Oct – O2 Academy – Newcastle

17 Oct – O2 Academy – Sheffield

18 Oct – O2 Academy – Liverpool

19 Oct – O2 Academy – Birmingham

20 Oct – University – Cardiff

21 Oct – O2 Academy – Bristol

22 Oct – Pavillions – Plymouth

23 Oct – The Forum – London

Words: Charlie Wallis

So January and February are pretty miserable months. Christmas is done, everyone’s back to work it’s dark, cold and generally shitty. March is supposed to change all that, the start of Spring and the brighter part of the year. Well the weather’s still shitty, most of the country looks like a Siberian nightmare and to top it all off bands are dropping like flies.

Yesterday My Chemical Romance announced they are ending their word domination since 2001 and calling it a day. In a statement the band said:

“Being in this band for the past 12 years has been a true blessing. We’ve gotten to go places we never knew we would. We’ve been able to see and experience things we never imagined possible. We’ve shared the stage with people we admire, people we look up to and best of all, our friends and now, like all great things, it has come time for it to end. Thanks for all of your support, and for being part of the adventure.”

So My Chemical Romance have gone to join the Black Parade, but they’re not February’s only casualties. Attack! Attack! UK have also announced that they will be ending things at the end of their upcoming tour, to the sadness of a great number of fans. Likewise moody punk rockers Our Time Down here seem to be the latest in this line of groups developing March madness and coming to a close. This all comes after a fairly brutal 2012 which saw the end of, among others, Alexisonfire, Thrice, Thursday and Fei Comodo.

Sleep well sweet princes.

- FOUR YEAR STRONG AND PIERCE THE VEIL

TO HEADLINE

 - PLUS FESTIVAL ADDITIONS INCLUDING WE ARE THE OCEAN

SLAM DUNK are excited to announce events in Scotland, Wales and Ireland in addition to the already extended 3 day festival. They will feature select bands from the main Slam Dunk Festival who will play across two stages and will all be headlined by pop punk headliners Four Year Strong and will include a stellar pop punk lineup of The Wonder Years, Man Overboard and Fireworks.

In Scotland and Wales they will be joined by San Diego rockers Pierce The Veil which will be part of their UK headline tour which is nearly all but sold out. Also playing will be The Early November, Memphis May Fire, Woe Is Me & Hands Like Houses.

Over in Ireland, they will be joined by Bury Tomorrow, Yashin plus the cream of Irish talent, Jody Has A Hitlist, Wounds & Red Enemy

Speaking exclusively to Rock Sound magazine, Pierce The Veil frontman Vic Fuentes said “I love the whole festival experience and head heard so many cool things about Slam Dunk”.

Dan O’Connor of Four Year Strong adds “ (Slam Dunk) was one of the craziest shows we’ve ever done, so I’m super stoked to come back and try to replicate that insanity”.

Friday 24^th May,  Slam Dunk Scotland, O2 ABC Glasgow (Four Year Strong, Pierce The Veil, Memphis May Fire, The Early November, The Wonder Years, Man Overboard, Woe is Me & Hands Like Houses)

Tickets: £15 available from www.gigsinscotland.com, 08444 999 990 - Aftershow info to be announced soon

Tuesday 28^th May,  Slam Dunk Wales, Cardiff University (Four Year Strong, Pierce The Veil, Memphis May Fire, The Early November, The Wonder Years, Man Overboard, Woe is Me & Hands Like Houses)

Tickets: £15 or £18 including aftershow available from www.ticketline.co.uk  02920 230130

Wednesday 29^th May, Slam Dunk Ireland, The Academy Dublin (Four Year Strong, The Wonder Years, Bury Tomorrow, Yashin, Man Overboard, Fireworks, Jody Has A Hitlist, Wounds & Red Enemy)

Tickets: 18 Euros or 22 Euros (inc booking fee) available from www.ticketmaster.ie

All shows are 14 + and all aftershows 18+. Tickets go onsale on Friday 1^st February at 10am.

Also today Slam Dunk is pleased to announce a further

3 bands for the main 3 Festival days….

After a run of 4 years straight at the festival last year saw a brief break for good friends of Slam Dunk, We Are The Ocean. This year will of course see their return and will be their first performance there as a 4 piece.

To add to the international feel of today’s news we can also announce US pop punk newbies Handguns and from the other side of the world, Rise Records’ Australian stars Hands Like Houses. 

Saturday 25^th May: Slam Dunk Festival North. Leeds University

Sunday 26^th May: Slam Dunk Festival South. The Forum, Hatfield

Monday 27^th May: Slam Dunk Festival Midlands. Wolverhampton Civic

All Time Low, Four Year Strong, Sleeping With Sirens, The Skints, Pierce The Veil, The Early November, We Are The Ocean, The Wonder Years, Memphis May Fire, Streetlight Manifesto, Andrew McMahon, Senses Fail, Woe Is Me, Polar Bear Club, Man Overboard, The Summer Set, Mallory Knox, MC Lars, Fireworks, The Story So Far, Handguns, Hands Like Houses

Plus many more to be announced across 7 stages

Tickets for Slam Dunk Festival are £34 or £38 including the infamous aftershow party. For details go to www.slamdunkmusic.com/tickets 

All shows are 14+ and aftershows 18+.  Onsale now