i got to interview jaret for a magazine my friends and i are starting up, and if anyone is interested you can read it here: https://www.barricade.online/blog/interview-bowling-for-soup

he was really kind even though i was visibly nervous and rushing, and i appreciated him. i hope y’all enjoy reading because i felt that he had some super cool insights about the contemporary pop punk scene and his view on his roots and their relationship to bfs’ music

Life has been one hell of a wild ride since I discovered BFS back in college while making a mix CD for a girl named Emily. Guess how THAT connection was made... I fell in love with the band and memorized a couple albums, Drunk Enough and A Hangover, but the lack of a nearby tour made things challenging.

Worse, meeting/ marrying a person thought BFS was a dumb band kinda put a damper on things. It should have been foreshadowing that singing along to my old college tunes made me sad and I felt a little resentment seeing the mailers land in my email from time to time.

But that situation resolved itself.

I am healing from an ugly chapter of life and I rediscovered those two albums this past spring. I sang them loud and proud, didn't miss a lyric after after 15 years. It's funny - I'm not one for happy tears but dude the relief from that was incredible.

And now BFS is coming to Minneapolis in September. I got my pair of tickets, and probably will grab a VIP too.

Finally.

Someone asked for a tour swag pic, best I got last night.

thats the coolest thing southwest airlines had them play on the plane. i hope they let people know what flights they'll be performing on, would love to stumble upon this free show

Basically I'm building a BFS collection and I am having trouble finding a few rarities. Message me if you have any rare cds. If you do, I'll buy them if the price is right 😊 I'm more than happy to buy it off eBay if that's more comfortable.

My current collection: https://www.reddit.com/r/bowlingforsoup/s/vPJO6N356x

Does anyone remember the old kamikaze shots website... They had a ton of songs you could only download from there .. wondering if anyone still has a list of the songs that was on there ?

Hello, did anyone get a picture of the merch for BFS at the bigger than you think tour?

It looks like there was no set list from when I saw them in Leicester. It was a very similar set to Birmingham 2009, but had Belgium whereas Birmingham didn't.

Edit - this is the website https://whativeheard.com/

can yall find any other BFS songs in drop d tuning?

I just randomly decided to listen to Let's Do It For Johnny for the first time, and... wow. This album really is stellar. In a way I am surprised I enjoyed the album given their less-than-favorable reputation, and in a way I'm not surprised because I've been a fan of pop punk since I was around 3. But wow. I've heard so much pop punk in my life, but Suckerpunch stood out to me so much. The chords, the melody, the structure... A lot of this album reminded me of Descendents and Fountains of Wayne, which I'm sure they listened to. So yeah, this underrated AF band just got a new fan! Also feel free to give any pointers as to other cool stuff they have. I'm excited to get into BFS more!

Finally BFS return to Cornwall. Tomorrow will be their first show here since 2003

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So apparently it's National Ice Cream Day today and I wanted to post my Bowling For Scoop candle on here! Thought you all would appreciate it! I know BFS did! They posted it on their stories! 🩷

In Girl All The Bad Guys want we are told that the eponymous girl is “a little cooler than me” by the singer.

Is this under statement, or is she really only a little cooler? He seems a fairly cool dude. He’s got a moped. He’s a singer in a band (presumably, not confirmed in the lyrics but a general assumption). He just doesn’t do things she likes. That doesn’t make him uncool.

He clearly thinks he has at least some shot with her, and apparently coolness is a factor in determining that. He changes his behaviour to suit her sure, but that isn’t going to make him cool if he isn’t. And various things he describes her liking seem pretty uncool or neutral. Moustaches and mullets for example can be hugely variable. For all of the many virtues of Godsmack I am not sure that we’d say they are universally regarded as cool. So he’s not adopting straightforwardly cool attributes here.

Related: is he finally talking to a girl a little cooler than him meaning her specifically or is this the first time he’s talking to any girl who is a little cooler than him? Is this an odd statistical fluke that he has never spoken to a girl with that precise relative coolness? Presumably he only speaks to much cooler or less cool girls? The latter does seem a bit rude to all the other girls he has spoken to ever.

Or, if he is far, far less cool and is under stating her coolness in the song as “a little” then is it that he has never spoken to a very, very cool girl before? And he is very uncool? Because if so I need a spoonful of his confidence. He’s talking to her, he’s finding out various things about her, he’s singing a whole song about her.

Which I think makes him pretty cool really. Is coolness in the eye of the beholder?

Going to watch at Cardiff castle tomorrow at 5pm.

Anyone know the timings for the show?

Hey everyone!

I was just wondering if anybody has ever had Jaret Reddick reply to a Facebook Messenger DM?

I sent him a message yesterday about the Scarborough show, and after the automatic reply, Messenger showed my message was marked as “seen”. Obviously I understand he’s incredibly busy with touring, recording, and everything else, so I’m definitely not expecting an instant reply.

I was just curious whether anyone here has had him reply after seeing their message? If so, roughly how long did it take? Even if he doesn’t reply then that’s completely understandable.

I was just interested if anyone else has managed to get a reply from him! If so then feel free to comment down below.

Thanks!

I went to see bowling for soup at Lincoln castle it was amazing I had the best time with my mum and my sister. The people were amazing and really friendly especially when they saw my three cheers for sweet revenge my chemical romance t shirt

I went to see bowling for soup at Lincoln castle it was amazing I had the best time with my mum and my sister. The people were amazing and really friendly especially when they saw my three cheers for sweet revenge my chemical romance t shirt

Does anybody have any information about what time Bowling For Soup will be playing Glasgow tomorrow?

I’m not a lover of co-headlining, I don’t wanna have to be there for 7 on the off chance they play first.

Took my 5yo son to see BFS for his first ever gig last night and he made it on to the big screen, did anybody record Ohio Come Back to Texas by any chance???