Bowling For Soup announce 'Almost Christmas' UK tour
- Becki Crossley
- 12 September 2018

Texan pop-punkers are back 'older, fatter but still the greatest ever!'
Grammy Award-nominated rock band Bowling For Soup have announced a festive themed tour for later this year. The band will take to the road for their Almost Christmas tour on Mon 26 Nov starting things off at the Guildhall in Preston. The tour will run for eight dates finishing with a final show at the O2 Academy in Leeds on Sat 1 Dec.Tickets for the shows go on sale at 10am on Fri 14 Sep.
Having released ten studio albums during their most active years, they have no shortage of material to perform. Their 2002 album, Drunk Enough To Dance, remains their biggest hit, which included the top ten single 'Girl All The Bad Guys Want'. Other hits the band are most known for include: 'Emily', 'Punk Rock 101' and 'High School Never Ends' among others.
Despite previously announcing their 2013 UK tour was to be their last, the four-piece continue to tour donning the slogan 'older, fatter, but still the greatest ever!'. In Feb 2018 the band embarked on the biggest and most successful UK tour of their twenty four years together. The Get Happy Tour was a huge success, culminating in the band's biggest ever UK headline crowd at London's Brixton Academy.
Almost Christmas Tour Dates 2018:
Mon 26 Nov – Guildhall, Preston
Tue 27 Nov – Usher Hall, Edinburgh
Wed 28 Nov – O2 Academy, Bristol
Thu 29 Nov – The Hexagon, Reading
Fri 30 Nov – O2 Guildhall, Southampton
Sat 1 Dec – Del La Warr Pavillion, Bexhill-On-Sea
Sun 2 Dec – O2 Academy, Leicester
Mon 3 Dec – O2 Academy, Leeds
Tickets For Bowling For Soup are available at 10am on Fri 14 Sep.