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

Whilst promoting their work for the Princes Trust, Ozzy said to Wyatt from Planet Rock, ‘When the do get a vaccine and people do start going (to gigs) can you imagine how many tours are going to be out at once?!’

Sharon told Planet Rock,  “Everybody’s booking their tours again for like 2022, and to find availabilities right now, it’s crazy. Agents and facilities are going nuts, trying to get everybody back. It will be exciting. I think it will be a very exciting time when bands do go back and it’ll be joyous.” Sharron continues to say, “The British tour, he’ll be back in 2022. You know, we just carry on as normal. We’ve been doing loads of TV shows here and you’ve got to just keep going until Ozzy can go back live. He’s in the studio right now doing a new album. We’re going to do a movie of Ozzy’s life story and he’s got to do the soundtrack to that… so I’ll keep him busy, let’s put it that way.”

Ozzy has already spoken about the making of, ‘Ordinary Man feat. Elton John,’ which he had written after recovering from a neck injury and pneumonia and was recorded by producer Andre Watt, Guns N’ Roses’ Duff Mckagan, Red Hot Chili Peppers and Drummer Chad Smith. Having spoken to Kerrang recently, the recent release has picked up his spirits, “There’s so much joy in it – it picked me up out of my blues, definitely,” he said. 

“We’ve captured the essence of fun. And it felt good to achieve something. It’s like swimming from one side of the world to the other and you go: ‘There’s land!’ It made me think, ‘I’m not fucking done yet!’ We’d bounce the fucking melodies around until something came up, and we’d just go with it. It was fun. And it was so fucking good to be doing something. Because I’d be lying in bed going, ‘That’s it, I’m never gonna walk again,’ and this got me doing something and feeling good. And it was simple, it felt more like recording a fucking jam session. It’s not like a Pink Floyd thing where you’ve got to take a tab of acid to enjoy it – just crank the fucking thing. Go for it!”

After giving this track a 5 star review NME said, “Ordinary Man won’t be his last record,” and Ozzy told NME that he’s already preparing work on another. This will clearly be music to the ears for any Ozzy fans as they will be eager to hear more of his metal magic. For tour dates and tickets go to Ozzy’s official website.