Pop-Punk legends Bowling For Soup announce live album, A Hangover You Definitely Deserve (Live), and release a music video for “A-Hole” live.
Pop-punk legends Bowling For Soup are thrilled to announce a brand new live album in celebration of the triumphant 20th anniversary of their breakthrough album, A Hangover You Don’t Deserve. Recorded during their huge sold-out February 2025 UK tour in Manchester, A Hangover You Definitely Deserve (Live) brings the anniversary tour to Bowling For Soup fans all across the world in its full glory. The live album includes all the between-song banter that is the cornerstone of any live Bowling For Soup experience. A Hangover You Definitely Deserve (Live) will be released on October 24 via the bands’ own Brando/Que-So Records.
I’ve had the pleasure of seeing Bowling For Soup live many times over the years, from my high school and college days on the Warped Tour to their current U.S. run with Simple Plan. Their shows have always been a blast, and I’ve seen firsthand how their infectious energy and hilarious stage antics bring people together. Their ability to connect with the crowd, whether it’s a huge festival or a more intimate theater, is something special. The band has a way of making every show feel personal, and I can only imagine how that energy translates into a live recording.
Frontman Jaret Reddick discusses the initial decision to take the 20th anniversary of “Hangover” on the road and to then make it into a live album, “I remember being terrified as the 20th anniversary of this album approached. We would have to learn all 18 songs…at least half of which we hadn’t played since recording the album. But as we started plowing away through the album, the magic came back. It was such a good time in our lives and our career making this monster! I hope that comes across on this live recording. I sure feel like it does.”
In addition to the album announcement, Jaret, Gary and Rob are offering a first taste of the live “Hangover” experience right now, releasing the much loved A-Hole as a single. This is a decision twenty one years in the making, as Jaret explains: “A-Hole’ is one of those songs that I always thought could have been a single. Then, when we did the album tour and asked John James Ryan to join us on stage with his Sax, it took on an even greater life! This song was the highlight of my night during the tour. And I am so glad we are getting to release it in this capacity.”
A Hangover You Definitely Deserve (Live) Tracklist
The full track listing and album artwork for A Hangover You Definitely Deserve (Live) can be found below.
- Almost (Live and Hungover)
- Trucker Hat (Live and Hungover)
- Hello Manchester (Live and Hungover)
- 1985 (Live and Hungover)
- Jaret Forgot To Drink Beer (Live and Hungover)
- Get Happy (Live and Hungover)
- Bullocks (Live and Hungover)
- Ohio (Live and Hungover)
- Not All Bands Wave (Live and Hungover)
- Ridiculous (Live and Hungover)
- Shut Up And Smile (Live and Hungover)
- Matthew Didn’t Know We Were Recording (Live and Hungover)
- Last Call Casualty (Live and Hungover)
- Next Ex-Girlfriend (Live and Hungover)
- John James Ryan Is From New York (Live and Hungover)
- A-Hole (Live and Hungover)
- Jaret And The Fuck-A-Bunch (Live and Hungover)
- My Hometown (Live and Hungover)
- Rob Tells A Joke (Live and Hungover)
- Smoothie King (Live and Hungover)
- Sad Sad Situation (Live and Hungover)
- Kristy Spins The Wheel (Live and Hungover)
- The Bitch Song (Live and Hungover)
- Let’s Hear It For Our Friends (Live and Hungover)
- Really Might Be Gone (Live and Hungover)
- Mental Health Moment (Live and Hungover)
- Down For The Count (Live and Hungover)
- Two Seater (Live and Hungover)
- We Love You Chris Burney (Live and Hungover)
- Friends O’ Mine (Live and Hungover)
- We’re Back (Live and Hungover)
- High School Never Ends (Live and Hungover)
- Nut Buster-Booster (Live and Hungover)
- Today Is Gonna Be A Great Day (Theme Song To Phineas and Ferb) (Live and Hungover)
- Thank You Manchester (Live and Hungover)
- Girl All The Bad Guys Want (Live and Hungover)
About Bowling For Soup
Formed in Wichita Falls, TX in 1994 and later relocating to Denton, TX, Bowling For Soup spent years grinding it out in vans, playing to anyone who would listen. Then in 2000, the UK took a liking to “The Bitch Song”, and things took off from there. Over the years, they’ve delivered massive crowd-pleasers like “Girl All The Bad Guys Want” (Grammy-nominated in 2003), “1985,” “Punk Rock 101,” and “High School Never Ends”. They even became a part of pop culture history with the theme songs for Jimmy Neutron and Phineas and Ferb.
Renowned for their fun, interactive, and unpredictable live shows, Bowling For Soup aren’t just a band you listen to—they’re a band you experience. Nobody leaves a Bowling For Soup show without a huge smile on their face. Their fans span multiple generations, with OGs who grew up on the band’s music now bringing their kids—who know every word to every song.
Bowling For Soup are currently wrapping up a huge US tour with Simple Plan, 3OH!3 and LØLØ. From there, they head back to more US festivals at Four Chord and Aftershock before picking up a short headline run with more friends The Dollyrots and Don’t Panic leading into Warped Tour Orlando.
Bowling For Soup will finish the year with the biggest headline show of their careers so far at London’s OVO Arena Wembley on the 13th of December, supported by Wheatus and Punk Rock Factory. Ticket information for all shows is available at BowlingForSoup.com.
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